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For those in search of beautiful music of today- motives with a song-like charm that you can hum along to, intricate and complex harmonies and rhythms, a balance between silence and passion, and not a single wasted note. The beautiful tones resonate from the lowest to the highest pitch range. Music of today is different from contemporary classical music.

This piece features the mandola, a mid-range instrument tuned an octave below the mandolin. It is an exceptionally rare trio composition for mandola, vibraphone, and piano. Masataka Hori, a leading mandolin artist, masterfully plays the full range of his custom "Hori Model" mandola. While classically notated, the music incorporates jazz framework and improvisation, resulting in a rhapsodic, boundary-free musicality that commands attention.

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  • KATORI Yoshihiko

    KATORI Yoshihiko Composer, Arranger, Vibraphone, Marimba, Keyboards From string quartet to big band, full orchestra, vocal and Japanese traditional, his approach to music is always creative in every aspect. "Riverside Music Garden/Katori Yoshihiko JAZZ ORCHESTRA (1994)" is still highly evaluated. "Piezas 1/Orqesta de 4 Piezas (2001)" foretold coming ethnic groove into Jazz. He shows his basic stance as a vibraphone player with drumless trio "KATORIO". Done a lot of studio work and live performance. He played with Pat Metheny at Blue Note Jazz Festival in Japan 2015. On the other side, he has been involved music education for over 20 years in music collages. He appeared on music programs of TV and radio as not only performer but also educator. He wrote books titled "Comprehensible music theory", "Harmony of Bill Evans" (translation) and others.

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