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Yuka Iizuka

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Yuka Iizuka studied under jazz pianist Fumio Karashima, and has steadily built up her career, including winning the Excellence Award at the Yokohama Jazz Promenade two years in a row.
Her second album is released four years after her last one.
All of the songs are originals, and the sessions with Hisahisa Nagami on bass and Shinichiro Hayashi on drums are highlights of the album.
Compared to her previous album "Time Limit," which was mainly catchy and pop songs, this album contains many chic songs, mainly blues.

"Before After," which is also the title track of the album, is a light swing number.
Other highlights include a timeless jazz standard, the mysterious "Strange Dream," with its creative chord progression, and "Eighties," which features a breathtaking chorus by the three members.

Past Rank In

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iTunes Store • Jazz TOP ALBUMS • Japan • TOP 15 • 11 Dec 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Germany • TOP 151 • 18 Jan 2024

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Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Cape Verde • TOP 29 • 20 Nov 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Costa Rica • TOP 142 • 9 Nov 2023

Past Playlist In

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Apple Music • Jazz Scene: Japan • 25 Oct 2023

Strange Dream

Apple Music • Jazz Scene: Japan • 1 Dec 2023

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  • Yuka Iizuka

    In 2011, Yuka Iizuka invited the two people she met through a jam session to her band and formed a piano trio. Mainly live activities in Tokyo.

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