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Écho d'Azur

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Paris based Japanese singer, pianist, composer Rié FURUSE trio 2nd album.
This album was born during this spring which was particular due to the national confinement in France - this isolation that we all paradoxically shared - and the summer that followed. The first two notes of the first piece are inspired from the tuner who came to tune my piano when the world reopened in May. "Tuning" is about the connection and reconnection of mind and soul while "Further and further, deeper and deeper" is about moving forward inside despite the limitations on the outside.
In summer, these limits have faded, in "Écho d'Azur" and "Summer Unleashed" you will hear the joy of the rediscovery of colors through the landscapes of Côte d'Azur.
A south wind blows through the last song with the Ryūkyū (the old Okinawa) music scale. A wind from my region that brings hope for a better tomorrow.
Along the way, the album was enriched by two collaborations « Sugarcane Rain » and « The One » with renowned British lyricist Chris Mosdell (Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Ryuichi Sakamoto & YMO etc.) as well as colorful harmonies by young Parisian singers.

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Écho d'Azur

Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • France • TOP 13 • 4 Mar 2021

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  • Rie FURUSE Trio

    Paris based songstress/composer Rie FURUSE (vocal/piano) Trio. Crossover from Jazz, Fusion to Pops. Rié FURUSE, the Japanese songstress/composer, has been performing not only in Paris where she lives but also in Europe, US, Middle East and Asia. After having spent the last decade living in her adopted home of Paris, she has finally found her true identity within her bi-cultural world. Through the musical expression of her creations, together with her faithful musicians Marc Pujol (percussion) and Gabriel Gosse (guitar) Rié shares, in this beautiful recording, the essential essence of "Nipponese-Parisian" jazz.

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