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Kaori Vibes Quartet

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結成11周年を迎えたKaori Vibes Quartet（通称KVQ）が待望の3rdアルバム『starry nights』をリリース。
リーダー中島香里のオリジナルを中心に夜の雰囲気をまとった曲を多く収録し、ジャズのエッセンスをふんだんに取り入れつつもポップなアルバムに仕上がっている。
聴く者に情感や景色を感じさせる楽曲とバンドの一体感。そしてメンバー個々の卓越した技量と音楽への情熱がうねりながら展開していくインプロヴィゼーション。そして何より、時にはメロウに、時には疾走感たっぷりにダイナミックに、そしてジャジーに・・・プレイヤーの少ないヴィブラフォンという楽器の魅力を存分に味わえる一枚となっている。

Past Rank In

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Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Belarus • TOP 12 • 5 Nov 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Korea, Republic of • TOP 47 • 24 May 2022 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Taiwan • TOP 83 • 21 Apr 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • China • TOP 109 • 1 Oct 2021 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Hong Kong • TOP 170 • 10 Sep 2021

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Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Moldova, Republic of • TOP 140 • 6 Jun 2023

Past Playlist In

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Apple Music • Jazz Scene: Japan • 26 Aug 2021

Artist Profile

  • Kaori Vibes Quartet

    Kaori Vibes Quartet is a Tokyo based quartet, led by Kaori Nakajima on vibraphone. Upon hearing Kaori's vibraphone in a trombone quintet, Takehiro Bando from the Urban Jazz Ichigo Ichie label was so impressed, he invited her to the studio to record a CD. However, she had no band with which to record. Bando then introduced Kaori to, Minoru Yoshiki, Masanori Ando and Tamashi Goto, which gave birth to the Kaori Vibes Quartet. Since its inception in 2010 The Kaori Vibes Quartet has performed extensively throughout Japan, releasing its acclaimed debut CD, 'Flying Mind' in 2013. Of the nine songs on the CD, Kaori Nakajima composed six. Also since inception, the group has made an annual pilgrimage to New York, to pay homage to jazz and to learn from the best of the best, through listening and jamming with them. Kaori Nakajima is heavily influenced by African-American groove. But she doesn't just emulate the groove, she stamps her own signature on it, with 4 mallets instead of two. Nakajima maybe petite, but her sound is dynamic and passionate.

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