[Stylish & refreshing]
No.90EX "In the sky" by Shunzo Ohno
Hi. It is instrumental time and the track for today is "In The Sky" by "Shunzō Ohno".
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Index
1. Song data
| Title | In The Sky |
|---|---|
| Artist | Shunzō Ohno |
| Album Title | Quarter moon |
| Catalog Number | KICJ-92318 |
| Track No. | 3 |
| Duration | 4:13 |
| Released | 1979 |
| Publisher | Electric bird (King record) |
| Lyricist | Instrumental music |
| Composer | Shunzō Ohno |
| Arranger | Shunzō Ohno |
- About the creators
Shunzō Ohno
Shunzō Ohno is a composer, arranger and a player of this instrumental music.
He is famous with his excellent play of the trumpet, but also he is a competent composer in Jazz.
We would like to cover on him later in "about the artist" section.
Cover art
- Sound impressions
Stylish & refreshing
This is a so refreshing fusion instrumental in comfortable speed on 16 beat rhythm.
The drums, bass, electric piano and the string synthesizer "Solina"(the ARP String Ensemble) start the introduction, and the electric guitar quickly joins.
Beautiful female chorus add a smoothness to the ensemble, and solo play of the electric guitar sounds fashionable.
Solina
"Solina" is a 1st generation polyphonic synthesizer developed by a dutch firm Eminent BV.
Trumpeter "Shunzō Ohno" also played "mini moog" and "Solina" synthesizers on this album.
Here is a sound sample of "Solina" from youtube.
* Solina
- Reference
- About the artist
Indomitable trumpeter
Shunzō Ohno debuted in 1972 with single "Falter out". Since then, 14 original, 1 live, and 1 best have been released as leader albums until now.
He has also participated 14 albums of other prominent Jazz players like Gil Evans, Machito, or Norman Connors in his long career.
Invited by Art Blakey
Shunzō Ohno debuted in 1971 as a trumpet player in Japan. But soon he moved to the United states, and still there. Therefore, the most of his musical career has been made in America.
In 1973, a super Jazz legend Mr. Art Blakey visited Japan, and appeared on a special Jazz program on TV.
Quite unexpectedly, Shunzō Ohno stood in for the originally planned musician, and played together with Art Blakey as a member of his team on the show.
Mr. Blakey seemed impressed by him. And said to Shunzō "Come to New York."
And finally in 1974, Shunzō Ohno decided to move to the US.
Since then, he joined with the various Jazz groups like "Machito & The Afro-Cubans", "Gil Evans orchestra", and also played with many musicians like Norman Connors or Wayne Shorter.
Grammy Awards
Shunzō Ohno has been participated the albums given the Grammy Awards in 1983 and 1989.
The 1st one was "Machito and His Salsa Big Band '82" by Machito. Shunzō Ohno is playing the trumpet solo on this album.
The 2nd one was Gil Evans's live album "Bud and Bird" (1986).
On this live album recorded at Sweet Basil, Shunzō Ohno brought himself as a trumpet player.
Recover from accident
In 1988, he was involved in a traffic accident. He managed to keep alive, but he lost teeth and his lips were injured, then it seemed he cannot be a trumpet player anymore.
But with his extraordinary recovery effort, he succeeded to come back as a trumpeter of the Buster Williams quintet.
Recently, he is sharing more time with Japanese fans particularly after the series of recent natural disasters.
His arrangement of traditional Japanese songs are also interesting and worth to listen.
- Samples from online music stores
About the samples
Please go to the page below, and just play or click track No.3.
Trial button is on the left side of the song title.
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Amazon JP(en)
neowing.co.jp
diskunion.net
hmv.co.jp
8. Japanese Letters
| Song Title | In The Sky |
|---|---|
| Artist | 大野俊三 (Shunzō Ohno) |
| Album Title | Quarter moon |
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