Yutaro Suzuki - Beyond the Arctic

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Yutaro Suzuki, a trumpeter that has gained a wide range of trust from young people to veterans in Japan. A single trip to Basel, Switzerland to pursue his own sound, this is the first recording that took place during a two-week interaction with local musicians. The sound and lyrical play of Suzuki's has been highly appreciated in the field and was praised by Larry Grenadier.
Recording members include Yosuke Doki, an ally from Keijuku University of Lights, Music Society era, which has earned high praise by Chris Cheek and Jeff Barrard. In addition, Alistair Peel, the powerful bassist, who joined the elite band "Focus Year" at the Basel University of Music Jazz Campus. And Aidin Essen, a world-renowned pianist, known for collaborating with famous artists such as Gary Burton and Dave Levman.
This work is based on the theme of "First Season Party" music created by meeting musicians with different sources and cultural backgrounds. Although the performance has the inevitable inevitability and style aesthetics, as if it was built from the beginning. Beautiful and heavy dark waltz songs, ballads whose simple and fantastical melody changes in harmony, 2 original songs with a world view, and 6 episodes. The sound that encompasses poem and silence is sure to persuasive and makes a great transformation point for the sharp trumpet.

Songlist
Birds of the air (Yutaro Suzuki) 
Reflections in D (Duke Ellington) 
I hear a rhapsody (George Fragos) 
Ballad-ette (Yutaro Suzuki) 
Stella by starlight (Victor Young)
Hokago (Yosuke Doki) 

Yutaro Suzuki (tp), Aydin Esen (pf), Alistair Peel (ba),  Yosuke Doki,(ds)
Recorded by Johan Olsson on June 1st 2025
at Loumi Records Recording Studio (Steinen, Germany)
Mixed & Mastered by Shinya Matsushita