Yusuke Sase is a rising star trumpeter who also plays in Gentle Forest Jazz Band and Answer To Remember led by Shun Ishiwaka. His first album as a leader has finally been released on LP!
An important work of purely Japanese jazz from the 2020s, created in collaboration with musicians of the same generation who are active across borders!
"#1," his first album as a leader, is composed entirely of original songs, and it not only fully demonstrates his abilities as a trumpet player, from his sharp phrasing to his powerful blow and lustrous tone, but also fully demonstrates his talents as a composer and producer, with a thrilling and exquisitely balanced song structure that develops off-beat time signatures, and a complex structure in which each part is intertwined in multiple layers, yet with an instrumental sound that is full of song. Each song was recorded in just one or two takes, and the way he brilliantly brings out the skills of musicians of his generation who are active in many fields, with jazz as the core, is simply overwhelming!
