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Label Challenge Records |
UPC 0608917348729 |
Catalogue number CR 73487 |
Release date 11 October 2019 |
"... continuously intriguing music that unfolds unexpectedly."
Jazzism, 24-4-2020Born in Tokyo, Genzo moved to Italy at the age of twenty, where he studied classical saxophone at the Conservatorio di Musica di Perugia and jazz saxophone at the Conservatorio di Musica “Santa Cecilia” di Roma. Moving to the Netherlands, he founded the Okabe Family in 2009. In his first album as a leader, Okabe Family (OAP Records, 2013), he demonstrated his insights in composition and arrangements as well as his creativity.
His polished skill of performance was presented both in the Netherlands and through the Band’s first Japan tour.
In 2014 Genzo accomplished his master’s degree in Jazz Saxophone at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague.
... continuously intriguing music that unfolds unexpectedly.
Jazzism, 24-4-2020
His sax playing is fluent and inventive and winds its way through the interplay.
JazzMo', 28-2-2020
Each dialect song is a kind of etude with a specific musical motif, such as polyrhythm, arpeggio and harmony, leaving space in which every musician can speak in their own language.
Jazzradar, 10-1-2020
The compositions, all written by Genzo, are again very ingeniously put together, just like on "Disoriented".
Rootstime, 14-11-2019