Release Date: 19 January 2024
Label: SteepleChase
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 716043195626
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 19 January 2024
Label: SteepleChase
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 716043195626
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Another SteepleChase debut album here by Japanese-born B-3 organist Akiko Tsuruga who hails from Osaka, Japan's second largest city brimming with vitality and keen sense of good life. With her working group including husband trumpeter Joe Magnarelli Akiko leaps out with electrifying energy and at the same time displays her knack for elegant phrasing.
"Tsuruga wraps her own personality around our expectations, bringing out signature ideals of her instrument." - Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
Akiko Tsuruga: B3 Hammond organ
Joe Magnarelli: trumpet
Jerry Weldon: tenor saxophone
Byron Landham: drums
Ed Cherry: guitar
Recorded February 2023
Tracklisting
Andy LaVerne & Dick Sisto
David Janeway
Rolf Billberg
Kirk Knuffke
Dizzy Gillespie
Mferghu
Dave Scott
Chris Byars
David Janeway
JD Allen
Joe Webb
Carsten Dahl Golden Ratio Trio
Jim Hart Cloudmakers Trio & Leo Genovese
Perfect Stranger
The Bad Plus
Paul Brady