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
Kirk Knuffke; Charlie Burnham; Thommy Andersson
John Hart; Bill Moring; Tim Horner
Thommy Andersson; Kirk Knuffke; Jose Davila
Larry Willis; Bob Cranshaw; Kenny Washington
David Friedman; Tony Miceli
Matt Garrity; Vito Dieterle; Steve Einerson; David Ambrosio
John McNeil; Tom Harrell; Kenny Barron; Buster Williams; Billy Hart
Dave Pietro; Scott Wendholt; Gary Versace; Jay Anderson; Adam Cruz
Johannes Enders
Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France; Peter Eötvös
Quinsin Nachoff
Stefano Boggiani
Johan Tobias Bergstrom
Troen/Arnesen Quartet
S-E-A
Roy Powell