From late 1970s, in music scene in our country, there are two bands called two major fusion band; " Casiopea
" and " T-Square
". In 1990s,Masato Hondawas a member of T-Square as a saxophonist. He started his professional career just after he entered college of music. And after he quit T-Square, he experiences various groups -including
FOUR of a KIND
, and his solo works. Also, he is one of the indispensable musicians of Toshiki Kadomtsu
This album is recorded live on December 8, 2000
, in Tokyo. The band members are: Guitar:Jun Kajiwara Keyboards:Keiji Matsumoto Bass:Tomohito Aoki Drums:Hiroyuki Noritake Basically, they are the members of "Honda Band", although sometimes different
. The appeal of this album is: Needless to say, performance of those five musicians. Especially, while Aoki performs devotedly for the whole band, when it comes to his part of solo, he attracts attention of whole audience in a flash
-In listening to " Joy
", imagine this scene.
Even after Aoki departed from his life, not so many members of Honda's band have changed. Birthdays of Honda, and Tetsuo Sakurai
from And from 2007, Sakurai often takes part in Honda's band on tour and recordings. Honda's new album after six years of absence is coming soon -on June 24; the title is " Saxes Street
".
In addition to regular musicians, a young musician, the age of Honda's son,
takes part in recordings; Yuuya Komoguchi
.
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