Kinothek Percussion Ensemble – Adventure

The followup to Ryo Fukui’s widely popular and now thoroughly revived classic Scenery, Mellow Dream pushes forward with even more of that rich modal, bop, and cool jazz presented in the first album, but this time with three original compositions versus just one. Self-taught and undeniably Japanese, Fukui was a “rare combination of pure talent, unique personal approach and focused discipline.” The sounds on his sophomore release are, for lack of a better word, mellower and more delicate than the first album with a unique maturity coming from a pianist who truly did it his own way.
Recommended – Full Listen
A1 Mellow Dream
A2 My Foolish Heart
A3 Baron Potato Blues
B1 What’s New
B2 Horizon
B3 My Funny Valentine
Bass – Satoshi Denpoh
Design – Takayuki Soeda
Drums – Yoshinori Fukui
Piano – Ryo Fukui
Producer – Masataka Itoh
Recorded By, Mixed By – Masayoshi Ohkawa