01/31/18
Midwest Record 1/31/2018 issue
JAZZ TOKYO
HIROAKI HONSHUKU’S RACHA FORA/Happy Fire-New Kind of Jazz:
Still showing his love for Miles, still showing his love for finding creativity where you’d least expect it and still going for broke on multi faceted mash ups, Honshuku’s third outing with this ensemble gives you the jolt you had when discovering the world sides of McLaughlin and Zappa, among others, but the jolt you feel is all his own. A skilled writer, player and interpreter, his music knows no walls and almost knows no bounds. A tasty, wild and restless release that totally has it all on the ball, as you would expect from a one time George Russell sidekick.
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