Matrix

by Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet

Matrix cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Flying Disk
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 40:01
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Takahiro Suzuki, Hideyuki Kikuchi, Akio Nishimura, Tetsuo Fushimi, Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet, Hironori Takiya

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Japanese pianist Masabumi Kikuchi leads a stellar sextet through an energetic, acoustic post-bop session on 'Matrix'. The compositions are grounded in robust modal jazz frameworks, allowing for intense, highly interactive group improvisation. The record highlights Kikuchi's masterful command of acoustic dynamics before his heavier transition into synthesizer-based fusion.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, acoustic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Matrix = マトリックス (4:55)
  2. Little Aby = リトル・アビー (6:51)
  3. On Green Dolphin Street = グリーン・ドルフィン・ストリート (8:49)
  4. If I Said The Sky Was Falling = スカイ・ウォズ・フォーリング (5:59)
  5. In Fourth Way = イン・フォース・ウェイ (5:50)
  6. Black Orpheus = 黒いオルフェ (7:37)

Credits

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