New Horizon (Tak Matsumoto album)
New Horizon is the fifteenth solo studio album by Japanese guitarist Tak Matsumoto, of B'z fame. It is an instrumental album (except for "Feel Like a Woman Tonite", with guest vocals by American singer Wendy Moten[1]) and it was released by Vermillion Records on April 30, 2014 in Japan. The album debuted at number 3 on both the Japanese Oricon weekly album chart[2] and the Billboard Japan album chart.[3]
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| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 46:59 | |||
| Label | Vermillion Records (Japan) | |||
| Producer | Tak Matsumoto and Paul Brown | |||
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Some tracks of the album are not new; the title track was featured in a series of commercials by Japanese transportation company Sagawa Express, "Black Jack" is a rerecorded version of the Black Jack Special theme song, and "Rain" had been already performed live during their 25th anniversary tour.[1] The album also features three covers: "Take 5", which had already been covered in Matsumoto's debut solo album Thousand Wave, and two other tracks by Japanese musicians, the only tracks with Japanese-language titles.[1]
Track listing
All music is composed by Tak Matsumoto, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "New Horizon" | 4:39 | |
| 2. | "Take 5" (The Dave Brubeck Quartet cover) | Paul Desmond | 3:34 |
| 3. | "Feel Like a Woman Tonite" (featuring Wendy Moten) | 3:53 | |
| 4. | "Rodeo Blues" | 3:15 | |
| 5. | "Island of Peace" | 5:23 | |
| 6. | "That's Cool" | 3:19 | |
| 7. | "Shattered Glass" | 4:57 | |
| 8. | "月の明かり (Tsuki No Akari)" (Light of the Moon) | Masahiro Kuwana | 5:26 |
| 9. | "Reason to be..." | 4:01 | |
| 10. | "Black Jack" | 4:33 | |
| 11. | "学生街の喫茶店 (Gakuseigai No Kissaten)" (Once Upon a Love) | Kohichi Sugiyama | 3:59 |
| 12. | "Rain" | 5:39 | |
| Total length: | 46:59 | ||
The American and European editions come with a slightly different track list (with "Take 5" as the opening track and the title track coming next) and the two Japanese-language titled tracks translated to English
Personnel
- Tak Matsumoto - guitars on all tracks, arrangements
Session members
- Wendy Moten - vocals on "Feel Like a Woman Tonite"
- John Ferraro - drums
- Lee Laing - drums, keyboards and wah guitar on "Feel Like a Woman Tonite"
- Shane Gaalaas - drums on "Rain"
- Lenny Castro - percussion on "Take 5"
- Travis Carlton - bass on track 1, 6, 9, 10, 11
- Bryant Siono - bass on "Feel Like a Woman Tonite"
- Barry Sparks - bass on "Rain"
- David Enos - wood bass on tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
- Akira Onozuka - electric piano on tracks 1, 4, 6; piano on tracks 5, 7, 8, 9; Wurlitzer on "Black Jack" and "Gakuseigai No Kissaten"; organ on "Rain"
- Greg Vail - saxophone on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 10; flute on tracks 2, 3, 7; tenor saxophone on "New Horizon" and "That's Cool"
- Greg Adams - trumpet on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 10
- Lee Thornburg - trombone on tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 10
- Hiroko Ishikawa of Lime Ladies Orchestra - strings on tracks 5, 7, 8
Technical staff
- Hideyuki Terachi - arrangement
- Hiroyuki Kobayashi - recording; mixing on tracks 5, 8, 9, 11, 12; engineering
- Paul Brown - recording and engineering on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10; mixing on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10; arrangement on "Feel Like a Woman Tonite"
References
- Tobias (7 March 2014). "Tak Matsumoto New Album 「New Horizon」 2014/04/30 Out!!". Off the Lock. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- "CDアルバムランキング - 2014年05月12日付 （2014年04月28日～2014年05月04日）". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- "Billboard Japan Top Albums". Billboard Japan. Retrieved 4 May 2015.