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FUKUSHIMA SINSUKE FUJIEDA GROUP | Deluxe Edition / Expanded 9-track CD
Format: CD, six-panel digipak, Japanese obi, 20-page booklet Label: SoFa Records
Catalogue: SOFA1019 EAN/JAN: 4582308079965 Released: 2025 Edition: first pressing of 1,000
FUKUSHIMA- Deluxe Edition expands the original five track LP into a definitive nine track CD.
featuring the full-length versions of the original pieces alongside four additional compositions.
Together , they reveal a wider spectrum of Sinsuke Fujieda’s musical world
The additional programme includes the flute-led “Abstraction Jazz Mode”, “Horize” and “Flying Steps”, together with “Jiva”, a distinctive bamboo-clarinet composition. The music moves between spiritual jazz, contemplative passages and vigorous ensemble improvisation without losing the group’s strong melodic identity.
Presented in a six-panel digipak with obi, the deluxe CD includes a 20-page booklet with photographs and a Japanese translation of Fujieda’s interview from We Jazz Magazine Issue 16 (Fall 2025). Running time: approximately 68 minutes.
TRACK LISTING 1. Fukushima 2. Float in Oriental Spring 3. Silent Night
4. Nobody Knows 5. Perspective 6. Abstraction Jazz Mode
7. Horize 8. Jiva 9. Flying Steps
PERSONNEL & PRODUCTION Sinsuke Fujieda — tenor & soprano saxophone, flute, bamboo clarinet; Fumiko Takeshita — violin; Shinichi Tsukamoto — piano; Shigeru Kato — bass; Kensaku Osumi — drums; Daisuke Alkhaly — percussion.
All compositions and arrangements: Sinsuke Fujieda. Recording, mixing & mastering: Keiichi Sato. Recorded 16 May 2023 at Groove Studio Matsudo. Cover photography: Ena Yanai. Booklet photography: Akira Uehara and Hide Morimoto
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