Yuichi Hirakawa Group
live at Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City
Sunday, June 12th 2005
Yuichi Hirakawa - drums, composition, arranging
Ben Stivers - Organ with Nord Electro, arranging
Matt Chertkoff - guitar
Jun Usuba - tenor saxophone (Polystar Jazz Library recording artist)
photo by Ho
"On Green Dolphin Street", a la second line-ish groove.
One of original tunes by Hirakawa. The chord changes are simple, but there are odd number of bars, so it's hard to blow on. It's a Bugaloo a la "The Side Winder." Ben set this song up in a really groovy way.
Another tune by Hirakawa. He wrote this tune assuming three improvisors taking solos in three different keys. Therefore the title became "Tri-Cycling."
One of Bop heads by Charlie Parker. It was Ben's idea to play on this reggae/ska groove, and it became the band's favorite.
