[Machine Translation] A masterpiece 2-CD set representing 2017! A collection of lyrical and beautiful ballads! Issei Igarashi", a trumpeter, opens with a beautiful tone reminiscent of Miles Davis' ballads! This is a masterpiece of Jazz ballads, featuring duo, trio, quartet, and quintet performances of standards and originals with jazzmen in Japan, as if they were discussing with each other. <Issei Igarashi was born in Hokkaido in January 1965 and made his solo album debut in 1993 with "Deep Blue Rain", followed by "camel" (1994), "Golden Lips" (1995: Gold Disc by Swing Journal), "Tokyo Moon" (1996), "Summer" (1996), and "SUMMER" (1998). In 2001, he coached Hiroyuki Sanada, who starred in the movie "Till Midnight" (directed by Makoto Wada), and also performed on the soundtrack disc. He has performed with Katsumi Watanabe, Fumio Karashima, Takehiro Honda, Atsusuke Mine, Fumio Itabashi, Hidefumi Toki, Sadao Watanabe, Yosuke Yamashita, Terumasa Hino, Tommy Flanagan, Duke Jordan, Ray Bryan, Kenny Barron, Paul Jackson, and many more. In 2006, he released his sixth album, "Free Drops," after nine years of silence. In December of the same year, he was featured as the main soloist in the hit TV drama "Climber's High" written by Hideo Yokoyama, which aired on NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) (music by Yoshihide Otomo).