28 NY Blue Featuring Oz Noy & Edmond Gilmore

[Machine Translation] Celebrating the 40th anniversary of his debut, Japan's world-class top drummer Akira Jimbo is releasing three original album titles simultaneously. As a new challenge, Jimbo has taken on the challenge of producing three original albums simultaneously. In previous albums, Jimbo had flown to Los Angeles and New York to pursue the appeal of live sessions with local musicians, but due to the Corona disaster, he had to abandon his trip to the U.S. This time, however, he produced the albums remotely in New York and Tokyo. The 29 songs selected from among 100 candidates were brought to life in "28 NY Blue," "29 NY Red," and "30 Tokyo Yellow," based on the concept of the three primary colors of blue, red, and yellow. 28 NY Blue" is a guitar trio album of funky and bluesy songs featuring Oz Noy, a superb guitarist who performed with the band on their previous album, and Edmond Gilmore, a bassist who performed with the band in the past.

デビュー40周年を迎えた日本が世界に誇るトップドラマー神保彰がオリジナルアルバム3タイトルを同時発売。新たなる挑戦として、今回はオリジナルアルバムの3作同時制作に挑戦。これまでのアルバム制作ではロスやNYへ飛び、現地ミュージシャンと生のセッションの魅力を追求してきた神保だが、今回はコロナ禍により渡米を断念。NYと東京でのリモートによる制作がなされた。書き下ろした100曲の候補のなかからえりすぐられた29曲に命が吹き込まれ完成したのが、青・赤・黄色の三原色をコンセプトにした「28 NY Blue」、「29 NY Red」、「30 Tokyo Yellow」。「28 NY Blue」は、前作で共演した超絶ギタリスト Oz Noyと、過去に共演したベーシストEdmond Gilmoreをフィーチャーしたファンキーでブルージーな楽曲を集めたギタートリオアルバム。