Naruyoshi Kikuchi

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Sax player, composer.
He made a conspicuous figure by Tsuneo Imahori's band "Tipographica".
After the band dissolved, He made his own jazz / funk / dance band "Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden (DCPRG)".
On the other hand, he produced the album "Degustation a jazz" that defined the jazz at the new millennium.
Now he is concurrently advancing many projects such as "Naruyoshi Kikuchi Dub Sextet" (hard-bop jazz quartet with dub mixer), "Pepe Tormento Azcarar" (fusion of lounge jazz, tango, latin and chamber music).

CURE JAZZ REUNION / Naruyoshi Kikuchi & UA

Long-awaited reunion of Kikuchi and Japanese singer, UA !
Live recorded at Okinawa & Tokyo.
(2014 release)

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LUPIN THE THIRD: MINE FUJIKO TOIU ONNA (OST) / Naruyoshi Kikuchi

Original sound track album of latest "Lupin The Third" animation series "Mine Fujiko Toiu Onna" (meaning "The woman called Fujiko Mine").
(2012 release)

PANDORA NO HAKO (PANDORA'S BOX) (OST) / Naruyoshi Kikuchi

Original soundtrack album for the movie "Pandora No Hako" (directed by Masanori Tominaga). Based on the story by Osamu Dazai.
(2009 release)

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FLOWERS AND WATER / Naruyoshi Kikuchi & Hiroshi Minami

Naruyoshi Kikuchi and pianist Hiroshi Minami, duo collaboration playing quiet standard jazz.
(2009 release)

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PAVILLION SALAMANDRE (OST) / Naruyoshi Kikuchi

Original sound track album for the movie "Pavillion Salamandre" (directed by Masanori Tominaga). Strange story about young Röntogen engineer and salamander. Theme song features Maki mannami on vocal.
(2006 release)

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CURE JAZZ / Naruyoshi Kikuchi & UA

Naruyoshi Kikuchi and Japanese Popular singer UA, collaborated to make the great standard jazz album. They play "Over the rainbow", "Night in Tunisia", and so on.
(2006 release)

ELIZABETH TAYLOR IN SOUTH AMERICA / Naruyoshi Kikuchi

Kikuchi made the mixture of avant-garde jazz and tango. This album is the origin of "Pepe Tormento Azucarar".
(2005 release)

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WAIT UNTIL DARK (OST) / Naruyoshi Kikuchi

Original soundtrack album for the movie "Wait until dark" (directed by Takashi Minamoto). Romantic story of special black-outed Christmas night in Tokyo. Containing the cover track of John Lennon's "Happy Christmas".
(2005 release)

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DEGUSTATION A JAZZ / Naruyoshi Kikuchi

Naruyoshi Kikuchi's first "jazz" consept album by 41 short tunes (average 90 seconds from 60 seconds) that many different styles of jazz.
(2004 release)

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CHANSONS EXTRAITES (DE DEGUSTATION A JAZZ) / Naruyoshi Kikuchi

Full long versions of some vocal tracks from "Degustation a jazz" featuring Japanese singer UA, Kahimi Karie, and Kikuchi himself.
(2004 release)

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TEN MINUTES OLDER (Inspired Image Album) / Naruyoshi Kikuchi & Combopiano

"Ten Minutes Older" is the special project that making the 10 minutes short movies by 15 directors around the world.
On this album, Naruyoshi Kikuchi and Combopiano made the original tracks inspired by each movies (not original sound tracks).
(2003 release)

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DATE COURSE PENTAGON ROYAL GARDEN / DCPRG

[Members]

-First Season (till 2007)-

Naruyoshi Kikuchi : Conducter, Vox-Jagar, CD-J, Keyboard
Yoshihide Otomo : Guitar
Jason Shalton : Guitar
Kohki Takai : Guitar, Filter
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki : Drums
Nobuo Fujii : Drums
Masaki Kurihara : Bass
Kenta Tsugami : S-Sax
Gosekky : T-Sax
Takeo Sekijima : Tuba
Taisei Aoki : Trombone
Shiro Sasaki : Trumpet
Masayasu Tzboguchi : Shynthesizer, Electric piano, Clavinett
Gen Oogimi : Percussion
Masaki Yoshimi : Tabla
Itoken : Drums

-Second Season (since 2011)-

Naruyoshi Kikuchi : Conducter, CD-J, Keyboard
Masayasu Tzboguchi : Shynthesizer, Electric piano, Clavinett
Josei : Keyboard
Takayoshi Omura : Guitar
Arigas : Bass
Muneomi Senju : Drums
Kyojn Tanaka : Drums
Gen Ogimi : Percussion
Kenta Tsugami : Sax
Sekito Takai : Sax
Shinpei Ruike : Trumpet

FRANZ KAFKA'S SOUTH AMERIKA /DCPRG (CD+DVD)

second season DCPRG's second studio recorded album.
DVD features "Ronald Reagan" Live movie at Ebisu Liquid Room.
(2015 release)

SECOND REPORT FROM IRON MOUNTAIN USA /DCPRG

second season DCPRG's first studio recorded album.
Featuring Japanese hip-hop unit "Simi-Lab", and Vocaloid "Tone-Rion".
(2012 release)

ALTER WAR IN TOKYO /Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden

Band members switched, re-booted second season DCPRG's double CD live album.
(2011 release)

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FRANZ KAFKA'S AMERIKA

Studio recorded third album (2CD).
(2007 release)

Kikuchi anounced dissolvement of the band after the release of this album.

(But, re-organized the band at 2011)

MUSICAL FROM CHAOS 2 (CD+DVD)

Live recorded compilation. Track list is just same as album "Structure et force".
DVD contains their live performance and promotional video clips .
(2005 release)
(Audio CD only version is here)

STAIN ALIVE/FAME/PAN-AMERICAN BEEF STAKE ART FEDERATION 2

Studio recorded mini-album containing 3 tracks (but total time 40 minutes over).
Including Studio recorded version of Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive", David Bowie's "Fame" .
(2004 release)

STRUCTURE ET FORCE

Studio recorded Second album.
(2003 release)

MUSICAL FROM CHAOS

Live take compilation 2CD album.
Containing cover version of Miles Davis' "Spanish key" and Bee Gees' "Stayin' alive".
(2003 release)

GENERAL REPRESENTATION PRODUCTS CHAIN DRASTISM

Remix tracks from "Report from Iron Mountain". Remixed by Yoshihide Otomo, Bayaka, Rei Harakami, Tatsuya Oe, DJ Quietstorm, Kazunao Nagata, DJ Me DJ You.
(2002 release)

REPORT FROM IRON MOUNTAIN

First full album of Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden.
Containing the cover version of Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe".
(2001 release)

SINO / PAN-AMERICAN BEEF STEAK ART FEDERATION

Split album of Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden and Rovo.
"Sino" is by Rovo, "Pan-American..." is by DCPRG.
Each tracks 30 minutes over.
(2001 release)

PEPE TORMENTO AZUCARAR

[Members]

Naruyoshi Kikuchi : T-Sax, A-Sax, Vocal, Claves, Shaker, Compose, Arrange
Satoshi Kitamura : Bandoneon
Jun Hayakawa : Bandoneon
Hiroshi Minami : Piano
Masaki Hayashi : Piano
Masato Suzuki : Bass
Keisuke Trigoe : Bass
Gen Ohgimi : Percussion
Tomomi Tokunaga : Violin 1
Masahiko Tohdo : Violin 1
Shohei Yoshida : Violin 1
Takako Kurihara : Violin 2
Mika Naramura : Violin 2
Mikiyo Kikuchi : Viola
Seigen Tokuzawa : Cello
Aya Horigome : Harp
Nobuyuki Nakajima : Compose, arrange
Kenichi Yamakita : Percussion
Michiaki Tanaka : Percussion
Masako Hayashi : Soprano

HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (DVD)

Live movie of Pepe Tormento Azucarar.
Edited from many footages for ten years, and features stage shots of "Before and After The War" release live at Ex-Theater Roppongi.
(2015 release)

HISTORY IN THE NIGHT -Ten Years of Pepe Tormento Azucarar-

Anthology album of Pepe Tormento Azucarar compiled by Kikuchi himself.
Selected from "Elizabeth Taylor in South America", "La Pensee Sauvage", "Estudios de Sintoma de Perdida de Memoria" and "New York Hell Sonic Ballet".
(2014 release)

BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR

Fourth album of Pepe Tormento Azucarar.
Almost every tracks are vocal tune including the cover versions of Frank Ocean, Dick Mine, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Kip Hanrahan etc.
(2014 release)

NEW YORK HELL SONIC BALLET

Third album of Pepe Tormento Azucarar.
Containing cover version of Massacre's "Killing Time" and featuring soprano opera vocal.
So avant-garde laten-lounge-jazz.
(2009 release)

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ESTUDIOS DE SINTOMA DE PERDIDA DE MEMORIA

Second album of Pepe Tormento Azucarar.
Containing cover version of many movie soundtracks as "Butterfield 8", "Alphaville", "8 1/2", and Billie Holiday's "You don't know what love is".
(2008 release)

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LA PENSEE SAUVAGE

2CD full album of Pepe Tormento Azucarar.
Containing 2 original suites and covered tracks from Michel Legrand, Billy Strayhorn, Wayne Shorter, Haruomi Hosono.
(2006 release)

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NARUYOSHI KIKUCHI DUB SEXTET

[Members]

Naruyoshi Kikuchi : T-Sax

Shinpei Ruike : Trumpet

Masayasu Tzboguchi : Piano

Masato Suzuki : Bass

Tamaya Honda : Drums

Pardon Kimura : Dub

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE COMPUTERIZED

First album of cool & authentic hard bop style jazz band with dub effects.
(2007 release)

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DUB ORBITS

Second album of hard bop / dub engineering jazz band.
Including cover version of Miles Davis' "Orbits".
(2008 release)

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IN TOKYO

Live recorded album of Dub Sextet.
Including cover version of Miles Davis' "Orbits".
(2008 release)

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