"NAO YOSHIOKA Tokyo Funk Sessions 2022" BLUE NOTE TOKYO Live Streaming

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  • "NAO YOSHIOKA Tokyo Funk Sessions 2022" BLUE NOTE TOKYO Live Streaming
    【続編/Sequel】Nao Yoshioka - Stars (Tokyo Funk Sessions 2023) - Live at Blue Note Tokyo
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    【続編/Sequel】"NAO YOSHIOKA Tokyo Funk Sessions 2022" BLUE NOTE TOKYO
    • "NAO YOSHIOKA Tokyo Fu...
    進化し続けるソウルディーヴァが紡ぐ
    TOKYO SPECIAL FUNK GROOVE
    パンデミックを乗り越えて、さらに進化したNao Yoshiokaが繰り広げるファンクセッションが実現。2021年は、かねてから温めていたバンドサウンドによる作品を3ヵ月連続で発表。続いてリリースしたEP「Philly Soul Sessions」では米国最大級のソウルメディア「Soul Tracks」にて年間最優秀女性ヴォーカリストにノミネートされるなど飛躍を続けている。約1年ぶりのブルーノート東京登場となった本公演にはホーンセクションを加え、新年を盛り上げるアッパーソングやダンサブルなナンバーをスペシャルアレンジで届けた。ツアーを通してよりパワフルになった気鋭、宮川純らが務めるバンドにも大注目。東京の精鋭バンドと世界のNao Yoshiokaがワールドクラスの音楽で彩るソウル・ファンク・R&Bをご堪能あれ。
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    ナオ・ヨシオカ(ヴォーカル)
    Jun Miyakawa(p, music director)
    宮川純(ピアノ、ミュージック・ディレクター)
    Zak Croxall(b)
    ザック・クロクサル(ベース)
    Fuyu(ds)
    FUYU(ドラムス)
    Satoshi Yoshida(g)
    吉田サトシ(ギター)
    Yusuke Sase(tp)
    佐瀬悠輔(トランペット)
    Tomoaki Baba(ts)
    馬場智章(テナーサックス)
    Shigetaka Ikemoto(tb)
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  • @NAO_YOSHIOKA
    @NAO_YOSHIOKA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6712

    I am so happy, so many of you guys enjoyed the snippet of our show!!
    With the circumstances right now, the world needs Great music full of energy! So I came up with “TOKYO FUNK SESSIONS” which is the highest form of energy we could give back to encourage people. The song, as you know, is inspired by D’angelo’s “Chicken Grease” fused with my own "Love Is the Answer”. I was really helped and motivated by his show when he performed at Summer Sonic Festival in Japan. Also, I appreciate the band members who always put their pure spirit into the music and a big shoutout to Jun Miyakawa for the arrangement of the song. Finally, special thanks to Blue Note Tokyo for always giving me great opportunities!

    • @deSloleye
      @deSloleye 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      That was a wild sound! More of that please!

    • @Keysketch
      @Keysketch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      TQ for being the artist that the world needs! TQ

    • @thearthurmigliazza
      @thearthurmigliazza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      great to see you again Nao! Sounding great!

    • @40mes
      @40mes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, I second the opinion of deSloleye... More of that please!

    • @zazamarco235
      @zazamarco235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      it was brilliant, magnetizing

  • @greg3095
    @greg3095 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1868

    Don’t you love when you stumble across something like this that just blows you to the heavens. Simply outstanding

    • @shirazbopp
      @shirazbopp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Blessed Stumbler here…checking in! Oh Yeah!

    • @boomfield
      @boomfield ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@shirazbopp i am with Rob Rule

    • @quacktony
      @quacktony ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Always, Sometimes we need to leave our surroundings just to really see whats out there.

    • @curio60
      @curio60 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Agree with all the folks posting on this subthread. It's amazing what you find if you open your mind and check out unfamiliar stuff. Who is that drummer. He blows my mind.

    • @truck6859
      @truck6859 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's so great to find these little gems.

  • @steveanthrop8475
    @steveanthrop8475 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    DAMN! How did I not see this 2 years ago? Fantastic!

  • @aidenlee7274
    @aidenlee7274 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    Those players are top notch. God bless Japanese Jazz

  • @hankadelicflash
    @hankadelicflash 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1310

    How.....in the hell.....did I end up listening to Japanese jazz/funk at 3 A.M.?? In other words, thank you Internet.
    Man, why isn't stuff like this being played on American radio stations instead of, almost everything else. Great stuff.

    • @eduardohurst995
      @eduardohurst995 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yeah, they just play that negative stuff, it's like they hate positive good stuff, it's weird.

    • @z.z.onichi5365
      @z.z.onichi5365 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      wondering the same, expect it's 2:45am here lol youtube algorithm seems in a good mood hehe

    • @takeuchi5760
      @takeuchi5760 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Radio is dead, that's why, who even cares about that radio now?

    • @rivernet62
      @rivernet62 ปีที่แล้ว

      Local FM ftw

    • @Schlotzinger
      @Schlotzinger ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I completely agree with you! I'm in Germany, it's 1 am, and like you, exactly my thoughts: how did I come here? I immediatley put it to a play list. Stunning. Exciting. Great.

  • @TapaniVaahervaara
    @TapaniVaahervaara 2 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    The bass player is like Pino Palladino in many ways.

    • @Felipedfernandes
      @Felipedfernandes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A LOT! incredible

    • @marklitherland888
      @marklitherland888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ain't that the truth!!!

    • @eugenek199
      @eugenek199 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      scoured the comments for this. was not disappointed

    • @hobowithabass4034
      @hobowithabass4034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He does look like Pino in this video. The lighting perfectly covering his lower face. Only the glasses lit up.

    • @alvespedro
      @alvespedro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I did think that was only me that did think this! Lol.

  • @robk5745
    @robk5745 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Music at its finest here 🙏

  • @TheComputerCowboy
    @TheComputerCowboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +863

    This was a seriously world-class performance. Everyone from vocalist, instrumentalists, to sound engineers put on quite a show! Jazzy, free and open, while still tight and disciplined. Great set.

    • @robinkershaw
      @robinkershaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Agreed. Really cool performance.

    • @arapaimagold8088
      @arapaimagold8088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well it's Blue Note, one of the most sought label for many audiophile.

    • @ulengrau6357
      @ulengrau6357 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@arapaimagold8088 What's a "Blue Note" label? I only know Johnny Walker Blue Label. .... now that I think about it... why are they both blue?

    • @lunarmusichunter8920
      @lunarmusichunter8920 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like blues and funk on bass guitar.

    • @truck6859
      @truck6859 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You characterized it perfectly: Jazzy, free and open, while still tight and open.

  • @mark3p
    @mark3p 2 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    Insanely great drummer, and Nao owned that stage like a boss.

    • @wizzer2006
      @wizzer2006 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The drummer is very, very good!

    • @samsun01
      @samsun01 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nao was yelling, not singing. I'm baffled why your opinion matters when you have no clue about music. Oh I get it, you like midgets with dyed pink hair. Rub one out, son.

    • @FrankZappa1959
      @FrankZappa1959 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aaaaawsome!!! 💓♥️💓♥️💓♥️💓

  • @nycfunk
    @nycfunk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The use of dynamics between the band and Nao was brilliant. Took the listener on a rollercoaster ride of Funk and smooth grooves. The Trumpbone solo was world class and the Madrigal exchange between all three horns was magical. Oh yeah, the Funk brewed up by the bass, drums, and guitar had my head bobbin.

    • @rexnemo
      @rexnemo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I got the same feeling hearing the trombone solo as I did hearing a solo from Parliament all those years ago ! Just awesome musical talent IMHO

  • @Cinetyk
    @Cinetyk หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    If I was there, I would have lost my shit. This is death by overwhelming smoothness. Every aspect is so smooth it juices up your heart. Midway through you realize this has gone way past your usual comfy hi-spec jazz music presentation - this is the absolute best from every members; in all aspects and departments. I'm only 40 but I feel like I've been building up to this moment where I could attune to this.
    Over the top excellent live music. "This" is the answer :)
    NIPPON BANZAI! :)

  • @raimukoyoasu6636
    @raimukoyoasu6636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +583

    amazing 60 minutes experience,
    yes, I play this 5 times in a row

    • @aakashbagaria1429
      @aakashbagaria1429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      bruh u also watch clappings for 2 min ? XD

    • @lemniscatefortunecanfinall2707
      @lemniscatefortunecanfinall2707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How I ride the same boat just to see the view from where you say you are and I must say it is indeed an effective method. 👍🏾

    • @Marcink126
      @Marcink126 ปีที่แล้ว

      play on which instrument? xD

    • @SeaSerpentLevi
      @SeaSerpentLevi ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The correct way to experience it
      Heheh

    • @SystemsAnalyst
      @SystemsAnalyst ปีที่แล้ว

      Asu tenan kowe

  • @Chilipotamus
    @Chilipotamus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    8:09 onwards, with the dueling brass, was magic. Hearing the subtle call/answer dynamic being passed between each player like a hot potato was magical, all the time with the steady back beat from the drummer barely keeping them all contained. Class, everyone in the band, truly

    • @nicholasadams81
      @nicholasadams81 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Phenomenal band, and actually incredible singer to boot. So glad this exists for our listening and viewing pleasure.

    • @richardm3421
      @richardm3421 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of the few duels I have heard where the soloists are actually working with each other. Awesome!

  • @FuzzySamurai
    @FuzzySamurai ปีที่แล้ว +40

    i'm so glad i found this song again. it's like you're walking alone at night then you hear a faint sound of this in a bar across the street, you get curious, come in and just get a magical sensation

    • @nancyc6236
      @nancyc6236 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Literally did this in Paris. Found a cover to a Mac Miller song this way. Magical experience.

    • @shinkamui
      @shinkamui ปีที่แล้ว

      know what you mean! i discovered this while at work, it was like waking up fresh again, or rather, waking up for the first time in weeks after too long a sleep. Just fucking jumpstarted my pleasure in life anew.

  • @Quark.Lepton
    @Quark.Lepton ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Japan has a remarkable, very dedicated Jazz culture. Nao has that wonderfully natural feel that you always look for in Jazz and praise the Gods when you find it! Just a great group all-round with a great free-form style! ❤

    • @cassaleelee
      @cassaleelee ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Seems like Japan has remarkable, dedicated cultures for many other culture's output. (not a diss; they seriously take everything to the Nth degree---rockabilly, house, record collecting, garage...)

    • @miles9345
      @miles9345 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's real. I also listen to Japanese Jazz, which is very nice. I grow up with them ❤

  • @ikeetkreeft1973
    @ikeetkreeft1973 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    1 year ago i found this, and still going strong

  • @edwarddejong8025
    @edwarddejong8025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Super tight band. When i worked in Japan 12 years ago, i was quite surprised to see a Jazz TV show on during prime time. Only northern europe loves Jazz more than the Japanese. So nice to see a real horn section; synthesized horns are just not the same. Incredible trombone solo. I live in SF area, and we are still basically in lockdown, and live music has suffered very badly. Kudos to the recording engineers, who did a great job of microphone selection/placement/mixing. Very clean.

    • @plasticflower
      @plasticflower ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree, whenever I'm in Japan, it's always pleasant to be exposed to Jazz here and there. For example, cafes often have nice Jazz BGM playing. Perhaps I don't visit the right places elsewhere, but I always feel like Jazz is more present in Japan.

  • @justcallmeJon
    @justcallmeJon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Absolutely stellar performances from everyone, but why is no one talking about that trombone solo??

    • @boquitade83
      @boquitade83 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's greaaaaaat !

    • @craigcorey738
      @craigcorey738 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fred Wesley from the JB's would be proud. Check out Wesley's Funk for your A##.

    • @a52productions
      @a52productions ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's so rare for me to hear a trombone solo I like, but this guy really blasts it right out of the park

  • @aj4123
    @aj4123 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Man, that trombone solo had me emotional. Freaking amazing! Whole set is amazing!

    • @JeremyPickett
      @JeremyPickett ปีที่แล้ว +2

      he was chanelling peewee so hard it made me cry.

    • @sweet-lara
      @sweet-lara 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It keeps developing and becoming more elaborated every moment... so wonderful.

  • @doug6072
    @doug6072 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Bring this to Austin City Limits, I have not heard music this good in a long, long time: world class act, so much talent in one room; beautiful!

  • @marzzz1
    @marzzz1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    In the midst of the torrent of absolute crap that TH-cam throws at me, every once in a while there is a diamond. The singer absolutely OWNS it, and the band is amazing...!

    • @sirzebra
      @sirzebra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Training the youtube algorythm is so easy there no way it should give you anything but gems. use the effin "dont recommend" or "not interested" buttons for a few months, and you'll get a custom tailored algo that can feed you amazing music from any and all genre without almost zero missed marks, i goes digging for new upcoming talent or small but cult past glories you never heard of with so much ease it feels like cheating at life.
      Been training my puppy since 2011, i listen to thousand of artists from every part of the musical spectrum and i havent seen any mainstream shit soup in my feed for litteral years,. Dude this algo well used is one of the best ways to discover new and exiting music since amoeba, please learn to make use of it and enjoy this little moment you had with this concert, but a dozen times a day !

    • @JapanoiseBreakfast
      @JapanoiseBreakfast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sirzebra yep - garbage in, garbage out.

    • @nox_tech_
      @nox_tech_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sirzebra i can also vouch that ya gotta trim out what ya don't want to get quality recommendations. found some personal fave musicians this way. what i do wanna toss in is to also remove any vids you def didn't like from your viewing history. def got some gems this way.

  • @youtuveunvideo
    @youtuveunvideo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +264

    Awesome group, really amazed by the drummer, super clean and slick

    • @PietroCalafiore
      @PietroCalafiore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Fucking agreed. Very solid and with dynamic.

    • @mark3p
      @mark3p 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Rock solid tempo, and very inventive.

    • @goombizdvorakkiewicz5226
      @goombizdvorakkiewicz5226 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Makes it look easy.

    • @IdrisFashan
      @IdrisFashan ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Drummer here, that was slick AF. 👊🏾🧔🏾

  • @RMHutchings
    @RMHutchings 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    I am completely unfamiliar with most Japanese music. This came up on auto play for me. It is without a doubt the most vital, joyful, fun exciting music I've heard in a decade. thankyou.

    • @dcunlimited
      @dcunlimited 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      While this a great performance and song, it's not 'Japanese music', not even close. Most Japanese music is played with an shamisen (三味線), also known as sangen (三絃) or samisen (all meaning "three strings"), is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument sanxian. Also, the riff and music is a take on D'Angelo's 'Chicken Grease' song from his Voodoo album. Even the way she sings some of the lyrics in the versus is in the same theme as his (especially the live performance version).

    • @ynrk-rl1vr
      @ynrk-rl1vr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      三味線は少ないです 私は50年以上生きてますがほとんどの場合はギターですよ!

  • @brookeolejarczyk5247
    @brookeolejarczyk5247 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    trombone solo is phenomenal

    • @craigcorey738
      @craigcorey738 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fred Wesley would be proud!!

  • @charlesbrazell2136
    @charlesbrazell2136 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Wow-I'm an old school funker(was there at the birth of the Funk movement, back in the mid-1970s-and let me tell you all-this rivals some of the best I've seen, coming from the great Funk groups of the 70s and 80s! This audio/video presentation confirms the prophecy back in the late 1970s, that "the Funk will never die"!
    It(Funk)died here in America, but it somehow, over the decades, took root and began to blossom and flourish in the hearts of those NOT YET BORN, back in the 1970s and 80s. This is a PHENOMENON I never thought was possible, until I saw the newer generation(mostly on youtube in the last 3 months or so)carrying on this wonderful music we(American Blacks)created back, over a HALF CENTURY ago!
    Through IGNORANCE and WILLFUL NEGLECT, we killed-or allowed our music to be killed off-and now we are left without a LEGACY to pass on to our progeny, here in America, some OVER FOUR DECADES LATER, after the Funk movement started; but it(the funk)has strangely enough SURVIVED-and is now in the more than capable hands of this new and younger generation-who somehow, SAW THE LIGHT-and are now the present-day torch carriers of this which we started(I am in my 60s now)back some five to five and a half decades ago! 3-15-22.

    • @JetWarrior
      @JetWarrior 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Funk had a nice little period of mainstream relevance in Japan in the 80's. My mom was stationed in Okinawa at the time, and some of the popular music revolved around this kind of music that has come to be known as City Pop--popular music with lots of funk and R&B grooves, definitely smoother and cleaner than what you might find in the US, but still undeniably rooted in funk. City Pop became popular again within the past five years thanks to the internet rediscovering it, and it's probably that that has led to having these kinds of live shows. And you're right...I'd say it's definitely in good hands.

    • @lostsurferjames5
      @lostsurferjames5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think music tends to cycle, it never truly dies but becomes more loved in niche circles. A genre can have a mainstream "death" but there are always people who will continue loving it. Tom Misch, who funny enough is signed under Blue Note, is a great example of the new generation of funk.

    • @rolandbush8463
      @rolandbush8463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What killed funk was rap, Michael Jackson and Prince and the 10 member groups being reduced to 3 or 4 member groups. The horn sections were the first to go then drum machines became the thing lastly the synth bass came out. Funk had roughly a good twenty year run, and it went the way of jazz, blues, soul, r&b and so on. All these genres of music we made in the 19th and 20th centuries were made at a time when our heads were getting bashed in so anybody copying these genres will always be a pale imitation at best.

    • @charlesbrazell2136
      @charlesbrazell2136 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rolandbush8463 From what you've stated, I'll take it you're at least my age(I'm 64)-or close to it. And you are absolutely correct in your analysis/reply, Roland. You know all of it (eliminating the horns and replacing the bass player and drummers with synthesized bass lines and drum machines)was NOT BY ACCIDENT-BUT BY DELIBERATE DESIGN! Personally though, I liked the early Prince albums, and the Off The Wall lp, by Michael Jackson.
      Also-Disco, in addition to Rap, I believe were the two main forms of BASTARDIZED MUSIC which were responsible for the DEATH of our music(and everybody else's) here in America-which also allowed white folks to catch up to, and sing like us now. But it's nice to hear someone else has the correct analysis about the things which were responsible for the death our music-which was like no one else's on this entire planet.
      Just thought I'd mention also-both Rap and Disco, came out in the year 1979-which is when our creative Black funk and progressive R&B music, also began to wane and no longer be made. Coincidence? You be the judge. I appreciate your comments Mr. Bush; you are the only one, besides myself, it appears, who has not forgotten THE TRUE REASONS that led to our music being destroyed. I'm sure there are others who remember these things like you and I do, but you are the first to comment on it, I noticed, after I spoke on it. Thank you sir, and God bless you, for your "dead-on", or "spot-on" comments. 4-11-22.

    • @grimecube
      @grimecube 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@charlesbrazell2136 And I thought us metalheads were some of the worst snobs in music. Funk never died, just like jazz and blues never did, just like classical never did. It just lost the spotlight, like all music will.

  • @samueljordan4566
    @samueljordan4566 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Oh shit! Those drums, and that bass, and that voice and that trombone, and those keys, and that trumpet, and that sax, and that guitar!

    • @theKobus
      @theKobus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a dream team.

  • @arcadiakwong9419
    @arcadiakwong9419 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    もう一年立って何回見ても飽きない。本当に素晴らしい👍👍
    Knocking my head all the way along with bass, drum intro to trumpet etc solo …rhythm
    渋い🤘🤘🤘🎊

  • @skeptic4031
    @skeptic4031 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What an insanely talented blues Jazz band !! Thank you TH-cam for recommending this amazing group !!!

  • @RubyRoks
    @RubyRoks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    Thanks youtube for the random recommendation. I need this. In a weird place mentally and this is so bafflingly different from where my mind's been that it's a good reset
    Absolutely fantastic musicianship from all involved. Drummer is rock solid, bass has a great vibe, Trombone solo was beautiful, singer has a killer set of pipes, etc.

  • @james_d_eaton
    @james_d_eaton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I am such a sucker for a horn section. Loved the performance! Well done. You guys would kill at the Reservoir Lounge in Toronto.

    • @brainfreeze1925
      @brainfreeze1925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A perfect spot! A double bill with Dee Dee and the Dirty Martinis.

    • @JerryJ26
      @JerryJ26 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Have you seen Lucky Chops?

    • @guillermosuarez6535
      @guillermosuarez6535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Check Brunswick out!

    • @james_d_eaton
      @james_d_eaton 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JerryJ26 I have not. Thanks for the heads up. Checking them now.

    • @james_d_eaton
      @james_d_eaton 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@guillermosuarez6535 thank-you. Checking them out as well.

  • @sofiaalberro9781
    @sofiaalberro9781 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonderful japanese jazz, I love the sound specially the trombone and the singer, real gems!

  • @zhyarstar3171
    @zhyarstar3171 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Imagine am from Iraq listening to this beautiful performance 😂

  • @MeTakingAStand
    @MeTakingAStand 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    god this drummer is so in the pocket it's unreal. also love how a good synth can really bring out the groove between the drums & bass. phenomenal

  • @rothaarbiker
    @rothaarbiker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    This is insanely perfect. May the funk stay with you! 💫❤👍

  • @berrahalakim4737
    @berrahalakim4737 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    excellent excellent , quelles swing i love , trop génial, sans oublier les cuivre ciao Akim France

  • @thedawnawakens
    @thedawnawakens 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just fecking epic Nao!!! LOVE YOU ❤

  • @stanleyhoh3309
    @stanleyhoh3309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The band is crazy tight and funky holy! Nao's opening was also crazy! That subito p at 2:58 gave me goosebumps right away!

  • @CAPTOROFSIN213
    @CAPTOROFSIN213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Wow I could only imagine how bad ass that must have been to be there as an audience.
    Very well done.

  • @MrSpikebender
    @MrSpikebender ปีที่แล้ว +183

    It is wonderful when YT functions in the way it was intended. This was a great performance. It is good to see real people making real music with real instruments. The Trombone solo, well done Sir. Well done.

    • @mderline4412
      @mderline4412 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is ideed.
      She and the band are very good!
      I ended up here searching around for video or the DVD of Sting Live in Tokyo
      (lol) Circa1988 w/Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, et. al. ( the Blue Turtle Band ?)There was an HBO special, but apparently they never sold it on DVD.

    • @dkd1228
      @dkd1228 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is the reason I started watching TH-cam, back in the pre-Google days. It showcased great musicians that I never would have gotten to hear otherwise.

    • @MrSpikebender
      @MrSpikebender ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dkd1228 On the down side. You come across something bad ass and mind blowing only to find out three of the five members have already passed away. No live show anyway.

    • @a.nobodys.nobody
      @a.nobodys.nobody ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Implying there are fake people using fake instruments to make fake music? I think you meant 'traditional'

    • @MrSpikebender
      @MrSpikebender ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@a.nobodys.nobody You understood me right. You if are sitting there pushing a button to some sorry sample tring to bust some nursery school level rhyme. Yeah fake.

  • @batnesislands
    @batnesislands ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Goosebumps and more goosebumps!!! Dynamic is understatement. Such subtleness and ghost notes from vocal, horns, bass, guitar, and the back beat of the snare drum.

  • @elise3852
    @elise3852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    shigetaka ikemoto blew my mind this whole performance. his trombone lines are so crisp

  • @bryanl3435
    @bryanl3435 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Tokyo Jazz - amazing! Nao and the band have me hooked. It has been 50 years since I played, but man I can still recognize talent and these cats have it.

  • @herooftheday77
    @herooftheday77 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    one thing makes me nuts:
    This is a clip with almost 4 MILLION views and over 2,000 comments.
    Everyone loves and praises the music and style of this band and foremost her outstanding singer.
    Now, I was checking how many followers she has:
    around 20,000
    That's sad folks. 😥
    Is it really so hard to check the link in that description, follow it and click on SUBSCRIBE?
    She deserves it. The whole band deserves it.
    And if you really liked that music and you wanna hear more:
    Follower her, follow that band and follow this channel.
    Cheers.

  • @ricklarner9263
    @ricklarner9263 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great as always!!

  • @rgarlinyc
    @rgarlinyc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    本当に感動的で魅惑的です ~ ナオ・ヨシオカ、あなたは最高で、アンサンブルはここで完璧です!
    Absolutely electrifying, mesmerizing ~ Nao Yoshioka, you are the very best, and the ensemble is perfect here!

  • @timblewickmusic2116
    @timblewickmusic2116 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That was Awesome! Funky!

  • @buanaem4257
    @buanaem4257 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice Funk Session

  • @kjkgood
    @kjkgood 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    wow thus is so good I love it

  • @williamnessanbaum7464
    @williamnessanbaum7464 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It's so nice, so refreshing to hear a Japanese woman sing that *doesn't* sound like a J-Pop 14 year old. Even if this was an M4A or MP3 audio file with no visual component, you'd know this was a full-grown woman singing. Thank goodness!

  • @shmayazuggot8558
    @shmayazuggot8558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Its a strong sign of the maturity like fine wine when a culture has mastered the ways of funk and soul of which you sure have! Nice rifts!

  • @ruslanachkinadze
    @ruslanachkinadze 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So cool 🎵🎶

  • @Ebenaezerkalang
    @Ebenaezerkalang ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Keep showing in my recommended for months

  • @JerrySilfwer
    @JerrySilfwer ปีที่แล้ว +7

    No idea how the algorithm brought me into the Tokyo funk scene, but I love it. Amazing musicians.

  • @TaipanTex
    @TaipanTex ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Japan really knows how to groove!!!! So happy to see someone is keeping the funk alive in the world!!!

  • @lamalache
    @lamalache 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    good stuff

  • @ericgilbert994
    @ericgilbert994 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Superb in every way! Im blown away. Seems like the Japanese people excel at everything they love. So happy to stumble on this .

  • @peeyushverma2284
    @peeyushverma2284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love it so much that my face kept smiling the whole time and my ears were dancing to its tune

  • @dielabtec7882
    @dielabtec7882 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is so groovy. I was chilling listening to this and then she started singing and my jaw dropped.

  • @doug6072
    @doug6072 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This should be a Vegas show: excellent!

  • @thyslop1737
    @thyslop1737 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    All the musicians are first class.

  • @GaryAa56
    @GaryAa56 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This band just incredibly grooves! They are so good!!

  • @lessthantwo44
    @lessthantwo44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    her voice is so smooth, i'm in love with her singing

    • @funkybee11
      @funkybee11 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s a understatement!

  • @NomadHUN86
    @NomadHUN86 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just can't stop coming back and listening to this music again and again and again and again...

  • @chickensashimi933
    @chickensashimi933 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sippin' Gin and Lime on the rocks as i watch and listen to this folks....

  • @redunit5972
    @redunit5972 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Это бесподобно! Из ушей, в сердце - из сердца в душу! С каждой нотой этот мир окрашивается в новые цвета! Мой низкий поклон вашим талантам!

    • @redunit5972
      @redunit5972 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@naninano8813 Чувак, нам с тобой нечего делить. Умирать стоит только за что-то великое, а не за интересы толстосумов. Эта не наша война, а тех кто с этого имеет копейку... И пока есть люди, которым выгодны эти войны, простых рабочих будут обманывать и натравливать друг на друга. Их интересы несут только боль и страдания, и с каждым разом у нас они хотят забрать все больше. И скоро нам нечего будет терять кроме своих цепей. А когда все закончить, я надеялась мы смогли так же наслаждаться прекрасной музыкой, без страха о завтрашнем дне.

  • @Fostrosity
    @Fostrosity ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Just moved to Japan and I want to come see you play live! This is exactly the type of thing I’m into. Keep it up!

  • @studiovitta
    @studiovitta 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great music

  • @alonespirit_1Q84
    @alonespirit_1Q84 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Blessed!

  • @renegonzalocabrera2302
    @renegonzalocabrera2302 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Simplemente fabulosos

  • @OliverHoffmannDesign
    @OliverHoffmannDesign 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    loving this in Detroit-keep it funky, Tokyo

  • @OfficiaIForbes
    @OfficiaIForbes 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing.

  • @petrofskiwilliams8360
    @petrofskiwilliams8360 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brilliant i love it.

  • @lenaqa
    @lenaqa 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    essa mulher tem uma presença e uma voz inexplicaveis!!!!!!! merece muito mais reconhecimento

  • @keepthevibes1252
    @keepthevibes1252 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I literally twist my neck, holy funky and jazzy grooves, This is literally the best 12 minutes of my life 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @christianratajczak2809
    @christianratajczak2809 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful voice. Great band. Thank you.

  • @elkpants1280
    @elkpants1280 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Incredible range and depth of expression

  • @bsmakoro
    @bsmakoro ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "Ah, do you love... Chicken Grease." 😀
    This was amazing. I have to see them live one day, will be worth the trip to Japan. Everything about this just radiates good vibes

    • @nathanelward
      @nathanelward ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is it actually chicken grease? Its stuck in my head. 🤣

    • @rocio3760
      @rocio3760 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      so it is indeed chicken grease 😂

  • @julianlavreau5618
    @julianlavreau5618 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I grew up in the Philadelphia area. A bright day was riding my bike to the record store because I had heard that James Brown or some other hero had released a new album. That was a bright day, even if it was raining.
    I didn't witness the development of a new art -- Funk -- I was part of it. Supporting artists, and marveling at the creation of something from nothing. Sometimes, a magical thing happened. You put the needle down on the record, and the sound was so funky it made you laugh in astonishment.
    Laugh in astonishment.
    This music delivered joy, nourishment and healing, fascination, and pride. It was a uniquely American music created by Black Americans. In the milieu of the 60's and 70's as the movement for basic civil rights abraded away at the warts in the American psyche, this music slowly spread from insular home in the Black community.
    Bands learned the style, and Funk proceeded from its root-bound container and was planted in musical fields around the world.. Funk became here to stay.
    Kind of.
    Beginning in the 70's through the 80's, you couldn't find as many groups that played Funk. As Rap and Hip Hop emerged, these new artists sampled and quoted Funk and Soul artistry, but did not produce it in its native form. That included horns, country stroking guitars, basses, compelling lead singers, improvisational soloing, counterpoint, back beat, call and response, hits, dynamics and the conversation that only a band possessing instruments can make.
    I am overjoyed to have found this video. Nao Yoshioka is nothing less than a Soul Sister and Four Star General in The Army of Funk.
    Her instrument (voice) is refined. Strong, thick, tonally pleasing, and technically solid. Her stage presence is authentic and sincere.
    To put it another way, her singing, dancing and direction is her telling the truth.
    I sure do want to hear more from her.
    Funk is the hardest music to play, especially to improvise to. Any musician playing a solo is tasked with creating a story within melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic "constraints." But the additional rhythmic demands of Funk -- dancing with the instrument on and around The One raises the bar for the soloist.
    Eddie Harris
    Maceo Parker
    Fred Wesley
    Niles Landgren
    Kenny Garrett
    Victor Wooten
    Susanne Alt
    Marcus Miller
    Alex Han
    These are some of the people I listen to. And now, thank God, one more:
    Nao Yoshioka

  • @jasonbertles
    @jasonbertles 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So tight. That was awesome.

  • @simantabordoloi
    @simantabordoloi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Intoxicating. Love it ❤

  • @billyhiggins1908
    @billyhiggins1908 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The bassist🙏💯🎶🙆🙋 and yes drummer outstanding😁👏🎼

  • @truck6859
    @truck6859 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was such a wonderful performance, thank you to everyone who made it possible. I wish it was on American radio.

  • @virginiaharvey
    @virginiaharvey 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great jam

  • @nicholasharrison1780
    @nicholasharrison1780 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fabulous!

  • @rccnw
    @rccnw ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Fantastic dynamics! horn stabs like a whisper, then boom! The unexpected breaks wake you up. Total genre refresh. Thanks to all these great musicians.

  • @rone6622
    @rone6622 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this groove so much! Thank you Nao for sharing this feel-good FUNK!

  • @vassteglev7150
    @vassteglev7150 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    very cool

  • @Santos.Sarmento
    @Santos.Sarmento 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Real and authentic funk! Wonderful!

  • @davidbee8178
    @davidbee8178 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Truly inspiring music and musicians! . . . Japan, the land of great music making but also of music reproduction: here is to their excellent audio products engineering and manufacturing and, of course, to Japanese appreciation for great sound systems and recording.

  • @Marcink126
    @Marcink126 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'm amazed with the dynamics of that song and group. It is briliant.

  • @user-gn1jt5jw4z
    @user-gn1jt5jw4z 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    feel so good.

  • @Leonidask9999
    @Leonidask9999 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing! Music from the heaven!

  • @brunolheritier8829
    @brunolheritier8829 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Insane talent, world class musicians. I would really like to buy a blu-ray of this show. So damned good. And I want more...

  • @zazamarco235
    @zazamarco235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    so absolutely perfect, what a discovery, I watched already ten times, can't stand still, and trying the bass myself ...

    • @NAO_YOSHIOKA
      @NAO_YOSHIOKA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      awwww... your comment made me so happy! thank you!

  • @Barrymusic33
    @Barrymusic33 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cool!! Very good musicians.

  • @rustyshackleford3160
    @rustyshackleford3160 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderful. Period.

  • @normanmerrill1241
    @normanmerrill1241 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fabulous…fantastic voice..fantastic instrumental…brilliant sound…

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Amazing! So beautiful. Really love this!

  • @ruariwilson9696
    @ruariwilson9696 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Enjoying the whole band - especially the horn ad libs and arrangements. Thank you

  • @scottstangeland2878
    @scottstangeland2878 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I FUNKING LOVE THIS!!!!!!!