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The band line-up is Takayuki Kubo on guitar, Toru Nishikawa on bass guitar, m.you-ta on keyboards and Shigemasa Sakamoto on drums.

BRONZE RUSH is on HMV's Modern Jazz Pre-Order chart at #1. You can go to HMV site and find Bronze Sambe at number 1. The URL is http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/1_800/

This album is a mix of urban funk, jazz and soul music. He has been seaching for a personal sound that reflects his world, his roots.

"BRONZE RUSH" - Bronze Sambe's new album to be released in Japan on September 5（\1890）

BDS Music Entertainment in association with Weasel Label is releasing, in Japan , a CD entitled "BRONZE RUSH" on September 5th.

　　Bronze is back. Bronze Sambe and his big, bad-ass sound have　returned for a second album, and this time he has some talented　musicians to back him up. Joining Bronze is composer and keyboardist　m.you-ta, bassist Toru Nishikawa, guitarist Takayuki Kubo and drummer　Shigemasa Sakamoto.　Together they complement Bronze's big saxophone　sound with straight-ahead rhythms and some sophisticated solo work.
　　Sambe's second album is called Bronze Rush . All the songs on the album are written and produced by Sambe. Bronze and his new band rock. 　My personal favorite, "Alley Cats,"sounds like an ode to a bunch of drunken guys, but I could be　mistaken. Those who listen to the song will start tapping their feet when they hear these latest cuts. On stage, the attractive and petit m.you-ta provides a kind of physical counterpoint to Bronze's massive frame.
　 Bronze's ambition knows no bounds. A cut from his first album Be called "Smuggler" was named Best Instrumental Song at the World Music Grand Prix. He has high hopes for Bronze Rush too. From the hypnotic rhythms of the opening cut, "Grasp," to the straight-ahead funk of other cuts, Bronze Rush is a special album from a rising star whose beautiful wife is very happy that jazz is cutting down his time at the track.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　— Bruce Rutledge, Seattle, WA, US, July, 2008

m.you-ta joins Bronze Sambe's new album "Bronze Rush." Other musicians on this album are Toru Nishikawa, Takayuki Kubo and Shigemasa Sakamoto.

①Over The Rainbow　②Alley Cats　③From The Bottom Of My Heart　④Sumuggler　⑤Out Of Blue

Bronze Sambe won the 3rd World Music Grand Prix; SUKIYAKI SONG MUSIC PRIZE for "Best Istrumental Song" today. The Weasel Label sends our warmest congratulations to Bronze and everyone who's work on "Smuggler" made the entire project possible. The URL is http://www.eggcity.jp/music/third/

Bronze performs on March 1st at KING'S BAR, Bashamichi, Yokohama. The band line-up is Takayuki Kubo on guitar, Toru Nishikawa on bass and Shigemasa Sakamoto on drums.

①Fly Me To The Moon ②Over Tha Rainbow ③Camereon ④Over A Glass Of Champagne

①Sushi-Go-Round　②From The Bottom Of My Heart　③Over A Glass Of Champagne　④Alley Cats

⑤Over The Rainbow　⑥Autumn Leaves　⑦Tears In Heaven　⑧Georgia On My Mind

I'm deeply grateful for the warm cooperation and support you have extended to me in the past, and I look forward to enjoying the same or better relationship with you in the future. Best wishes for a happy & successful 2008.

【Dec.14】　①Time After Time 　②Blue Moon 　③Tears In Heaven 　④Georgia On My Mind ⑤Autumn Leaves

⑥Out Of Blue 　⑦Over A Glass Of Champagne 　⑧White Christmas　　⑨Smuggler

【Dec.15】　①Over The Rainbow 　②Misty 　③A Whiter Shade Of Pale 　④Autumn Leaves　　⑤White Christmas

⑥Sushi-Go-Round 　⑦From The Bottom Of My Heart　　⑧Alley Cats 　⑨Georgia On My Mind

⑩Over A Glass Of Champagne 　⑪Smuggler　　⑫Blue Moon 　⑬Time After Time

テナー・サックス・プレイヤー、三部靖彦によるソロ・プロジェクトのファースト・アルバム。ファンクやヒップホップなどのテイストも導入されてはいるが、これは紛うことなきジャズ・アルバム。奏者としての技術だけでなく、作・編曲の能力も高い。 The URL is http://www.cdjournal.com/main/cd/disc.php?dno=4107081806

①Tsugaru-kaikyo Fuyugeshiki　②Alley Cats　③Over A Glass Of Champagne 　④Autumn Leaves

⑤Time After Time　⑥Tears In Heaven　⑦A Whiter Shade Of Pale　⑧Over The Rainbow　　⑨Georgia On My Mind

①Out Of Blue　②Sumuggler　③Smile　④Sushi-Go-Round　⑤Over The Rainbow　⑥Over A Glass Of Champagne 　⑦From The Bottom Of My Heart　⑧Autumn Leaves　⑨Georgia On My Mind

①Over The Rainbow　②Alley Cats　③From The Bottom Of My Heart　④Over A Glass Of Champagne ⑤Sumuggler　⑥Georgia On My Mind　⑦Garota De Ipanema　⑧Autumn Leaves　⑨Over The Rainbow

日本人テナー奏者、三部靖彦によるソロ・プロジェクト＝Bronze Sambeの1stアルバム。
ブルーノート盤『Go』をモチーフにしたジャケットからも想像に難くない、敬愛するDexter GordonやSonny Rollins直系のパワフルなブロウを全編で聴かせる。技術だけでなく、テナー・サックスの持つ魅力・能力を、自然と引き出している。テナー以外もソプラノ・サックス、キーボード、リズム・プログラミング等全てを一人でこなすサウンド・メイキング・テクニックにも目を見張るものがある。濃ゆめなジャズ・ファンク好きにもオススメ。

You can go to the YouMusic site and listen to SMUGGLER and FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

①Blue Moon ②Garota De Ipanema ③Misty ④Autumn Leaves ⑤Over A Glass Of Champagne

"BE" - Bronze Sambe's new album to be released in Japan on October 5（\1800）

Access Entertainment in association with Weasel Label is releasing, in Japan , a CD entitled "BE" on October 5th.

Usually, people are not allowed to choose their own nicknames. Nicknames stick because they somehow capture a person’s personality or quirks or secrets in a way that is usually a little too honest, a little too brutal, for us to come up with by ourselves. Yasuhiko “Bronze” Sambe may be the exception to this rule. He chose his own nickname — Bronze — and it stuck in part because it hinted at his own weaknesses — who shoots for third place, after all? — and in part because he insisted that we call him that every time he was around. Eventually, Yasuhiko simply became Bronze.

The first time I met Bronze, we were in a bar on a US military base after a softball game. Over beers, he regaled a bunch of Americans with tales of his sexual prowess. Not a typical Japanese, I thought at the time. He asked us white Americans if we were afraid to walk through Harlem . He asked about the genocide of native Americans. Definitely not a typical Japanese.

The last time I saw him, he took me to the boat races in Japan and explained the intricacies of betting on them. We bet, won a few, lost a few and had a great time. He was the perfect ambassador to this less talked about side of Japan .

Bronze is a big man by any standard. The sound on this album suits the man. No-nonsense, funky and iconoclastic. It’s big and bold. Bronze has a hot-and-cold relationship with both his home country and the US , which is exemplified by the fact that he is searching for his own uniquely Japanese sound through the most American of music mediums: jazz. Bronze is ambitious and follows his own path. He’s the most American Japanese man I’ve ever met, and I’m guessing that he will not see that as a compliment, although, in some way, it’s meant as one.

— Bruce Rutledge, Seattle , Washington ,US, July 8, 2007

BRONZE RUSH（Sep. 2008）Produced by Bronze Y. Sambe All Songs Written & Arranged by Bronze Y. Sambe

Toru Nishikawa - bass guitar / m.you-ta - keyboards / Takayuki Kubo - guitar / Shigemasa Sakamoto - drums

BE（Oct. 2007）Produced by Bronze Y. Sambe All Songs Written & Arranged by Bronze Y. Sambe

Bronze Sambe - tenor & soprano saxophones, keyboards, rhythm programming, sound programming

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