"BRONZE
RUSH"
on HMV's Modern Jazz Pre-Order chart at #1
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/
Tue.
JUL. 29, 2008
"BRONZE
RUSH"
on @TOWER.JP's
J-JAZZ Pre-Order chart at #1
"BRONZE
RUSH"
on @TOWER.JP's
JAZZ Pre-Order chart at #3
BRONZE
RUSH
is on
@TOWER.JP's
Jazz Pre-Order chart at #3.
Mon.
JUL. 28, 2008
"BRONZE
RUSH"
on @TOWER.JP's
J-JAZZ Pre-Order chart at #3
BRONZE
RUSH
is on
@TOWER.JP's
J-Jazz Pre-Order chart at #3.
"BRONZE
RUSH"
on @TOWER.JP's
JAZZ Pre-Order chart at #5
BRONZE
RUSH
is on
@TOWER.JP's
Jazz Pre-Order chart at #5.
Sun.
JUL. 27, 2008
"BRONZE
RUSH"
on @TOWER.JP's
J-JAZZ Pre-Order chart at #8
BRONZE
RUSH
is on
@TOWER.JP's
J-Jazz Pre-Order chart at #8.
Fri,
JUL. 25, 2008
Bronze
Sambe's new CD "BRONZE RUSH" will
be released
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.
Thu.
JUL.
17, 2008
Here's
your chance to grab GRASP
Sun. JUL.
6, 2008
"BRONZE
RUSH"
- Bronze Sambe's new album to be released
in Japan on September 5¡Ê\1890¡Ë
BDS
Music Entertainment in association with Weasel
Label
is releasing, in Japan , a CD entitled "BRONZE RUSH" on September 5th.
Tue.
JUL. 1, 2008
Liner notes
in ''BRONZE RUSH''
¡¡¡¡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
Tue.
JUN. 3, 2008
m.you-ta
on new Bronze Sambe CD
m.you-ta
joins Bronze Sambe's new album "Bronze
Rush." Other musicians on this album
are Toru Nishikawa, Takayuki Kubo and Shigemasa
Sakamoto.
¡Over The Rainbow¡¡¢Alley Cats¡¡£From The
Bottom Of My Heart¡¡¤Sumuggler¡¡¥Out Of Blue
¦HakushonDaimao
¡Á Chicken¡¡§Camereon¡¡¨NEW SONG
Fri.
APR. 4, 2008
New
album "BRONZE RUSH !"
The new
CD "BRONZE RUSH !" will be released
soon. More details later......
Mon.
MAR.31, 2008
Bronze wins
Best Instrumental Song WORLD MUSIC GRAND PRIX
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/
Wed.
MAR.
19, 2008
Here's
your chance to grab SMUGGLER
Sat.
MAR.
1, 2008
Bronze
invades Yokohama
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.
¡Fly Me To The Moon
¢Over Tha Rainbow £Camereon ¤Over
A Glass Of Champagne
¥Out Of Blue ¦From
The Bottom Of My Heart¡¡§Smuggler ¨Alley Cats
Sun. JAN.
27, 2008
Toru
Nishikawa and Takayuki
Kubo join the band !
The
band line-up is Takayuki Kubo on guitar, Shigemasa
Sakamoto on drums
¡Sushi-Go-Round¡¡¢From
The Bottom Of My Heart¡¡£Over A Glass Of Champagne¡¡¤Alley Cats
¥Over The Rainbow¡¡¦Autumn
Leaves¡¡§Tears In Heaven¡¡¨Georgia
On My Mind
Tue,
JAN. 1, 2008
Seasons's
Greetings from Bronze
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.
Mon,
DEC. 17, 2007
The
new band is here !
The band line-up is Shigemasa Sakamoto
on drums and Satoshi
Ogura on bass.
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The URL is
http://www.cdjournal.com/main/cd/disc.php?dno=4107081806
¡Blue
Moon ¢Garota De Ipanema
£Misty ¤Autumn Leaves ¥Over A Glass Of Champagne
Tue.
JUL. 17, 2007
"BE"
- Bronze Sambe's new album to be released
in Japan on October 5¡Ê\1800¡Ë
Access Entertainment in association with Weasel
Label
is releasing, in Japan , a CD entitled "BE" on October 5th.
Mon.
JUL. 8, 2007
Liner notes
in ''BE''
Usually, people are not allowed to choose their own
nicknames. Nicknames stick because they somehow capture a person¡Çs 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 ¡ÈBronze¡É 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¡Çs 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¡Çs the most
American Japanese man I¡Çve ever met, and I¡Çm guessing that he will not see that
as a compliment, although, in some way, it¡Çs meant as one.
—Bruce Rutledge, Seattle , Washington ,US,
July 8,
2007
Discograghy
Here's
your chance to grab a little piece of Bronze to
take home with you.
BRONZE
RUSH¡ÊSep.
2008¡ËProduced
by Bronze Y. Sambe All
Songs Written & Arranged by Bronze Y. Sambe
¡GRASP
¢GET IN TOUCH WITH ME £KEEP AN EYE ON THEM ¤OVERLAP
¥READY
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