RISING SAMURAI BIG BAND

The RISING SAMURAI BIG BAND presents PERSEUS. 
Composed by guitarist Tomokazu Yazawa (Tokyo), and arranged by Masaya Taniguchi. 

PERSONNEL: 
Saxophone Section 
Iori Yukiko 
Saya Kawai 
Yusuke Sawada 
Airi Tonami 
Aki Ikehara 
Trumpet Section 
Futa Muramatsu
Shunya Aramaki 
Ayumu Yoshida
Yuiko Sugihara 
Trombone Section 
Yushi Omura
Takeshi Magara
Suzuka Kanamori
Yuji Ishizaki 
Rhythm Section 
Tomokazu Yazawa
Sakina Ouchi
Yukio Chiba
Yuta Furuyama 

Rehearsed and recorded March 23rd, 2025 in Tokyo, JAPAN nothing NEW, BUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

Perseus

The RISING SAMURAI BIG BAND presents BLESS ME.
Composed by pianist Sakina Ouchi (Tokyo), and arranged by Masaya Taniguchi.

Featuring Hana Ardie on vocals, Sawada Yusaku on tenor saxophone and rapper J THE STREET.

PERSONNEL:
Singer Hana Ardie
Rap J The Street 
Saxophone Section
Iori Yukiko, Saya Kawai, Yusuke Sawada, Airi Tonami, Aki Ikehara
Trumpet Section
Shunya Aramaki, Futa Muramatsu, Ayumu Yoshida, Yuiko Sugihara
Trombone Section
Yushi Omura, Takeshi Magara, Suzuka Kanamori, Yuji Ishizaki
Rhythm Section
Tomokazu Yazawa, Sakina Ouchi, Yukio Chiba, Yuta Furuyama

Rehearsed and recorded March 23rd, 2025 in Tokyo, JAPAN 
nothing NEW, BUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

Bless Me

The RISING SAMURAI BIG BAND presents an original composition and arrangement entitled Where We Go. FEATURING Sukuna Ueda and Shibu Subahar on vocals, TOMOKAZU Yazawa on the Guitar and Yuki Nakane on the Tenor Saxophone. Composition, arrangement, lyrics by Masaya Taniguchi Personnel: VOCALS SUKUNA Ueda SIDDARTH Subahar SAX AIRI Tonami YUKI Nakane YUKIKO Iori SATOSHI Kawarasaki KOSEI Obata TRUMPET KEITA Takino SHUNYA Aramaki MASAYA Taniguchi MARIN Naganawa TROMBONE MAGARA Takeshi KANAMORI Suzuka YUJI Ishizaki AKIHIKO Komatsu RHYTHM TOMOKAZU Yazawa MEGURU Inoue TAE WOO Song YUTA Furuyama AKARI Tsuhara Rehearsed and recorded August 25th in Tokyo, JAPAN nothing NEW, BUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

Where We Go

The RISING SAMURAI BIG BAND presents an original composition and arrangement entitled What's On My Mind. FEATURING Ayano Ogura and Sukuna Ueda on vocals, and Shunya Aramaki and Masaya Taniguchi on the trumpet. Composition, arrangement, lyrics by Masaya Taniguchi Personnel: VOCALS AYANO Ogura SUKUNA Ueda SIDDARTH Subahar SAX AIRI Tonami YUKI Nakane YUKIKO Iori SATOSHI Kawarasaki KOSEI Obata TRUMPET KEITA Takino SHUNYA Aramaki MASAYA Taniguchi MARIN Naganawa TROMBONE MAGARA Takeshi KANAMORI Suzuka YUJI Ishizaki ISHIZAKI Yuji RHYTHM TOMOKAZU Yazawa MEGURU Inoue TAE WOO Song YUTA Furuyama AKARI Tsuhara Rehearsed and recorded August 25th in Tokyo, JAPAN nothing NEW, BUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

What's On My Mind

The RISING SAMURAI BIG BAND presents its original composition and arrangement entitled SWEPT AWAY.

This tune is dedicated to those that lost their lives and loved ones in the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011 and the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake and Tsunami.

Composition, arrangement, lyrics by Masaya Taniguchi
 
 Personnel: 
 SAX HAGIWARA Yasuki 
 KAWAI Saya 
 SUZUKI Satoru
 KUWAHARA Daisuke
 KOSEI Obata
 
 TRUMPET 
 MURAMATSU Futa 
 TANIGUCHI Masaya 
 YOSHIDA Ayumu 
 SUGIHARA Yuiko 
 
 TROMBONE 
 MAGARA Takeshi 
 OMURA Yushi
 KANAMORI Suzuka
 ISHIZAKI Yuji 
 
 RHYTHM 
 TANAKA Rika
 YAZAWA Tomokazu 
 FUKASU Emi 
 FURUYAMA Yuta 
 TSUHARA Akari
 
 Rehearsed and recorded Nov. 12, '23 in Tokyo, JAPAN 
 nothing NEW, BUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

Swept Away

The RISING SAMURAI BIG BAND presents its original composition and arrangement by the award winning composer MASAYA Taniguchi entitled HOPE. 

Featuring Chiaki Wada on vocals, Satoru Suzuki on the tenor saxophone and Tomokazu Yazawa on guitar, we sincerely hope you enjoy this uplifting tune in a time of great hardship for so many people in Japan and around the world. HOPE cause the world needs it.
Composition, arrangement, lyrics by Masaya Taniguchi

Personnel: 
SAX HAGIWARA Yasuki 
KAWAI Saya 
SUZUKI Satoru
KUWAHARA Daisuke
KOSEI Obata

TRUMPET 
MURAMATSU Futa 
TANIGUCHI Masaya 
YOSHIDA Ayumu 
SUGIHARA Yuiko 

TROMBONE 
MAGARA Takeshi 
OMURA Yushi
KANAMORI Suzuka
ISHIZAKI Yuji 

RHYTHM 
TANAKA Rika
YAZAWA Tomokazu 
FUKASU Emi 
FURUYAMA Yuta 
TSUHARA Akari

Rehearsed and recorded Nov. 12, '23 in Tokyo, JAPAN 
nothing NEW, BUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

Hope

Re-release of an excerpt from our chart "Fireflies of Kobayashi".

Year 2023. A devastating war rages in Europe and the Middle East demolishing the lives of thousands, and tensions continue to rise in the Pacific. Is the world headed straight for another catastrophic global conflict? New York based rapper Shibu, backed by the Rising Samurai Big Band, belts out fiery lines reflecting on the current state of world affairs.

nothing new, BUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

Fireflies of Kobayashi (Rap excerpt)

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