Gentian, by Tomoko Ozawa

Gentian

by Tomoko Ozawa

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$9.99 USD or more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
"Gentian" in a beautiful booklet with lyrics, photos and artwork by Mpho Muendane.
Comes with a message card by Tomoko.

Includes unlimited streaming of Gentian via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 3 days

Purchasable with gift card

$15 USD or more

1.	God made a little gentian 05:13	info	buy track
2.	Angels in the early morning 06:11	info	buy track
3.	Epiphany 04:45	info	buy track
4.	Tell all the truth but tell it slant 04:30	info	buy track
5.	It's like the light 04:10	info	buy track
6.	The Flow 02:39	info	buy track
7.	Depart from Here 03:56	info	buy track
8.	I never saw a moor 02:25	info	buy track
9.	Shell 04:36	info	buy track
10.	At Will 07:09	info	buy track

about

‘Gentian’ frames and accentuates the insightful words of Emily Dickinson with instrumental composition and playful improvisation.

Tomoko Ozawa’s premier album, ‘Gentian’, exhibits far-reaching compositional influences that blend impressionist melodic gestures with hypnotic rhythmic nuance and the playful improvisation. Ozawa’s pervasive and inviting musical influences are translated by the group’s organic execution.
Several pieces, including the title track, ‘God made a little gentian’, utilize the poetic mastery of Emily Dickinson to guide the listener through the narrative compositions. The time-tested art of Dickinson combines with the sensitive performance of Ozawa to create a conceptual attitude that takes the focus from the exquisite technicalities of the music, and offers it to the subtle and introverted depth of the poems.
Alongside the ‘poem-songs’, Ozawa’s trio is highlighted on a number of instrumental tracks. Her supportive rhythm section maintains loyalty to the greater arc of the album as a whole, and creates an enveloping bed on which Ozawa’s deliberate and tranquilizing piano playing is laid.

www.tomoko-ozawa.com
www.facebook.com/tomokosmusic

Learn about "Gentian" youtu.be/dxHL7T7VtCc

credits

released January 1, 2015

Milena Jancuric - Flute
Juan Antonio Garcia Illanas - Soprano sax
Rob Taylor - Upright/Electric bass
Noam Israeli - Drums
Tomoko Ozawa - Piano/Voice

All compositions by Tomoko Ozawa
Lyrics by Emily Dickinson on track 1, 2, 4, 5 & 8

Produced by Vadim Neselovskyi
Recorded & mixed by Matt Hayes at Wellspring Sound, Acton, MA
Mastered by Eric Kilburn at Wellspring Sound, Acton, MA

license

about

Tomoko Ozawa Los Angeles, California

contact / help

Contact Tomoko Ozawa

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Tomoko Ozawa, you may also like:

Ensemble Ambidexter
by Ensemble Ambidexter

Chamber music meets jazz quartet in this dizzying new collection from Leipzig’s Ensemble Ambidexter. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 8, 2024
go to album
Out of the Dark
by Caleb Colledge

featured on Bandcamp Radio Nov 23, 2021
go to album
K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us
by Xhosa Cole

The Birmingham, England-based jazz musician connects the genre's past, present, and future on his debut album. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jul 30, 2021
go to album
Dimensional Stardust
by Rob Mazurek – Exploding Star Orchestra

featured on Bandcamp Radio Nov 17, 2020
go to album
North Of The River
by Alberto L. Ferro

Gentle minimalist piano compositions that twinkle and sigh, soothing like a gentle breeze. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 6, 2020
go to album
Into the Anthropocene
by Pascal Le Boeuf

Described as “an ecological history of humanity,” this sparse, tense suite of songs perfectly balances melody and chaos. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 28, 2018
go to album
Solo Contra
by John McCowen

Wild and discordant improvisation from a former hardcore vocalist. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 7, 2017
go to album