Ka-La-Ku-Sa for 9 Flutes and Jazz Ensemble
Composed, arranged, and conducted by Hiroaki Honshuku
Recorded by Charlie Abbott at Berklee Studios
©1988 A-NO-NE Music, all rights reserved

Solos:
Hiroaki Honshuku - flute
Anders Bostrom - piccolo

Flutes:
Fernando Brandão
Mariano Gil
Michel Gentile
Alejandro Santos

and a few others

Rhythm Section:
Patrick Goraguer - piano
Chris Wood - bass

And many others...

Ka-La-Ku-Sa（唐草）for 9 Flutes and Jazz Ensemble

Composed by Hiroaki Honshuku, performed by Tom McKinley Quartet

Tom McKinley - piano
Hiroaki Honshuku - flute
Peter Herbert - bass
Alex Deutsch - drums

Produced by William Thomas "Tom" McKinley, Hiroaki Honshuku, and Charlie Abbott.  recorded by Charlie Abbott at Downtown Recorders Studios, Boston, MA on 3/11/1990

Monkish Dance

Composed by Hiroaki Honshuku, performed by Tom McKinley Quartet

Tom McKinley - piano
Hiroaki Honshuku - flute
Peter Herbert - bass
Alex Deutsch - drums

Produced by William Thomas "Tom" McKinley, Hiroaki Honshuku, and Charlie Abbott. recorded by Charlie Abbott at Downtown Recorders Studios, Boston, MA on 3/11/1990

Grandma

Jazz Standard "Spring Is Here"  by Richard Rodgers, arranged by Hiroaki Honshuku

Recorded with Metric Halo ULN-8, sequenced with MOTU Digital Performer with FXpansion Tremor, SoundToys, and PSP Audioware plug-ins.

Spring Is Here

So frustrating. Masterful flutist Hiro Honshuku presents his A-NO-NE Christmas: Volume 2, and it is a jazzy gem. So where on earth is the elusive Volume 1?

If you are a fan of instrumental jazz for the holidays, Honshuku will undoubtedly rock your world. He plays the flute with a light, spirited, and inventive touch. And his skills do not end there; Honshuku plays numerous other instruments and is an EWI wizard. His artistry is evident throughout.

All eight cuts on this generous CD (over 53 minutes) are familiar holiday numbers, but in the hands of this intimate band, the pieces are lively and fresh. The jazz improvisations never stray so far that the listener is cut completely adrift. The playing is sophisticated, yet accessible.

The mood fluctuates somewhat from piece to piece. Most reflect a playful jazz feel warmed by Brazilian flavors. Gentleman, on the other hand, has a driving bass line that evokes a harder rock mentality, and this is probably my favorite cut. Perhaps the most challenging number is the multi-layered, inspired Maria, which is also the longest at almost 11 minutes.

Look carefully in the dictionary. Hiro Honshuku and A-NO-NE Christmas, Volume 2 defines "cool." Nicely done!

--Carol Swanson (Reviewed in 2006)

Hiroaki Honshuku: flute, synth bass, Fender bass, Yamaha BB5000 bass, EWI, guitar, drum programming, piccolo, voice percussion, voice bass
Chihiro Yamanaka: keyboard
Pedro Ito: drums
Gustavo AssisBrasil: nylon and electric guitar
All selections arranged by Hiroaki Honshuku
Produced by Hiroaki Honshuku

05 O Come All Ye Faithful

04 Gentleman

03 Greensleeves

02 Veni Emmanuel

Hiro Honshuku - flute
Mauricio Andrade - guitar
Flávio Lira - bass

A Fericidade

Garota De Ipanema

So Danço Samba

Performed live in memory of Michael Brecker when he passed away.

Everything Happens When You're Gone: Composed by Michael Brecker

Performed by Hiro Honshuku and the A-NO-NE Ensemble.

Tributes to Michael Brecker

http://www.motu.com/products/software/machfive/audio.html/view?searchterm=honshuku

Progressive jazz improv featuring a custom programmed MachFive synth lead sound played via an EWI.

This original improvisation created and perfomed by Hiroaki Honshuku (all rights reserved) consists of three bass tracks, using MachFive 3's J-Bass and The Upright scripted instruments, along with a Fender Slap preset from the Universal Loops & Instruments sound bank. The percussion track consists of sounds from Percussiv triggered by MachFive 3's Arpeggiator event processor. You'll also hear Star Drums and the Telematic Bridge Lite in Chord mode. The lead sound is a custom synth patch programmed from scratch in MachFive 3 using the Analog Triangle Wave and Wavetable Xpander Pulse Wave oscillators. The lead sound was performed with an EWI controller, with the latter part of the solo played through MachFive's Chorder Script Processor.

MOTU MachFive 3 Demo Sequence

MOTU Ethno Demo Sequence

Live at Ryles

Yesterdays by A-NO-NE Band

Commissioned by Mizuyo Komiya, 4 out of 8 Kotos tuned a quarter high. 小宮瑞代委託作品。八箏中四箏¼音マイクロトーナル・チューニング

阿の音（A - NO - NE）for 8 Quarter Tone Kotos

Composed by Hiroaki Honshuku
Hiroaki Honshuku - flute
Mariko Honshuku - organ
Recorded at Old West Church, Boston, MA

Silent Prayer for Flute and Organ

Miles Davis believer.  Brazilian groove expert.  Former George Russell's assistant.  A rare composer who practice late Russell's Lydian Chromatic Concept.

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