Masaの新アルバムは文句無く楽しめるアルバムだ。あれだけ聴き込んだBeatlesの楽曲が新鮮に聞こえる上に、Masaのギターならではの素晴らしいヴォイシングとハーモニー、トリッキーなフィル、そしてご機嫌なグルーヴ感! Masaの個性と感性が素直に出ていると思います! 彼は、もともと歌手ですよ! そうだ、だから凄く歌心があるんだね。 僕は過去に、彼のグループ「シグナル」のアルバムで沢山演奏させて頂きましたが、今や僕のギター・ライバルです。参ったなぁ、どうしてヴォイシングがこんなに違うのか? 厚みのある和音…。おや、音が同時に5個も鳴ってるぞっ。小指も使ってるの?このヴォイシングは素敵だなぁ。そして、構成とアレンジがとっても良く出来ていますね。少なくとも20回は聴いたけど、飽きないし毎回発見があります。 Masa、参ったよ。これからこのアルバムは、僕の愛聴盤になること間違いなし! Go For It !
I take my hat off to Masa for his creative ability and harmonic sense, not to mention his outstanding playing technique.
With his groovy arrangement, Masa weaves a new dimension into the hit songs of our day and makes you feel good.
Sheldon Schwartz :
This isn't a sleepy collection of cover tunes...it's a guitar playing tour de force. There're some totally smoking tunes on there like Black Cat and beautiful pieces like your arrangement of Penny Lane. From covers that I've heard other people do, I wasn't really expecting this. It is spectacular. The arrangements actually transcend the original versions and become your own songs in a way. NICE GOING!
2010年3月24日発売
日本録音 / Iruka Music
¥3000(税込)
11th Album
CAT and MOUSE
Desire
Fun-key Talkin'
Let Yourself Go
Spider
Call Me Old-fashioned
Million Ways to Love You
My Very Own Mirror Ball
Take It or Leave It
You're You and I'm Me
Roller Coaster
Cat and Mouse
Keep The Faith
Silk
Uki Uki
Sakura
Sandor Szabo:
Masa Sumide is quite a phenomenon, a very fresh experience because his playing is new and original to me. He has a valuable root: the kind of jazzy chord-melody playing developed and refined to a very high level by Joe Pass ( the "Virtuoso" series). In Masa's style, the polyphonic jazz playing is combined with distinctive groovy techniques, rhythms and melodic invention. Masa is not "just a groover", he is a great in his own right. The "Cat and Mouse" CD shows it really well.
I am very much enjoying listening to your new CD Cat and Mouse. You are a prolific writer who continually redefines the boundaries for fingerstyle guitar. Thank you for your gift!
Wow! I have not stopped listening to this CD since I got it. A wonderful combination of rocking grooves (as in the title track) and lyrical melodies (as
in One Day in Paris). It also captures the energy of Masa's live shows. This is a great CD.
いちむら まさき:
「ファンク・リズム」の集大成となる10枚目『BORN TO GROOVE』は、ここまでやるか!?ってほどのファンキー・プレイの連続であり、精神力の集大成である。テクニックはもちろん凄いの一言なのだが、それだけではなくハート部分として「俺はコレ」という感情を音でつむいでいるのである。だからこそ、間に挟まれたバラードにもゆっくりなテンポの中にグルーヴがうごめいている。ひとりで演奏している時も、身体とギターで「自分とセッションしている」んだと思う。そういう演奏が湧き出て来るCDというのは、そうそうは無いです。
Thank you, Masa, for such a creative and inventive CD album.
Don Ross:
"50/50" is the funkiest guitar tune I've heard in years...maybe ever!! Excellent work, Masa. Your recording reaffirms my belief that the guitar is capable of more than "guitar music."
Alex de Grassi:
Masa grooves !
Peter Finger:
Great guitarist, musician, arranger. He surprises me all the time.
Stephen Bennett:
Two words --- VERY FUNKY!!!
Laurence Juber:
Masa has mastered all the gestures of contemporary fingerstyle guitar. Fasten your seatbelt as he slaps and taps you through this popping set of original jazz and blues tunes.
Artie Traum:
Masa Sumide is an adventurous guitarist with chops, funky rhythms and strong melodies. He stands out among the current crop of "tappers and slappers" because his musical instincts are solid. A fine CD for any guitar-lover's collection
"Groove Files" is Masa's TOUR DE FORCE offering!!...clearly head and shoulder's above anything that's out there at the moment and you know you're in for one hell of a ride from just the opening track!! All the cooool grooves here are backed by solid writing with a melodic direction and hypnotic primal vibe, and the ballad selections are just dreamy and seductive! ...an unforgettable Masa Sumide CLASSIC!!
Masa Sumide plays very high standard acoustic guitar, he is genius in creating melodic and grooving melodies with jaw-dropping techniques and great balance in his music.
"COOL EXPOSURE" is another masterpiece by one of the world's greatest solo guitarists. I cannot imagine anyone not loving this recording and playing it over and over. If I were a DJ, I would put it on to blow everyone's mind and get them off their feet for the first time to solo guitar. My words do not do it justice. Truly an accomplishment!
What a great CD! I really like his rich chord work and rhythmic fingerstyle picking. Masa is obviously a very accomplished guitarist and it's a pleasure to hear such strong, confident playing. Great tunes and great swingin' grooves!
中川イサトさんプロデュースによる、ソロギターのオム二パス・アルバム。参加ギタリストは、中川イサト、丸山ももたろう、岸部眞明、上久保康夫、下山亮平、住出勝則の6名。 Hidden Agenda/Temptation/One More Color For The Rainbowを含む、全18曲収録(6/21/2003発売)。
【収録曲】】 from " YOU ARE GOLD " : 50/50 / Night Groove / That Feeling of Love / Satori / Reason To Hope / Say No More from " HAPPY TOGETHER " : 7th Heaven / Dragon, True Love / Topaz / Tell Me Why / All Smiles from " BORN TO GROOVE " : Born To Groove / Kamikaze / Gravity / All That Jazz / One Day in Paris / Won't You Lead Me There / Funk Rag / Winter's Tale
【収録曲】 Shadow Dancer / Soul Nite / Where My Heart Belongs / Yesterday / Live And Let Die / Starlight Kiss / Slow Hand/Keep Rockin' / Superstar / Night Moves / Intuition / When You Smile / After The Rain / Tightrope / The Angel Within / Romance
Please direct all CD/DVD/BOOK orders to our distributor "Pooh Yokocho". The site is in Japanese but enquiries in English can be made. Thanks for your interest in Masa's guitar music!!!
Masa's CDs are now available in KOREA through GUITAR MUSIC.