Hotel El Hot - Ken Okada Group ft. YOYOKA
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- The recording of this seven-song album took place in one day on February 26, 2023
Ken Okada - electric bass, acoustic bass
YOYOKA - drums
Ben Torres - tenor sax
Hristo Vitchev - guitar
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Camera - Ben Torres and Max Torres
Video Edited by Chie Kuwahara
Ken Okada Group ft. YOYOKA
"SQUARE ONE"
Tracks
1. Nine Gates
2. Square One
3. Hotel El Hot
4. Say Something
5. Red Herring
6. Temujin
7. Traces
All music composed by Ken Okada
Produced by Ken Okada
Music & Sound Directions by Ken Okada and Akifumi Soma
Recorded on February 26, 2023 at Acoustic Sound Shop Studios, San Jose, CA
Recorded by Doug Pohorski
Drums Tech by Akifumi Soma
Digital Editing by Ken Okada
Mixed by Nobuki Matsui
Mastered by Ryoji Hata
Artwork & Graphic Design by Kaori Drome
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Ken Okada Group ft. YOYOKA
"SQUARE ONE"
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We are spoiled by your soulful and complex work with this terrific band 🙂 Thank you once again!
よよかさん、素晴らしいコラボですね。 ドラムパートは作曲したんですか？ グルーヴが深くて、本当に「振れる」んです。 華麗で味わい深いドラムソロも。 EPの曲は少し「ジャジー」スティーリー・ダンに似ているように感じます。補完という意味です。私は40年以上経った今でもスティーリー・ダンの音楽が大好きですが、「ザ・ダン」では業界で最高のセッション・ドラマーのみを起用しました。 . 岡田健さん、ベン・トーレスさん、フリスト・ヴィチェフさん、アキさん、ご冥福をお祈りします。 ☮
Yoyoka, this is a great collaboration. Did you compose the drum part? It has a deep groove, and you really "swing it". Glorious, tasteful drum solo too. The songs in the EP feel a little like 'Jazzy" Steely Dan. I mean that as a complement. I still love Steely Dan's music more than 40 years later, and "The 'Dan" only used the very best session drummers in the business. Best Wishes, to You, Ken Okada, Ben Torres , Hristo Vitchev and Aki. ☮
this group is flirting with Brubeck proportions and man, that right hand of Yoyoka's on her solo is otherworldly. The saxophonist is smokin'--it's beautiful and fluid musicianship all the way 'round.
no longer a child prodigy, she's now a journeyman musician, notice she is sight reading charts now, something she didn't do (to my knowledge) before leaving japan.
She’s going to become one of the greatest well-rounded female drummers of all time. I would love to see her in a performance with Nahre Sol one day.
@@slres8716 I agree, her embracing an eclectic choice of genres to challenge herself will give her a depth that few can rival.
She only reads a bit of music. I asked her after this recording session on a zoom call and again at the premiere of Red Herring.
@@Rob-Yule Good job Rob. Facts, not fiction, are Yoyoka's allies.
Best Wishes, Rob. ☮
@robyule3760 thanks for the info Rob much appreciated. 😊
It became apparent to me awhile ago that Yoyoka can sit in with anyone, any genre, and just drive the song. This young lady is a master of her craft! What an absolute joyous example of a musician at the top of their game👏👏👏. Bravo Yoyoka!!! Well done as always!!!
Well said sir!
@@Rob-Yule thank you! Just my observation after following Yoyoka for many years now. Kind of you to say!
I love the smile at the end - it has that 'nailed it' look!
It’s incredible the way Yoyoka fits in with adult bands. Truly amazing.
Yoyoka is brilliant.
Loved how Okada's music highlighted Yoyoka's skills! Great track!
Supreme performance by the Ken Okada Group. And kudos to Yoyoka for another job well done. I don't know how it's even possible and yet Yoyoka continues to evolve, develop, mature and, dare I say "improve," every time she plays.
Confident and quietly laying down the groove for the other players!
Addendum. I was very ill when I first heard this. How I missed the magnificent drum solo I don't know but WIW so glad I am well enough now to be blown away!
ウエストコーストJAZZの伝統を引き継いだ正統派の雰囲気が漂うサウンドにYOYOKAちゃんのドラムがスパイスとなって新しいサウンドが生まれつつある。少し刺激的な要素が楽しく、もっともっと多くの楽曲が聞けたら嬉しいです。
It seems that the music industry's better side finally has her to itself. It's a good place for her to meet the challenges she needs to grow. Out of her comfort zone, a little scared, leaning heavily on her WEAKER skill sets. EXCELLENT! She of course, will shine. That's a given.
Another classy performance from Yoyoka. 7 tracks in 1 day! Surely more work will come her way.!
Ken hell shes done it again, smoooooth as yer like the hammer is in the building.
thank you.
Incredible Yoyoka's level of play, I just can't believe it. And she's only 13 years old and she's already on pro albums.
El Hot ... yes it was. Totally cool Yoyo-san.
ALLLLLLLLLL RIGHTY THEN!!!!!!!! - Ace Ventura
Yoyoちゃんの学習意欲を満たしている感じ😊
クール・ジャズが心地よいです👏👏
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Finally a Yoyoka solo! And it's got some badass parts!
Music so complex even Yoyoka has to read the sheet music👍🥁
She only reads a bit of music. I asked her after this recording session on a zoom call and again at the premiere of Red Herring.
@@Rob-Yule Yes I assumed as much, but in this type of music I don't blame her. I'm sure I'd at least need prompts.
Wow! Just wow!
I love this!
Nice groove.
Yoyoka…..that was AWESOME!!!! You just keep improving! Loved it!
I've been enjoying these tunes you recorded with these great musicians. Are you reading music now?
She only reads a bit of music. I asked her after this recording session on a zoom call and again at the premiere of Red Herring.
@@Rob-Yule Just to be clear, I believe some of the best musicians learned to play music by ear and have never learned to read or write sheet music. I don't know if or how much it would help her. IMO Yoyoka is incredibly talented & skilled. I hope no one misinterprets my question. :)
@@Richard.Cabeza Actually, you are the first I have seen that asked the question rather than assuming! During the Patreon Zoom call in March, I asked the question: Can you read music (drum charts) well enough to play at speed? YOYOKA said not yet. Sometimes (most of the time LOL) she underestimates her skill so it might be like her saying I can play the drums a bit! I intend to pursue this topic in the call in August.
@@Rob-Yule I'll play devil's advocate.
Maybe Yoyoka does *_not_* underestimate her skill on *_her_* metrics.
Lots of people cite the "Dunning-Kruger effect" when people at one end of the range, with poor knowledge or skills, overestimate their capabilities. They don't understand enough to know better.
At the other end of the range, people with huge talent and ability, understand and appreciate how much more there is to know or achieve. So they might _seem_ to under estimate their ability, however their perspective includes more than "mere mortals". There appears to be evidence, not just speculation.
Maybe Yoyoka's standard of "good enough" site reading is a perspective from the high end of the range?
Maybe when she can read any drum chart once for any song she wants or needs to play, and then play and "nail it", that'll be "OK" for her?
I should add, that seems a good metric to me too. She wouldn't need to be any better than that. 😀
There are session musicians who are claimed able to operate continuously at that level every time.
For example, Tony Levin, bassist, reputedly turned up to a session, listened once making a few notes, composed and played his bass part once, then left for the next session. It was on a King Crimson song. King Crimson's manager saw him do it. He says some time later, he talked to Levin about it. Levin had forgotten about the session, and forgotten he'd composed the bass line. It was just one of several sessions on a busy day, in a busy week. Effortless, *_and_* he didn't need to be any better! 😀
Another example is Larnell Lewis composing the drum parts for 6 Snarky Puppy songs for the "We Like It Here" album on a 7½ hour transatlantic flight, without access to a drum kit. He explains in the first minute of _Larnell Lewis Hears A Song Once And Plays It Perfectly_ ruclips.net/video/vIW72VXMPHo/видео.html
There will likely be work in music for musicians who can do that for some time to come. I won't be around, but it's nice to imagine Yoyoka enjoying playing music with other musicians in 2100, like an old Dorothea Taylor. 😀
Best Wishes. ☮
Edit: Added link to Larnell Lewis video, deleted spurious blank lines, corrected a spelling mistake.
@gbulmer excellent insight!
A cool 5/4 groove!!🥁
最後の笑顔が素晴らしい👍(涙)
Awesome!...
よよかさん、素晴らしいコラボですね。 岡田健さんは素敵な音楽を作曲されており、岡田健さんのグループとあなたは一緒に素晴らしい音楽を作っています。 もっと聞きたいと思うので、楽しんでいただければ幸いです。 また、あなたが喜んでいるときはいつも嬉しく、あなたが新しい音楽を演奏しているときは興奮します。 岡田健さん、ベン・トーレスさん、フリスト・ヴィチェフさん、ドラム技術者のアキさん、ご多幸をお祈りします。 ☮
Yoyoka, this is a great collaboration. Ken Okada has composed some lovely music, and Ken Okada's Group and you are creating great music together. I hope you enjoyed it because I think we'd like to hear more. Also, I am always delighted when you are happy, and thrilled when you are playing new music. Best Wishes, to You, Ken Okada, Ben Torres , Hristo Vitchev and Aki, your Drum Tech. ☮
Well said 👍. 😊
Ditto!
いい曲ですね。
Yoyoka Gadd!
👍👍👌
22 likes before the playing starts
What are the odds we’re not going to like it?😆
Wooow! 😊
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Did you watch thoroughly? Did you notice the sheet music she was looking at? Long timers here will surely remember ... but she's learnt in a dizzying tempo.
She only reads a bit of music. I asked her after this recording session on a zoom call and again at the premiere of Red Herring.
👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍👍
It’s in 5
Yoyoka next mission should be to team with Dolly and Miley on something
一つお願いがあります。 最後に全員の顔を見たいのですが、他の動画のサムネイルが隠れてしまっています。 黒い「トレーラー」を付けたビデオを 8 秒以上長くしてください。 ご多幸をお祈り申し上げます。 ☮
I have one request. I would like to see everyones faces at the end, but thumb-nails for other videos are covering them. Please make the video 8+ seconds longer with a black 'trailer'. Best Wishes, All. ☮
chrome extention "Enhancer for RUclips"👍
@@0mujian4 Thank you very much for replying. Hopefully it will help some people. I abandoned the chrome browser several years ago.
An advantage of adding 8+ seconds to the end of the video is it helps everyone without any other changes anywhere else. Even RUclips would benefit from a longer video and by getting its ads shown.
Thank you.
Best Wishes. ☮
Great musical performances by all. The video editing is another matter. I'm being polite when I call it childish. Yoyoka deserves better.
what do u call this , fusion? modern jazz?
Just fabulous music!
yes
This is actually traditional "bebop" jazz, but on the smoother side of the spectrum. Just because it's in 5/4 time doesn't make it not jazz. One of the most famous jazz pieces of all time _Take Five_ is in 5/4 time.
This music is not my cup of tea, and yoyoka does a nice job on it, but it feels like she's holding back.
That why she is a pro! restraint when needed. She does let loose at the end although not full beast mode!
Yoyoka is better than these Studio Artists trying to form a Jazz Fusion band. She reads sheet music...that's cool, but Jazz is about Syncopation and Freestyle. Let's get her back doing John Bon Jones, Neal Peart, even the late Joey Jordison from Slipknot!
She only reads a bit of music. I asked her after this recording session on a zoom call and again at the premiere of Red Herring.
@@Rob-Yule Great job Rob. Yoyoka is amazing, and learning quickly. So there is no need to exaggerate, or possibly risk creating extra pressure for her.
I am very happy, even relieved, that she is exploring jazz. Her ability to create and maintain a pocket, improvise, even explode, fit very well. Plus Ken Okada has composed some great music.
Also jazz has a culture of supporting live music. That makes sense as every performance is expected to be different and unique. Performing jazz is a potential way to make a living.
She has far more talent than covering others songs. Also, I'm concerned 'covers' don't ensure she has enough scope to express herself. I feel she needs different types of challenge, specifically composing music, to help her grow, and develop her potential.
In the long term, Yoyoka needs to find a path which makes her happy. I'd like her to find a way to make a living making music, but that is partly my selfishness, and partly her talent enhances music and hence life, for anyone who cares to listen.
Keep on doing what you're doing. 👍👍👏
Best Wishes. ☮