SATOSHI BANDOH: 『AFTERGLOW』 from "Happy Life!" (2011)

Since today is my birthday, I may as well post something that has really drawn my attention recently. Once again, all the props go to Kei / K and JJ's Jazz Blog for bringing this out there. Satoshi Bandoh, currently the drummer for the awesome Jazz Fusion outfit T-Square, had recently release his solo album entitled "Happy Life!" on July 13th, 2011. Featuring some awesome musicianship from him and other musicians (most notably from former T-Square saxman Takahiro Miyazaki), one of the highlights for me is his new performance of "Afterglow", a track from his previous work in the PS3 video game "Gran Turismo 5".

As always, leave a comment, like it, share it, and most of all enjoy!! ^__^

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[PeterMacPL]

GT5 music :) love it 

[naikanomtom]

@PeterMacPL

He had to put it on his solo album. It's that damn good. Thanks for stopping by! :)

[ryoendaiesec]

went to T-Square's live this summer, bought this album, met him in person and got his signature. He's seriously a musical genius. all 10 songs in this album is amazing so i suggest you all to buy one if you can!

[naikanomtom]

@ryoendaiesec

Wow man, that is awesome that you got to meet him. What songs did the band play during the live? Hats off to ya man, and yes, this is a must have!!!

[yazonkyoudai]

wow, this is completely different from the GT5 Version, but just as cool.

[naikanomtom]

@yazonkyoudai

I think this was probably his favorite track from what he composed for the game, but this time, he's got a world class sax man behind it as well. Thanks for listening man!

[diptob79]

I love this song, i use it for my ringtone for almost a year now

[RhezaFadlySurya]

Good song and I love it! I think, Kaori Kobayashi should play saxophone for Satoshi Bandoh cause of her good skill and beautiful harmony in playing saxophone, like Takahiro Miyazaki and Masato Honda.

[ryoendaiesec]

@naikanomtom They performed as like the pre-show performance (if you get wt i mean haha). His band played Boundless Sky, Every Moment and Happy Life. Boundless Sky was pure awesomeness. 

[naikanomtom]

@dewo662002

Thanks dewo. Takahiro Miyazaki is responsible for all the great sax, and it's soooo good to hear him again, ain't it?

[dewo662002]

Great! Thanks for subscription this damn great music, beautiful sax from Bandoh. I love it, I have to buy his album!

[naikanomtom]

@PhatPhunk

It's a damn good album. His drumming is great, but his songwriting is really REALLY GOOD! The sax work by Takahiro Miyazaki is also good too!

[PhatPhunk]

Beautiful! Didn't know bandoh has a solo album out! Gotta check that out!

[naikanomtom]

@DragoonEnRegalia

Of course he does, Andoh-san was the first guy he came up to when making this game since T-Square has been synonymous with racing for the past 2 decades. Norihito Sumitomo (who wrote some tracks for GT5) is a huge associate of Takeshi Itoh, writing songs for his solo efforts and playing as a contributing saxophonist with him in the 90s. That's the beauty of the J-fusion community in Japan, everybody knows and respects everybody, and they're willing to help record too.

[DragoonEnRegalia]

I'm now convinced that Kazunori Yamauchi goes to Masahiro Andoh to find potential musicians for his GT games—Yudai Sato, for example, is an associate of Satoshi and also contributed to the same soundtrack.

Once again: a stellar effort.