leon todd johnson // wa kei sei jaku CD

Tobiraインストアショーケースで素晴らしいライブを披露してくれたアメリカ・インディアナポリスのアンビエント作家airport people aka leon todd johnsonが、2025年7月に同国アンビエントレーベルWhited Sepulchre RecordsからリリースしたCDです。

ECMやWindham Hillが好きな方におすすめのネオクラシカル・ジャズ8曲を収録。

ジュエルケース、シュリンク仕様です。ブックレット付属。

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CD in jewel case.

Tracklist:

1. wa 04:33
2. kei 05:03
3. sei 04:29
4. jaku 04:40
5. wa (instrumental) 04:33
6. kei (instrumental) 05:03
7. sei (instrumental) 04:29
8. jaku (instrumental) 04:40

Text excerpt by Whited Sepulchre:

" Indianapolis-based Leon Todd Johnson has been recording under the moniker Airport People since 2020. Under that name, Johnson’s engaging neoclassical work flirted with Windham Hill/ECM jazz inflections while incorporating a deep melodic sensibility that serves as a throughline across his recorded work. As the name reflects, Airport People’s work harnessed Johnson’s memories of traveling around the world with his family, supporting his civil rights leader grandfather’s work in Africa—a state he described as being “in between where we’re going and where we were, and we don’t have much to say.”

Johnson’s second record for Whited Sepulchre Records finds him once again inspired by travel, but as the name change suggests, his work is no longer defined by the space between one place and another. Instead, it focuses on traveling outward and finding home within oneself—both philosophically and musically.

Johnson has long been drawn to Ryuichi Sakamoto’s work. While writing songs for this record, he returned to several late-era Sakamoto pieces like Andata and various soundtracks for films, especially Minamata. With this music in mind and having begun a practice of Zen meditation, Johnson traveled to Japan for a long-awaited trip. Upon returning home, he began compiling these four songs when he heard an interview with Mine Somi Kubose about the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. The interview was recorded in 1977 at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago by Chungmoo Choi and preserved in the Library of Congress; it was exactly what the album needed. [...]"

Artist : leon todd johnson

Label : Whited Sepulchre