"Naima" by John Coltrane with a Touch of Brasil ⛱️ 🇧🇷
For John Coltrane's birthday, "Naima", the masterpiece, with a touch of Brasil ⛱️ 🇧🇷
September 23, 2024
"Naima" by John Coltrane with a Touch of Brasil ⛱️ 🇧🇷
For John Coltrane's birthday, "Naima", the masterpiece, with a touch of Brasil ⛱️ 🇧🇷
September 23, 2024
"Hamba Nami" by Cannonball Adderley 🤘
Celebrating Cannonball Adderley's birthday with his "Hamba Nami" he originally wrote for "Accent on Africa" (1968). This is the "Phenix" (1975) version.
September 15, 2024
"Shiny Stockings" as played by Count Basie
For Count Basie's birthday, one of the most popular Count Basie repertoires, Shiny Stockings, written by Frank Foster.
August 21, 2024
"Re: Person I Knew" by Bill Evans
"Re: Person I Knew" for Bill Evans' birthday 🎂 For a long time, I couldn't figure out the head until he recorded this song for "The Bill Evans Album (1971) ...." この曲のテーマは1971年に『The Bill Evans Album』が出るまで謎でしたものです😅
August 16, 2024[+] Show More
"La vie en rose (Take Me To Your Heart Again)" with a touch of Brasil ⛱️ 🇧🇷
Celebrating Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong week 🎂 "La vie en rose" is one of my favorite songs he performed.
August 4, 2024
"Freedom Jazz Dance" with reharmonized changes ✌️
Having fun making up changes to this cool song by Eddie Harris 😊 (Please excuse my iffy embouchure. Still recovering from the surgery 😅)
July 30, 2024
"Summertime" 2024 🤘
"Summertime" by George Gershwin rock version 🤘
"My Song" by Keith Jarrett with a touch of Brasil 🇧🇷 ⛱️
For Keith Jarrett's 79th birthday, one of my favorite songs, "My Song" with a touch of Brasil.
May 8, 2024
"Third Plane" by Ron Carter 🇧🇷 🏖️
For Ron Carter's birthday 🎉 One of my favorite songs he wrote 😊
May the 4th, 2024
"Midnight Sun" by Lionel Hampton w/a touch of Brasil 🇧🇷 ⛱️
For Lionel Hampton's birthday, "Midnight Sun" composed by Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke in 1947, which became one of the singers' standards.
April 20, 2024
Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay" in the original key
For Freddie Hubbard's birthday, "Red Clay" in the original key, C# minor 😊
April 7, 2024
"Sugar" by Stanley Turrentine
For Stanley Turrentine's birthday, one of the most loved instrumental standards, "Sugar" 🎉
April 5, 2024
"Beach Samba" Astrud Gilberto
For Astrud Gilberto's birthday 🎂 the title song of her 1967 album, "Beach Samba."
March 29, 2024
"Spring Is Here" ☀️🇧🇷
Spring came without Winter. I always relate to the song "Spring Is Here":
🎵 Nobody Loves Me, Spring Is Here To Stay 🎵 😅 Here is my version ☀️🇧🇷
Roussel "Joueurs de flûte: I. Pan" -- Hiro's Classical Repertoire Challenge #23
Grooving on a classical repertoire challenge #23: Albert Roussel's "I. PAN" from "Joueurs de flûte Op. 27" (1924). 「クラシックでグルーヴしちゃう」第23回はルーセルの「笛吹たち」から「I. Pan」
"Full House" by Wes Montgomery
For one of my heroes, Wes Montgomery's birthday 🎂 "Full House". I learned jazz by copying him on flute. He still excites me to this day. ウェスの誕生日に、ジャズを始めた時フルートでコピーしまくったウェスの中から大好きな「フル・ハウス」。
March 6, 2024
Happy Birthday from Hiro Honshuku v10
Birthday Song version 10 by Hiro HonshukuHiroaki ⛱️ 🇧🇷
Honshuku plays Christensen (1920) wood flute with David Chu Lucite head joint plus NuRAD Wind Synth.
Updates every year on March 1.
毎年3月1日更新
"Our Delight" by Tadd Dameron ⛱️ 🇧🇷
For Tadd Dameron's birthday, "Our Delight" with a touch of Afoxê.
February 21, 2024
"My Funny Valentine" 2024 ⛱️ 🇧🇷 with Otamatone
My Funny Valentine 2024 version featuring Otamatone with a touch of Brasil ⛱️ 🇧🇷マイ・ファニー・ヴァレンタイン2024、フィーチャリング、オタマトーン
Grooving on a classical repertoire challenge #22: Lili Boulanger's "Nocturne" (1911) from her "Deux Morceaux." She was a true genius who left so many gifts of music to us until ...she passed away at 24. 「クラシックでグルーヴしちゃう」第22回はリリ・ブーランジェの「ノクターン」。それにしても24歳で生涯を閉じたのが惜しまれます。[+] Show More
"Another World" by Stan Getz
Celebrating Stan Getz's birthday with his "Another World" (1977), which was the most unusual stuff he did. On this song, he went on for 6 minutes of free improvisation with ...Echoplex.
February 2, 2024[+] Show More
"Inútil paisagem" by Antônio Carlos Jobim
For Tom Jobim's birthday, one of his most beautiful melodies with fascinating changes while the lyrics are sad, "Inútil paisagem."
January 25, 2024
Bach Flute Sonata in E♭ I Allegro moderato -- Hiro's Classical Repertoire Challenge #21
Grooving on a classical repertoire challenge #21: J.S. Bach BWV1031 (C.P.E. Bach H.545) - Flute Sonata in E♭ Major 1st movement
Bach Flute Sonata in E♭ II Siciliano -- Hiro's Classical Repertoire Challenge #20
Grooving on a classical repertoire challenge #20: J.S. Bach BWV1031 (C.P.E. Bach H.545) - Flute Sonata in E♭ Major 2nd movement
"Prelude To A Kiss" ⛱️ 🇧🇷 by Duke Ellington & Irving Mills
For Irving Mills's birthday 🎂 He wrote so many good lyrics for Duke Ellington.
January 16, 2024
Bach Flute Sonata in E♭ III Allegro -- Hiro's Classical Repertoire Challenge #19
Grooving on a classical repertoire challenge #19: J.S. Bach BWV1031 (C.P.E. Bach H.545) - Flute Sonata in E♭ Major 3rd movement
"Lockdown Blues" by John McLaughlin
For John McLaughlin's birthday: "Lockdown Blues" is a blues in 5 with clever changes. He wrote this song during the pandemic.
January 4, 2024
"Angels We Have Heard on High" on NuRAD
A Christmas Carol, "Angels We Have Heard on High," re-realized by Hiroaki Honshuku, featuring NuRAD with Lyrihorn-2 by Davidson Audio & Multimedia.
December 24, 2023
"Rest You" Live at King's Chapel 2023
A Christmas Carol, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," re-realized by Hiroaki Honshuku. Live at King's Chapel, Boston, 2023-12-05
Hiro Honshuku - flute
Eriko Yamaki - keyboard
David Mercure - bass
"Chetty's Lullaby" by Chet Baker
For Chet Baker's birthday 🎂 He didn't write too many songs, but this, "Chetty's Lullaby," was one of 4 compositions he wrote while he was in an Italian prison for ...drug charges (1960). It was recorded with Ennio Morricone's orchestration. チェットはあまり曲を残していないけど、この曲は彼がイタリアの牢獄で書いた4曲のうちの一つ。出所と同時にモリコーネの編曲と指揮で録音されたのでありましたよ。
December 23, 2023[+] Show More
"Aisha" by McCoy Tyner ⛱️ 🇧🇷
Celebrating McCoy Tyner's birthday with a touch of Brasil.
December 11, 2023
"Three Views Of A Secret" by Jaco Pastorius
Celebrating Jaco Pastorius's birthday 🎂 with his masterpiece, "Three Views Of A Secret"
December 1, 2023
"Body & Soul" for Colman Hawkins Day
Celebrating Colman Hawkins Day with "Body & Soul" 🎂
November 21, 2023
"God Must Be A Boogie Man" by Joni Mitchell
For Joni Mitchell's 80th birthday 🎂 here is probably my most favorite song by her, "God Must Be A Boogie Man."
November 7, 2023
#joni80
Clifford Brown's "Joy Spring" 🌸 🌞
For Clifford Brown's birthday, "Joy Spring" to celebrate his vast influence.
October 30, 2023
Another Autumn Leaves ⛱️ 🇧🇷 🍁 🍂
"Another Autumn Leaves" for global-warmed Autumn. I just made up the changes as I go 😁 🇧🇷 あったかい秋は嫌いだ、っというわけでコード進行を捏造してみましたよ。
Fotografia - Rosa Passos e Hiro Honshuku
"Fotografia" by Tom Jobim
"For Wee Folks" from "Black Codes" by Wynton Marsalis
Celebrating Wynton Marsalis' birthday with "For Wee Folks" from one of my favorite albums, "Black Codes" (1985) 🎉
October 18, 2023
Mozart "Rondo In D Major, K 184 Anh" -- Hiro's Classical Repertoire Challenge #18
Grooving on a classical repertoire challenge #18: Mozart -- Rondo in D major, K184 Anh. for flute and orchestra
Gershwin's "My Man's Gone Now" a la Miles
For George Gershwin's birthday 🎂 "My Man's Gone Now" a la Miles.
September 26, 2023
"Giant Steps" in 7/8 Samba ⛱️ 🇧🇷
For John Coltrane's birthday, "Giant Steps" in 7/8 Samba ⛱️ 🇧🇷
September 23, 2023
"Yardbird Suite" in Partido Alto 🕺🏻⛱️🇧🇷
A challenging attempt to make Charlie Paker's "Yardbird Suite" melody over a samba groove. チャーリー・パーカーの「ヤードバード組曲」のメロディーをサンバのグルーヴで吹くという試み。
"Airegin" by Sonny Rollins w/a touch of Brasil ⛱️
For Sonny Rollins' 92nd birthday 🎂 🎉 Here is my favorite "Airegin" from "Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins" (1954) with a touch of Brasil ⛱️ (Still can't show my ...eyes 😅) ソニー・ロリンズの92歳の誕生日 🎊 にこの1曲。何を隠そうマイルスのオリジナルバージョンよりウエスのバージョンを最初に知ってコピーしたものです 😅(まだ目を見せられないわたしでありましたよ 😅)
September 7, 2023[+] Show More
Horace Silver's "Peace" with a touch of Jamaica 🇯🇲
For Horace Silver's birthday, one of his masterpieces "Peace" with a touch of Jamaica 🇯🇲
September 2, 2023
"Sakura" by Hiro Honshuku and the A-NO-NE Trio Live at King's Chapel Boston
"Sakura," a Japanese nursery song.
Hiro Honshuku ヒロ・ホンシュク - flute
Eriko Yamaki 八巻絵里子 - key
David Mercure - bass
August 22, 2023
"Nefertiti" by Wayne Shorter
Celebrating Wayne Shorter Day on August 25 🎉 -- Here is one of his masterpieces, "Nefertiti." He didn't write the changes. He only wrote voicings. Here is my transcription of ...the changes, played with a touch of Brasil ⛱️ ウェイン・ショーターの誕生日、っで「ネフェルティティ」。彼はコード進行を書きませんでした。詳しくはこちら→ https://h-hon.link/shorter
August 25, 2023[+] Show More
Jobim's "Saudade do Brasil" as played by Bill Evans
This one is for Bill Evans' birthday 🎂 He recorded Tom Jobim's spectacular orchestra piece, "Saudade do Brasil" on his "Eloquence" (1982), but he only rendered its intro for some ...reasons. Here is the Evans version. エヴァンスはこのジョビンの大作を"Eloquence" (1982) に録音したけど、なぜかテーマではなくイントロだけを抜き取ってジャムったという超不思議作品。
August 16, 2023[+] Show More