https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/tags/natsuki-tamura/ Recent content in Natsuki Tamura on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory Hugo en Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/ghost-peak-the-goat-on-a-peak/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/ghost-peak-the-goat-on-a-peak/ <p><em>The Goat on a Peak</em> is a 2023 album from Ghost Peak, a band formed in 2022 by guitarist Shinji Miyazaki with Natsuki Tamura on trumpet, Taeko Kurita on piano, and Hiroaki Mizutani on bass. Guitarist and leader Miyazaki combines his background of modern jazz, improvisation, and a four-year stay in New York, with his jazz, rock, and avant-garde influences on his second Ghost Peak album.</p> <figure><a href="L1270658x-1200.jpeg"> <img loading="lazy" src="L1270658x-1200.jpeg"/> </a> </figure> <p>Ghost Peak’s <em>The Goat on a Peak</em> contains five of Miyazaki’s original compositions and was released on the heels of their first release <em>Ghost Peak 1</em>. The audio for these two albums was recorded at a live concert in Kobe in 2023. While the first release was an online-only streaming/digital download, this second album was released as a compact disc with a different set of songs.</p>