https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/tags/yoshimasa-otsuka/ Recent content in Yoshimasa Otsuka on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory Hugo en Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/yudo-matsuo-quartet-songs-in-motion/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/yudo-matsuo-quartet-songs-in-motion/ <p><em>Songs in Motion</em> is a 2018 release from guitarist Yudo Matsuo that he recorded with a quartet featuring Junichiro Ohkuchi on piano, Yoshimasa Otsuka on bass, and Sota Kira on drums. While this album follows his previous debut release <a href="https://www.jazzofjapan.com/archive/yudo-matsuo-bonanza/"><em>Bonanza</em></a> (2012), there was a full six years in between, so the guitarist/composer surely had a lot to say. As a result, <em>Songs in Motion</em> is an album full of his stored-up musical ideas and performances, and that spirit is bursting forth as the quartet’s energy lets loose.</p>