Anekdoten Japan

From Japan, an already consecrated prog state of art, comes - close in modern, alternative and resonating times - the band NAIKAKU (full name is Naikaku-No-Wa, with the meaning of Internal Nuclear Tide). At first Satoshi Kobayashi (bass) and Kazumi Suzuki (flute) formed the band, in mid-1998, and initiated their music, but eventually the lineup grew towards an eclectic sextet, drummer Norimitsu Endo, guitarist and trumpeter Mitsuo Muraoka, flutist Naoko Higashi and guitarist Kei Fushimi joining…

From Japan, an already consecrated prog state of art, comes - close in modern, alternative and resonating times - the band NAIKAKU (full name is Naikaku-No-Wa, with the meaning of Internal Nuclear Tide). At first Satoshi Kobayashi (bass) and Kazumi Suzuki (flute) formed the band, in mid-1998, and initiated their music, but eventually the lineup grew towards an eclectic sextet, drummer Norimitsu Endo, guitarist and trumpeter Mitsuo Muraoka, flutist Naoko Higashi and guitarist Kei Fushimi joining…

Sting, Paul McCartney, Johann Sebastian Bach, Michel Legrand, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Astor Piazzolla, die Bee Gees und Glenn Miller…sie alle vereint der Saxofonist und Klarinettist Norbert Nagel auf seinem neuen Album "Lieblingslieder". Und verbindet mit dieser persönlichen Auswahl seiner Lieblingsstücke überaus stimmig und in einem Atemzug ganze Musikuniversen. World, Jazz, Pop, Klassik. Schwerelos, intim, geheimnisvoll, voller kleiner Geschichten und Anekdoten, die es zu entdecken gibt, so klingen Norbert Nagels Bearbeitungen bekannter Klassiker wie "Fragile", "Blackbird" oder "How Deep Is Your Love".