Met Art Magazine

The Shelly Manne edition of West Coast Sessions is the oldest fashion of all of the recordings. This recording has much more of a swing era flavor in the repertoire and performance when compared with the others. The inclusion of pianist Pete Jolly accentuates this swing-era element in his Oscar Peterson-styled blues playing on "Hollywood Jam Blues." Jolly's contributions are wordy and voluble, full of all order of ornate phrasing. The three horn from of Pepper, tenor saxophonist Bob Cooper and trombonist Bill Watrous adds to the swing-era environment by representing the most stripped down of big bands. All three understand the material, performing it with a late 1940s flair. "Just Friends" is given a jaunty treatment with near Dixieland counterpoint. The band sounds comfortable and relaxed.

Mai Fukui (麻福井麻麻).Japanese female harpist. Born in 1986. He spent his childhood in Sweden and met with the harp.After graduating from the Harp Department and Chamber Music Department of the National Conservatory of Music in Paris, he received the Jury Unanimous Award and the Jury Special Award, and graduated at the top.