Those who haven't had the good fortune of experiencing Kenso in a live setting can now have the next best thing! Beneath the beautiful cover artwork by Shinsaku Fujita lies the first DVD release by the Japanese Progressive Fusion Quintet: Ha-re-ki, a full concert in excess of 100 minutes that features choice cuts from the band's twenty-five year recording history. Recorded in the summer of 2002 at On Air East, the six-camera shoot provides nearly every practical angle possible; this allows for horizontal and vertical split-screen viewpoints, sometimes moving up to three and even four splits to emphasize call-and-response & unison lines. Kenso's current lineup has remained intact since 1991's Yume No Oka (with one slight exception), so the players' immediate and ever-resilient chemistry can finally be witnessed as well as heard — no easy feat unless you happen to reside in the vicinity of Tokyo
Recorded during a sell-out week at the world famous Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, in the heart of London's Soho, this DVD documents Lisa's critically acclaimed performance on the stage that has become home to some of the most famous and talented names in the music business over the past 45 years. Here is an intimate portrayal of one of the UK's most unique female artists - a showcase for many of her greatest hits - along with renditions of some of the most outstanding Jazz tunes of all times.
