Tal Wilkenfeld/Tokyo,Japan 8.28.2019 1st Stage

Beautiful genius bassist Tal Wilkenfeld released his first solo album in 12 years, “LOVE REMAINS”, and made his first solo visit to Japan in 4 years. Her finest original recording has been decided to be released. This work includes the “August 28, 2019 (daytime)” performance. This week, the best live albums “TOKYO 2019 1ST NIGHT: 2ND STAGE” and “TOKYO 2019 1ST NIGHT: 2ND STAGE” will be released normally, but this work is also a best audience recording. First of all, let’s check the position of each of the three works from the schedule of coming to Japan. ・August 28th: ​​Tokyo (daytime performance) ←★This work★ ・August 28th “TOKYO 2019 1ST NIGHT: 2ND STAGE” ・August 29th: Tokyo (daytime performance) ・August 29th “TOKYO 2019 2ND NIGHT: 2ND STAGE” – Moving & Off-August 31st: Osaka (daytime performance) ・August 31st: Osaka (evening performance) A total of 6 performances. This performance in Japan was held over 3 days x 2 performances, and this work is a live album that records Lee’s first performance. This work is also a superb audience recording. As can be said for the two works on the Uxbridge label, this is a close-up recording where you can feel the club-scale closeness and closed room feeling, and you can feel Tal’s presence right in front of you. What is especially strong is the force. The deep bass sounds as thick as a rough rope, and the sense of zero distance is overwhelming, making it hard to believe that it is an audience recording through space. It’s so powerful that I get a little scared at the peak, but that’s why the bass comes out as far forward as possible, and you can feel her “skill” and “sense” more than anything else. Of course, it’s not just the base. The drums, guitar, and vocals by Taru himself have almost a soundboard-like zero-distance feel, but are glossy without chatter. In fact, perhaps because it was a daytime performance, the playing time was shorter than the two Uxbridge label releases (which is why I gave it as a gift), but the sound quality is on par with this one. With such a sound, it is a fresh show that seems like a premiere. The set will be the same as the other performances, in which all the songs of “LOVE REMAINS” will be played (the order of the songs will be different, so it is not a reproduction). Tal is famous as a bassist, but this time we get to hear a lot of his evolution as a singer-songwriter. In addition to the album’s 10 songs, there are cover songs that change each time, and this work features “Grinnin’ in Your Face” by prewar blues great Son House. Even though he has grown into a complete musician, when it comes to Tal, you can’t ignore the bass. Speaking of the mellow and beautiful lines that she spins while singing… Bassists who sing often use root notes a lot, but she sings a lot of singing lines with just the bass, and yet she sings completely different melodies with her vocals. There are probably two completely different melodies playing in her head at the same time, but I can’t imagine it. Of course, it’s not just the backing of the song. The impressions that are inserted at each end are as rich in imagination as ever, and the feeling of breathing with the back is also exquisite. It has been 10 years since her first visit to Japan with Jeff Beck, but perhaps that experience has been converted into a variety of drawers, and we are able to meet her who has further evolved as a bassist. Now 32 years old, Tal Wilkenfeld has started to look like a singer-songwriter. This is a live album where you can get close to her as a solo musician, with the innocence of a young girl disappearing from her beauty. This work itself is a wonderful musical work, but it is also good to collect together with “TOKYO 2019 1ST NIGHT: 2ND STAGE” and “TOKYO 2019 1ST NIGHT: 2ND STAGE”, and this is also enough to be your first experience of her solo work. OK to. One such masterpiece. Tokyo, Japan 28th August 2019 (1st Stage) TURLY PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) (76:55) 1. Intro 2. Killing Me 3. Under The Sun 4. Love Remains 5. Counterfeit 6. Fistful Of Glass 7. Grinnin ‘ in Your Face 8. Haunted Love 9. Pieces Of Me 10. Comer Painter 11. One Thing After Another 12. Hard To Be Alone 13. Band Introductions Tal Wilkenfeld – Bass, Guitar, Vocals Chris Price – Keyboards Owen Barry – Guitar Tamir Barzilay – Drums