Teine [CD] (Japanese import)

Shun Ishiwaka/Motohiko Ichino/Kanoa Mendenhall - Teine [CD] (Japanese import)

Shun Ishiwaka Trio - TEINE
Release date: December 17, 2025
From Days of Delight - a new platform for Japanese jazz
(Founder & Producer: Akiomi Hirano)

Days of Delight, the new platform redefining Japanese jazz, proudly announces the release of drummer Shun Ishiwaka's latest trio album TEINE, out on December 17, 2025.

A true polymath of the contemporary music scene, Ishiwaka joins forces with two of today's most remarkable jazz musicians - Motohiko Ichino (guitar) and Kanoa Mendenhall (bass) - to create a work of rare clarity and depth. Within beautifully tense, transparent sonic spaces, the trio sculpts a sound world of high purity and poetic restraint. Listeners are invited to experience the singular musical vision born of Ishiwaka's exceptional artistry.

Comment from Akiomi Hirano
(Founder & Producer, Days of Delight)

The sound woven by these three musicians is truly unique - imbued with distinctive color and tactile presence. Most striking is how the musical landscape shifts slowly and unpredictably, beyond any set form or convention. This transformation is vividly alive and pulsating, unfolding through seamless, chain-like motion.

No one here follows a predetermined path - indeed, no such path exists. During the recording sessions, almost nothing was fixed in advance; the music took shape in a semi-improvised flow. Needless to say, it is Shun Ishiwaka's vision and beat that set and drive this creative environment.

Shun Ishiwaka - drums, percussion
Motohiko Ichino - guitar
Kanoa Mendenhall - bass

LISTEN: https://youtu.be/Cet4KtuSIoc?si=hSylcyMms5DiU41U

Tracklist:
01. Conversation and Confession
02. Mt.Teine
03. Arekara Ichinen
04. Sankanshion
05. Doodling
06. Lake Largo
07. April Fools
08. Room(Shouganai)
09. Natsuyasumi
10. Tokeidai no Kane
(Recorded in Tokyo on May 25, 2023)