Orange Pekoe - Grace

Orange Pekoe (オレンジ・ペコー, orenji pekō?, or orange pekoe) is a Japanese music duo which formed in 1998. The name came from a term mainly used to describe a grade of tea found in the grading system used for sorting black teas (Orange pekoe grading). It is composed of Kazuma Fujimoto, who plays guitar and does the composition, arrangement, and programming of the music, and Tomoko Nagashima, who writes the lyrics and performs vocals. Nagashima's register is alto, with impressive wavey voice, while Fujimoto's compositions basically draw strongly upon jazz. Still, as much as he loves bossa/samba, many of their song got influenced by this brazilian style of music as well.

This album shows how they are. Mainly served in jazz standard, we can also get couple of songs in bossa feel. Nagashima's vocals are velvety smooth and soulful while Fujimoto's guitar work is oh so tasteful, clean, and impeccable. Of course there is the rest of the band too - all incredibly capable musicians who provide the perfect musical scenery for the duo to work their magic.

If this is your first orange pekoe album, I think it will not be your last. Beautiful, inspiring and (perfect for cocktail parties!), "Grace" is a tour-de-force of modern j-jazz at its best. Enjoy!

1 Introduction
2 Taiyo no Flight
3 Kimi no Yozora
4 Hikari no Naka e
5 Graceful Rain
6 Kiniro no Hane
7 Interlude
8 Emerald no Inori
9 Ruby no Kokoro
10 Sora no Niwa
11 Minami no Kaze
12 Green Flash
13 Landscape
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