2005
Where We Find Ourselves
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Recorded2005 · 2-CD set
Tracks14 · 102 min
Reissued byMint 400 Records
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Track list
Disc 1
- 01Voyage Down7:35
- 02Wave of Love7:46
- 03Winter Solstice10:38
- 04Takachan7:01
- 05Loves Goes Fourth6:11
- 06Creators of Life5:37
- 07April Wind6:59
Disc 2
- 08It's Only You6:14
- 09Long Summer Samba7:41
- 10Josephine9:22
- 11Dirge for Didge7:39
- 127-Up7:08
- 13Takachan (Take 2)8:23
- 14Where We Find Ourselves3:47
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GREG CHAKO “Wave Of Love” (Live in Japan)
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Reviews
What the critics said
“Talk about a reality check on so many levels. What kind of balls does it take to record a double album of all original jazz in four days and make it sound like a classic Blue Note, World Pacific or Verve date? Someone must have grown up eating Rudy Van Gelder sessions for breakfast to absorb this kind of vibe. Chako straddles being familiar and unique in the same interval with such style that you’re sure you’ve been here before but you know you haven’t. This is simply a delightful heaping helping of cool jazz that moves and grooves and is sure to win you over before the first track is over. Why is this guy recording for his own label? You put the machine behind this cat and you could crash Amazon’s servers.”
“…high quality ensemble playing and soloing… the recording/mix are superior, and make listening to Chako’s compelling performance all the more enjoyable.”
“…tight, flowing sextet, powered by the rhythms from Greg’s guitar… varied, with splashes of Latin American music, Indian, and other world cultures complementing the swinging, straight-ahead mainstream adventure!”
From listeners in Japan
“I think it’s a new sound, exciting and exotic, while some is warm and gentle… ‘my daily music’…”
“…gently floating and drifting with tide in the middle of the wide open sea. The sound is both mellow and brilliant, toward which I feel drawn through and through. I hear so many words through the many instruments… a feeling I’ve never had. I hear air breathing through trees whispering lovely, and howling voices calling me from far away time and space. I wonder if your sound reads my mind, for it leads me to the place where I can feel happy!”
