I've enjoyed basically everything I've listened to from this group (ko-ko-ya in English, I think) so far, but this piece seemed especially technically challenging, and I wanted to share it in case...
I've enjoyed basically everything I've listened to from this group (ko-ko-ya in English, I think) so far, but this piece seemed especially technically challenging, and I wanted to share it in case there are any other clarinetists in the audience!
Here're the rest of their songs that're available on Youtube, but since I don't speak Japanese, it's been difficult to track down much additional information. The listed composer (Kurokawa Saeko) seems to still be active-ish, so there's probably more music like this out there being written! It's just a smidge difficult to find.
On their official website, they describe their genre of music as being heavily inspired by choro, a Brazilian genre of cheerful music. Maybe you can find more music like this based on that.
On their official website, they describe their genre of music as being heavily inspired by choro, a Brazilian genre of cheerful music. Maybe you can find more music like this based on that.
RYM lists ko-ko-ya as being Choro music as well, and RYM is also usually the best place to discover similar music too. E.g. https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time/g:choro/loc:japan/...
Thank you (and @cfabbro) very much! I completely spaced and missed that; I've been listening to a bunch of choro music on Youtube, and it's just what I was looking for ☺️ I hadn't heard of...
Thank you (and @cfabbro) very much! I completely spaced and missed that; I've been listening to a bunch of choro music on Youtube, and it's just what I was looking for ☺️
I hadn't heard of rateyourmusic.com, either, so I'll take a glance through that too -- seems like a more controllable method than hitting "Start radio" and crossing my fingers!
I've enjoyed basically everything I've listened to from this group (ko-ko-ya in English, I think) so far, but this piece seemed especially technically challenging, and I wanted to share it in case there are any other clarinetists in the audience!
Here're the rest of their songs that're available on Youtube, but since I don't speak Japanese, it's been difficult to track down much additional information. The listed composer (Kurokawa Saeko) seems to still be active-ish, so there's probably more music like this out there being written! It's just a smidge difficult to find.
On their official website, they describe their genre of music as being heavily inspired by choro, a Brazilian genre of cheerful music. Maybe you can find more music like this based on that.
RYM lists ko-ko-ya as being Choro music as well, and RYM is also usually the best place to discover similar music too. E.g. https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time/g:choro/loc:japan/ shows all the other Japanese Choro albums/bands out there
cc: @kacey
Thank you (and @cfabbro) very much! I completely spaced and missed that; I've been listening to a bunch of choro music on Youtube, and it's just what I was looking for ☺️
I hadn't heard of rateyourmusic.com, either, so I'll take a glance through that too -- seems like a more controllable method than hitting "Start radio" and crossing my fingers!
This was excellent. Thank you for sharing!