HOMEWORK Senri Oe

• 1 Fresh Edge 01:21
• 2 Rain Glass 03:54
• 3 Acha! 03:16
• 4 Dear X 00:41
• 5 Pure Scars 05:19
• 6 First Wish 05:00
• 7 Half Done 03:10
• 8 Amber Lab 01:58
• 9 Amber Lab 2 04:14
• 10 Boyhood (A Note, Not Now) 03:28
• 11 Country Love 03:13
• 12 Homework 03:06
• 13 Then & Now 00:54
• 14 Mohawked 03:03
• 15 Stormy Day 03:31
• 16 Tricky D 01:14
• Total Runtime 47:22

Info for HOMEWORK

Senri Oe's ninth original jazz album, his first in three years!

This ninth original jazz album from Senri Oe, his first in three years since 2023's "Class of '88," is a grand and varied masterpiece that represents the culmination of his career to date, ranging from electronic tracks produced at home to acoustic jazz recorded with a piano trio!

"HOMEWORK" captures the raw beauty of Senri Oe's creative life in NYC. This 16-track collection blends intimate home recordings with high-energy trio sessions from Brooklyn's Bunker Studio. Featuring masterful compositions and world-class musicianship, it bridges private artistic discipline with sophisticated modern jazz. A profound reflection of life turned into melody.

Senri Oe

Senri Oe
Best-selling Sony Music recording artist Senri Oe's international debut all-jazz album, Boys Mature Slow (PND Records, http://www.peaceneverdie.com/">peaceneverdie.com) in July 2012 generated many rave reviews from the top music magazines, including Jazziz, DownBeat in NYC. After its release in in Japan Sep. 2012 (Distributer: Village Music), Boys Mature Slow got "The Album of the Year: new star (Nissan presents "Jazz Japan" Awards 2012). Oe has been active and influential in the Japanese music scene as a lyricist, composer, and arranger since he debuted in 1983. He extended his talent in the TV and film industry, and went on to flourish as an actor and TV personality as well. Major awards he has won are Japan Gold Disc Grand Prix: Best Male Pop Artist 1988 and FNS Pop Music Award: Best song of the Year 1989. In Jan. 2008, Oe decided to pause his 25-year-long careers in popular music for pursuing jazz and moved to New York, studying under Aaron Goldberg and Junior Mance. Oe graduated from The New School for Jazz and contemporary Music in May 2012. Oe is mainly performing at Tomi Jazz monthly, 53rd street, btw 2nd and 3rd avenue. He is also appearing at jazz clubs and venues throughout NYC, Zinc Bar, SOB, Blue Note, NY City Winery. Recently, Oe's second album, Spooky Hotel (distributed by Village Music), went to the top in the Billboard Japan Jazz Charts and he performed at Tokyo Jazz Festival 2013 (at Tokyo international forum Hall A) with Oe's big band from NYC and his jazz mentor Sheila Jordan. Oe is now producing some albums for other talented artists in NYC. He will release his third new album, Collective Scribble, by his trio in Feb. 2015 in the USA and Canada. And he has also been making Senri Jazz Song Book with Sheila Jordan, Jon Hendricks, Lauren Kinham (New York Voices), Theo Bleckman and Becca Stevens. It will be released in Sep. 2015 all over the world.

This album contains no booklet.