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Yuji Ohno | Essential albums and listening guide
Explore Yuji Ohno through LUPIN THE THIRD “JAZZ”. Discover what to listen for and follow related styles to your next record.
Yuji Ohno
Meet the artist
A Japanese pianist, composer and arranger who brings jazz vocabulary into music for the screen. His Lupin the Third themes and trio recordings connect composition with improvisation. Memorable melodies contain detailed jazz harmony and rhythm.
Brass colours, funk bass and lyrical piano change with the scene. Music written for images can become material for open trio improvisation. Familiar themes make changes of arrangement and instrumentation easy to hear, connecting sounds encountered in everyday life with the freedom of jazz performance.
Where to start listening
Compare the Lupin the Third soundtrack with LUPIN THE THIRD “JAZZ” to hear familiar melodies opening into improvisation.
1999LUPIN THE THIRD “JAZZ”
Yuji Ohno
Yuji Ohno revisits Lupin the Third music in a piano-trio setting. Familiar screen melodies gain room for improvisation, revealing the composer's identity as a jazz pianist.
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1978Lupin III Original Soundtrack
Yuji Ohno
You & The Explosion Band performs screen music shaped by jazz and funk. The programme includes the Lupin the Third theme associated with Yuji Ohno's writing and arranging.
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