Cocomi’s New Song “Take Five” Music Video to Premiere on YouTube

The‌ music ‍video for Cocomi’s new song ⁤”Take Five,”⁢ a jazz standard, will premiere on YouTube from 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 18, ​2024.‍ The song, which was released for pre-release, will​ be included in Cocomi’s third album “Neos,” to be released on October 18th.

Cocomi said about the “Take Five” music video: “This song‍ is a jazz standard, ​so I was nervous about performing it, but Hideaki Hagimori arranged ‍it with the concept ⁣of ‘what if a classical composer ⁤arranged it for piano and flute?’ and it was a lot of fun. The music video has a completely different feel to my previous videos. ​It includes footage of my hobbies, so ⁢I hope you enjoy the slightly‍ more relaxed atmosphere of this music video. For the costume, ​I chose a concept that I didn’t wear in my first and second albums, in keeping with the album title ⁣’Neos’ (which means new in Greek).”

The second ⁤pre-release single, “Martinu: Sonata for flute, violin and piano H.254 – 1st movement” is ‍also available for download starting today. The second pre-release single is a piece composed by Bohuslav Martinu, who was influenced by French impressionism and jazz, with a unique freshness and rhythmic interplay between three instruments.

The album “Neos” contains five songs in total, ​including Martinu’s “Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, Op. 86” and “Take Five” by Nikolai Kapustin, a Ukrainian⁢ composer who incorporated new jazz ‍idioms into classical music.

Participating ‍artists include young, up-and-coming artists in the classical music world, such as ⁣Atsushi Yamanaka, a‍ talented pianist who also works as a composer⁤ and arranger, Harumasa Sato, the first Japanese to win‍ the cello category at the Munich International Music Competition, and Ryota Azuma, a violinist who⁢ is expanding his field of work to include dubbing performances for television and anime.

Cocomi has just announced that she will ‌hold a recital in Tokyo and Osaka in December of this year. The⁢ recital will feature many songs from⁤ her third album, “Neos,” and she will be⁣ joined by pianist Atsushi Yamanaka, violinist Ryota Higashi, and ‍cellist Masanori ​Yabe.

Release Information

Cocomi – Neos

Release ⁣Date: Friday, October 18, 2024

Available on: CD, Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon⁤ Music

Performance Information

Cocomi Recital “Neos”

[Osaka Performance]

Date: December 9, 2024

Time: 18:30 (Opening), 19:00 (Starting)

Venue: Sumitomo ​Life Izumi Hall

Performers: Ryota ⁤Higashi (violin), Atsushi Yamanaka (piano) and others

Admission Fee: All seats reserved 5,500 yen

[Tokyo Performance]

Date: December ​10, ⁣2024

Time: 18:30 (Opening), 19:00 (Starting)

Venue: Kioi ⁢Hall

Performers: Ryota ⁤Higashi (violin), Atsushi Yamanaka (piano) and‍ others

Admission Fee: All seats reserved​ 6,000 ⁢yen