Polyglot
Formed in 2019 and cemented with two-week tour of Japan, Polyglot’s debut album Talk, Vol. 1 was released on the Japanese label Studio Songs in 2020, and features emerging trumpeter Hiroyuki Ishikawa on three tracks.
“...their ensemble skills display an impressive multidimensional musical output...Barry displays rich harmonic sensibilities both in his chordal work and improvised lines and Ochiai pushing the beat with walking bass...the music entices the listener to a vision of lush nature, or one might relate to that feeling of looking out into the universe.”