TAEKO FUKAO NEW ALBUM

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	TAEKO FUKAO ON Taeko celebrated the release of her new CD “ One Love” at the Kitano Hotel in NYC on June 4, 2008. Click here. (Jump to YouTube) * To access all 5 video clips, click here:

	CD Review by Jazz Improv NY Magazine　　(May 2008 Issue) All the best traditions of jazz vocalists are evidenced in One Love. In addition there is something definitely fresh and new about Taeko Fukao and her music. Whether emoting on a plaintive ballad or livening things up on fast swings and syncopated Latin tunes, Fukao captured the perfect mood and feelings throughout each of the tracks. Both soft-spoken and overpowering, what’s even more impressive is that Taeko Fukao knows when to be which.

	jazzreveiw.com “Taeko’s voice is a gentle breeze with hurricane potential, reacting on the mood of the moment. A vocal capability that could make a lullaby weep, a ballad swoon, and a jazz standard swing with white, rapid fervor in every direction, Taeko has the potential to be a rubber-stamped classic as she strives for growth and distinction.” by: Karl Stober / jazzreview.com

	ALL ABOUT JAZZ in Bay Area, CA. “Taeko as the gift to convey the feeling that she is carrying her heart on her sleeve for the entire recording, making you feel as if she is making herself vulnerable for your ears alone.” see more↓

	Kjell Radio Holstebro "Thanks a lot for the album, she`s a great singer, the best japanese singer I`ve ever heard." Kjell Radio Holstebro Denmark

	With the release of her new CD, ONE LOVE, Taeko conducted her well-awaited scheduled tour of Japan which covered 8 venues through out the country. For more details, please click here.

	1. One Love - Opening 0:18(Bob Marley)
	2. It Could Happen To You 3:03
	3. Dindi 6:23
	4. Would You Believe 　3:54
	5. I've Never Been Love Before 3:05
	6. Hoshi-no Love Letter 6:32
	7. I Hear a Rhapsody 4:57
	8. Trav'lin' Light 5:32
	9. People Make the World Go Round 5:50
	10. Little B's Poem 3:35
	11. One Love 1:12

Track1, 11 Taeko Fukao, Vocal / Doug Richardson, Piano&Vocal Recorded at Masuo Studio, NYC on April 11, 2006 Engineered by Eiji Takasugi	Track2, 4, 5, 8 Taeko Fukao, Vocal Misha Tsiganov, Piano Dwayne Burno, Bass Doug Richardson, Drums Recorded at Masuo Studio NYC on March 18, 2007 Engineered by Katherine Miller	Track6, 7, 9, 10 Taeko Fukao, Vocal Harry Whitaker, Piano Gaku Takanashi, Bass Doug Richardson, Drums Recorded at Masuo Studio NYC on March 12, 2006 Engineered by Eiji Takasugi
Mixed by Katherine Miller, Cover Design by Masumi Kodama, Front Cover Photo by Yoshi Ono, Inside Cover Photo by Kimiyo Okubo, 　Produced by Doug Richardson & Taeko Fukao

TAEKO FUKAO’s New Album ONE LOVE is receiving great reviews!

・ George Harris/ALL ABOUT JAZZ, California, March 2008 Issue　{ PDF } 3.72MB
Japanese vocalist Taeko Fukao has successfully attempted the daunting challenge of bringing the great American songbook back to its native country with a fresh and unique interpretation. Her sweet and delicate voice has a great range, and keeps everything in tune, as she demurely floats through pristine versions of "It Could Happen To You" and "I Hear A Rhapsody." Her liquid cool vocals is heartfelt on the embracing treatment of Bob Marley's title piece, which effectively opens and closes One Love. Her pastoral treatment of Jobim's "Dindi" sheds an intriguing and heretofore unseen dimension of this yearning tune. The band, comprised of some of the top flight musicians from New York, includes Dwayne Burno, Doug Richardson, and Harry Whitaker is quite impressive. In particular, Whitaker's keyboard work throughout One Love sets a fragile ambience to the entire atmosphere that keeps the music buoyant. Taeko as the gift to convey the feeling that she is carrying her heart on her sleeve for the entire recording, making you feel as if she is making herself vulnerable for your ears alone. That emotion alone, so rare in singing these days, makes One Love a recommended experience.

・ Taeko's CD "OneLove" has been introduced in Gelgium! {PDF}

・ blogcritics.com “A brilliant addition to any music lover’s catalogue” by Jordan Richardson - www.blogcritics.org

・ Edward Blanco
Definitely one heck of a jazz singer, Taeko Fukao’s graceful approach to the music leaves quite an impression on “One Love.” http://www.ejazznews.com

An amazing singer who bills herself as a Japanese songbird, jazz and R&B vocalist Taeko Fukao has been performing and producing charming jazz vocal albums in New York for the past decade. “One Love” is Taeko’s fourth release and perhaps the best so far. Presenting passionate interpretations of various pop and jazz standards from the song books of such legendary composers as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Johnny Mercer, Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen and Bob Marley, the music is light, jazzy and exceptional.

Recorded in three different sessions between April of 2006 and March of last year, each session uses a different cast of musicians which include Misha Tsiganov, Harry Whitaker and Doug Richardson sharing the duties on piano. Gaku Takanashi and Dwayne Burno play bass while Richardson mans the drums on all but a couple of tracks.

What is unmistakably noticeable from the outset is the lady’s vocal command and lush deep voice that reaches with ease. Just listen to her seductive interpretation of Jobim’s classic “Dindi” and you’ll be swayed. The knock out tune here is the melodically-rich “Would You Believe” where the lady hits the high notes and caresses the lyrics with tasteful elegance.

Taeko voices a quick rendition of “It Could Happen To You” displaying her ample scatting skills which she repeats on other selections like on Frank Loesser’s “I’ve Never Been In Love Before.” For an unusual treat, you need to listen to “Hoshi-no Love Letter” and hear the vocalist sing in her native Japanese then lend your ears to the tune “Trav’lin Light,” to hear a beautiful love ballad sung to the heart.

Definitely one heck of a jazz singer, Taeko Fukao’s graceful approach to the music leaves quite an impression on “One Love.” Armed with a beautiful voice and range, this is one lady of jazz who knows how to carry a tune and make it come alive.

・ George W. CarrollThe Musicians' Ombudsman www.cabaretexchange.com
“(Taeko) is a gutsy interpreter of our beloved American Songbook”

Amid the strong musical signature of her great jazz trio, chanteuse 'Taeko' takes us on a vocal journey of mainstream jazz. She delivers her vocalise in a deceptive yet viable manner.........Holding our attention while she explores her tunes melodically & harmonically.........Taking advantage of all the deft things a solid voice is capable of. Taeko reveals a warm, elegant, cultured, & lovely vocal tone.........Plus, she is a gutsy interpreter of our beloved American Songbook as she cycles confidently through her material. My prediction is that her future experience will certainly define & bode well for what will ultimately become her individual & unique vocal style as time passes.

・ CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor and Publisher C 2008 Midwest Record www.midwestrecord.com
“On the money throughout, jazz vocal fans are sure to enjoy this one.”

TAEKO FUKAO/One Love: In which we find the Japanese songbird staking more of her claim to the Big Apple with a charming set of standards that shows her love of jazz and world sounds. Adding her own new, special sauce to the familiar, Fukao delivers a pleasing and pleasant session that wasn’t made to be a barn burner but was made to be a comfortable stopping point when you want a cool, audio getaway. On the money throughout, jazz vocal fans are sure to enjoy this one.(Flat 9-C 2008 Midwest Record)