Comments on: Hiroshima – Departure

By: David Jones

David Jones — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 23:08:42 +0000

John:
Its so good to have the past (…I’m not gonna say ‘old’…) insight of doing-it-yourself (DIY) with so many people trying to make themselves quick internet stars with the next gimmick or trying to fast-track into the rap industry by trying to out-do the other guy/gal’ nastiness or tricky, fast tongue talking (Jay-Z, Travis Scott, Drake; PLEASE!!! What a bunch of boring, unoriginal individuals!!) . As a guy who grew up in the 60s-70s, through the R-n-B/cool school/bop movements and eventually fusion, I really like the way Hiroshima has decided to take their roots and experience and strike out on their own making more really great music that drew me to them since their premier ‘GO’. It just proves that following in the footsteps of Coltrane, Adderley, Davis and Miller is never bad, boring or unoriginal. I’m going to enjoy ‘Departure’ and do my best to feel again what I did when I was drawn to them in the first place.

By: John Hilderbrand

John Hilderbrand — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:34:49 +0000

In reply to eman. Great to hear from you, eman! It has been a while! Yeah, much has changed but I still love those years when my love of contemporary jazz was one of the things that defined me.

By: eman

eman — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:04:04 +0000

Good stuff, John, man you have really withstood the test of time dude…kinda like
Hiroshima huh…lol
Indeed the industry has changed so much…
One thing about The Rippingtons and Hiroshima, you go back
In time and listen to their music and really enjoy the experience.