(not exactly new since the artist was mainly active in the 80s-90s)
recently discovered toshinobu kubota and his funky, jazzy music. definitely a new addition to my playlist!i'm not a music nerd so i'm not gonna pay attention to the feels/compositional details.
the first time i came across his name was through a profile sheet of one of my favorite characters: jotaro kujo from jojo's bizarre adventure. his official profile states that kubota is his favorite artist. i didn't bother to look him up at first, and just got my knowledge through tumblr posts and tags discussing the character. "jazzy love songs?" okay. a screenshot of his wikipedia info? okay.
what finally caught my attention, though, was a tiktok video about jotaro's canonical music preference. and soon after i went digging. my first listen was kubota's debut album, "shake it paradise" (through the tiktok). as i listened i thought, "his english is really good" and nothing else. still a pretty solid album imo
from youtube recommendations i try his other albums/songs, but some of them didn't really do it for me. "such a funky thang"? "hit by a time shower"? "cymbals"? ehhh... i don't know. maybe i should give them another listen someday. i personally love "kitakaze to taiyo" from "groovin'" and "a night in afro blue" from "bumpin' voyage" but i've yet to listen to the rest of both albums.
while i am not sure if i'll listen to more of his stuff, especially newer ones, i'm glad i've discovered them. thank you jotaro kujo and hirohiko araki.
