Shinpei Ruike

BODY&SOUL - Tokyo

5 Jul

Written By Oh! Jazz

Born April 27, 1976 in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture.
He discovered the trumpet in a brass band when he was ten years old. When he was a high school student, he touched the music of Miles Davis and opened his eyes to jazz. After graduating from high school, he played the trumpet for six years in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Band.
After retiring from the Self-Defense Forces, he made his major debut in 2004 as a member of the jam band group "urb" from Sony Jazz. He is attracting attention, such as appearing in the Thailand International Jazz Festival.
After the hiatus of "urb", he presided over his own unit "Ruikeshinpei 4 piece band". His first album "DISTORTED GRACE" was released in 2009. His second album "Sector b" was produced by Naruyoshi Kikuchi and released in 2011. After that, after a member change, he became "RS5pb (Ruika Shinpei 5 piece band)" and in 2013 he released a live album "4 AM" from T5Jazz Records. In 2016, he released his 2nd album "UNDA" as RS5pb. In 2018, he performed at the "OCT-LOFT Jazz Festival" held in Shenzhen, China. He made many young people in China go wild with his sound. In 2020, the third album "RS5pb" with the band name will be released.
In 2019, she released an album "Lady's Blues" containing live performances of acoustic jazz by a quartet. It was recorded live at the long-established jazz club "Body & Soul" in Tokyo.
In 2014, he released an album from APPLO SOUNDS as a duo unit "N40°" with Joji Nakajima, who is also the pianist of "RS5pb". Even now, he regularly performs performances and is active as his life work.
In the animation "Sakamichi no Apollon" with the theme of jazz, he was in charge of playing the trumpet in the play. In the later live-action film, he played the trumpet for Jun-nii. In addition, he participated in "Kikuchi Naruyoshi Dubsectet", "DCPRG", "WUJA BIN BIN" led by former "Beat Crusaders" Keitaimo, and a unit led by guitarist SUGIZO of "LUNA SEA". He has also participated in recordings by artists such as Gen Hoshino and Sakura Fujiwara. He has performed with many veteran jazz musicians such as Yosuke Yamashita, Fumio Itabashi, Takeo Moriyama and Isao Suzuki.