This guy surely does !!!
 

 
Enjoy !  
 
ALAIN

...some more
 

 
Alain

His name is Yoshihiro Naruse. Very famous bass player in Japan. And he was famous for Alembic bass player before.
 
Toshiaki

Hi Toshiaki ,  
 
Great to know that !!!
 
This guy is really amazing and seems really enjoying what he does , very friendly guy !!!
 
Alain

I watched a few other videos by the group. They are really good. Unfortunately Casiopea recordings are only available as imports here so the cost puts them out of my purchase range without hearing them first.
 
Keith

Amazing! Great sound and very fluid technique!
NLP

Love the tremelo bar on the bass.  
 
Anyone know what it is?
 
Great stuff!

He has many signature models by Tune.
Look Narucho's Bass !
He is not only endorser, he is the technical adviser.
 
The manufacture were collaborated some previous models with Alembic.
Their body lamination (exotic top wood) was inspired it.
 
His style with tremolo bar was started with Alembic Distilate bass.
Surely he was Alembic lovers !
 
This bass was owned by himself.


 
 
Eiji
 
(Message edited by room037 on January 08, 2007)

I believe there are 2 types of music, showoff music, and music you can listen to. This is showoff music, but its amazing at what he can do.

Hey Jordan, I happen to agree with you. If I were to just sit down and listen to a recording, with my eyes closed, this would be pretty boring.
 
Once every minute or two, there might be something that would catch my attention. But he is a great performer, and he has at least one technique that I don't quite understand. Lots of talent, and great stage presence.
 
Just not quite enough to convince me to watch a second video, and not nearly enough musical content to consider a recording. But I am glad I watched the first one.

I agree about the performance but many artists will do similar things while performing. This is showmanship. We also need to keep in mind this is a bass solo inside a complete performance.  
 
I have been able to find a few tidbits of Casiopea, the group Narucho is in, and it actually sounds like they are very good Jazz and Jazz Fusion group. The biggest problem is I can't seem to get the Japanese CD sites to play samples on my machine to get a better idea of their sound (they have 30 or so albums to their credit).  
 
Keith

The Casiopea albums that I've heard definitely don't feature nearly as much shredding as that bass solo.  
 
Personally, for Japanese fusion I prefer the band Prism - it's more guitar-heavy, and I like the songs better...

HOLY S---!!!!!! WOWOWOWOWOW, I can't come down!
Thanks for the links, they were perfect timing for my mood. I loved it! That guy is HOTTTT. I would love to see the rest of the band.
 
Thanks again, P

It would've been cool if he'd broken down in the middle of that and started reading poetry. Now THAT'S entertainment.  
 
(Message edited by hb3 on January 09, 2007)

Personally, I find solos extremely boring to watch and listen to. The only real purpose they serve is self indulgence on the part of the artist.