{"id":23543,"date":"2025-11-27T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=23543"},"modified":"2026-02-01T17:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T17:05:07","slug":"listen-to-benjamin-hermans-new-single-sugii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=23543","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Benjamin Herman&#8217;s new single &#8216;Sugii&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23544\" src=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Benjamin-Herman-Trio-photo-by-Jonathan-Herman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Get ready for the absolute banger that is &#8216;Sugii&#8217;, the new single from Dutch alto sax virtuoso <a href=\"https:\/\/benjaminherman.nl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benjamin Herman<\/a>, that pays homage to the legendary Japanese composer, accordionist, bandleader and jazz pioneer Koichi Sugii. A daring track, oozing energy and groove, &#8216;Sugii&#8217; blends the raw and underground energy of Tokyo\u2019s jazz scene with futuristic sounds. Recorded in Tokyo\u2019s legendary Studio Dede last April, &#8216;Sugii&#8217; is the first taste of <em>The Tokyo Sessions<\/em>, Herman\u2019s forthcoming album, set for release in March 2026 through P-Vine Records (Japan) and Roach Records \/ Dox Records. Whilst we wait for more details to emerge, here&#8217;s &#8216;Sugii&#8217;. Play it loud!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GH09GoN30-k?si=t2hO9_LPPv-ykdA6\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready for the absolute banger that is &#8216;Sugii&#8217;, the new single from Dutch alto sax virtuoso Benjamin Herman, that pays homage to the legendary Japanese composer, accordionist, bandleader and jazz pioneer Koichi Sugii. A daring track, oozing energy and groove, &#8216;Sugii&#8217; blends the raw and underground energy of Tokyo\u2019s jazz scene with futuristic sounds. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3461],"class_list":["post-23543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-benjamin-herman"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23543"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23788,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23543\/revisions\/23788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}