Album Notes

After over two decades as a professional musician, “The Fountain” is Gordon Uchima's first solo CD project and the first release from Urban Mosaic Records. This CD release showcases Gordon's multifaceted abilities as a composer, saxophonist, flutist, and arranger, offering some new music that we believe deserves some attention.

The music offers a tasteful fusion of smooth jazz, rock, world and Asian flavors that reflects Gordon’s experience as an Asian American born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and now residing in the Seattle area. His intention is to take the listener to a stimulating place in a dimension of joy and happiness.

Offered on this release are ten original compositions and one cover tune. The cover tune is an insightful interpretation of a well known Japanese piece entitled “Hana”, written by legendary Okinawan composer Shoukichi Kina.

Key contributions to this project include some wonderful collaborative work from Tim Horiuchi, John Raymond and Michael Cole.

The album title "The Fountain" refers metaphorically to the mystical source from which flows "Music".

The Fountain:
I experienced a beautiful fountain one day and became entranced by its splashing sound -- timeless flow, from a seemingly endless source. In my gaze, I reflected on many things past, present and future. Then came this tune…

More about Gordon:
Gordon Uchima was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. After graduating from the University of Hawaii in 1978, Gordon began a musical career as a professional musician in Honolulu as a bassoonist, saxophonist, keyboardist, and arranger in just about every imaginable situation in the local scene including the Honolulu Symphony, the Royal Hawaiian Band, Don Ho Show, Charo Show, Jim Nabors Show, Cecilio & Kapono, Kalapana and other various jazz, pop, and rock club gigs.
In 1994 Gordon relocated to the Seattle/Northwest area redirecting his focus on a career in Seattle’s high-tech industry while continuing his musical career with various Northwest artists including Colelition, Soulatude and Deems among others. To this day, Gordon continues to pursue a musical journey in his own special way, a lifelong passion with more to come.