Ascending the snowy mountain at the center of the Sinnoh region, you trip on a large, oblong object buried in the snow. Bending down to examine the object, your eyes widen as you realize what you've come across as you turn to your friend and say "is that.... an EWI (electric wind instrument)?"

Our first rehearsal of "Price" (Kaneshiro's Palace music) from Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 5, composed by Shoji Meguro, and this version arranged by Patrick Bartley.

I played with the J-Music Ensemble and talked with their frontman Patrick Bartley about what drew him to J-Pop and anime music as an American jazz musician, and what the differences and similarities are between the two genres as performing musicians.