HEP-HICKJOURNAL" is Chiaki Kato's sixth new album and first in four years! (Continued from the previous album under the name of Chiaki Kato and Gatanton Rhythm) This album includes a duet tune that features Mitsuyoshi Azuma as a guest vocal and guitar (He is the awesome artist in the Japanese jump and jive ) .Recorded at"Kichijoji Mandara-2", Kato's home venue, where struggled with the Corona disaster. The album features songs that have been cultivated through live performances over the past four years, and is the result of a band sound that can only be created now.The nine songs are original music like a journal, a collection of songs from"HEP" to"HICK". Chiaki Kato and Gatanton Rhythm want make you happy with keywords such as"jump,""jive," and"swing" that fit the present.