Monthly Archives: 3月 2007
最高のおせんべい
栃木県足利市の森田屋さんの薄焼きせんべいはすごい。おせんべい好きの私が思わず唸る醤油の味の絶妙なしみ込み方。注文があってから作るという職人さんがいかにも丁寧に焼き上げた味。今まで食べたことが無い最高の味だった。そんなに離れていないと思うが、群馬県の太田市の薄焼きせんべいもこれに勝るとも劣らないくらいおいしかった。北関東はこういう薄焼きせんべいが得意なのかな？足利といえば私の母方の祖母の故郷なのでした。何にも無いとこかなと思ってたけどこういうことあると親しみわくなー。
IGNITION
His latest and first album since his “comeback” in 2002. This is also a debut album of his “Nippon Soul Jazz Band” he formed with his intimate friends in 2004. Backed by Akemi Ohta’s beautiful and amazing flute performances and Takayuki Koizumi’s “singing” drumming, Sekine seems to enjoy playing the music. With all selection written by Sekine himself with his love for jazz, except Herbie Hancock’s “Just Around the Corner” and Japanese traditional “Hietsuki Song,” you will find all the music here full of joy and happiness. If you get interested in Sekine’s music through “Stop Over” or “Strode Road” album, this disc is a must-buy.
Track Listings:
01. WSD St Theme
02. Primal Dance
03. Inner Voices
04. The Spring Wind
05. The Sky
06. Just Around the Corner*
07. Vento de maio
08. Hietsuki Song**
09. Impulse
10. Starting Over
11. Little Mona
All selection written by Toshiyuki Sekine except * by Herbie Hancock and ** a Japanese traditional folk song.
Personnel:
Ayumi Kawano (vo)
Akemi Ohta (fl, perc)
Toshiyuki Sekine (p, kbds)
Norikatsu Koreyasu (b)
Takayuki Koizumi (ds)
STRODE ROAD
This disc is a re-issue of Toshiyuki Sekine’s 1978 recording that ardent record collectors have been craving as a “legendary” one. Well, I like Sekine’s beautiful, lylical and romantic piano sound and we can hear it also on this disc recorded 29 years ago. In contrast with his first “Stop Over” album, where the music is full of energy and tension, Sekine plays much more relaxed and seems to enjoy playing the music and it makes this recording one of his best performance in his 20’s and a legendary disc of the Japanese jazz history.
Track Listings:
1. Strode Road
2. Up Jumped Spring
3. Love for Sale
4. Will You Still Be Mine
5. Detour Ahead
6. I Could Write a Book
7. Dexterity
Personnel:
Toshiyuki Sekine (p)
Kei Narita (b)
Takashi Kurosaki (ds)
STOP OVER
This disc is a re-issue of Toshiyuki Sekine’s 1976 recording that ardent record collectors have been craving as a “legendary” disc. I was shocked and thrilled by the first note of the disc. This is the sound we can hear only on the tracks recorded in 1950’s by the “giants” like Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Bud Powell, etc. When it comes to “modern jazz,” we expect their legendary sound of music and you can find such authentic sound of jazz here on Toshiyuki Sekine’s disc. Now I know, and you know, why this disc has been called “a legend.”
Track Listings:
1. Carole’s Garden
2. Soultrane
3. Turquoise Twice
4. Little B’s Poem
5. Stop Over
Personnel:
Hideto Sasaki (tp)
Noriyasu Watanabe (as)
Toshiyuki Sekine (p)
Kei Narita (b)
Takashi Kurosaki (ds)
Profile: Toshiyuki Sekine
Toshiyuki Sekine was born in Tokyo, Japan on January 10, 1955. One day in his high school days, he bought a record of Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 and was captivated by their sound of music. Then followed The Doors, Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane, etc. and his exploration of the world of bossa nova, rock and jazz music began.
At age 16, his enthusiasm for music finally made him learn to play the jazz piano all by himself, listening to and studying the performances of Sergio Mendes, Bud Powell, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Phineas Newborn, Jr., Herbie Hancock, Joao Gilberto, etc.
In 1974, Sekine began his professinal career as a jazz pianist. He performed or recorded with Takashi Mizuhashi, Yoshio Otomo, Osamu Kawakami, Takao Uematsu, Toshio Ohsumi, Mabumi Yamaguchi, O. “Jess” Kurata, Masayuki Ise. Invited by George Ohtsuka as a keyboardist of his group, he played with Miroslav Vitous and Nana Vasconcelos in Ohtsuka’s 1980 album Maracaibo. He also formed his own trio group and in 1978 released Love for Sale, the first album in his name where Osamu Kawakami played the bass and Hideo Yamaki on drums. He frequently appeared at the jazz spots of downtown Tokyo.
In1985, Sekine encountered Idaki Shin (Tadamitsu Saito) and was shocked at his improvisation performance which gives healing to people and revives in them a dynamic energy to live. In 1988, he quit from his own musical career and began working for Idaki Shin to promote his concerts and musical events taking place in Japan and overseas.
In 1998, however, he appeared in Idaki Shin’s private concert and played the piano with him. This experience made him rediscover what he had long been wanting to express by music and in 2002 started live performances again – after 13 year’s absence – and now he’s one of the most frequent pianist on the Tokyo jazz scene.
Contact
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Toshiyuki Sekine
#807 Palacion Takanawa
2-16-52 Takanawa, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 108-0074 Japan
E-mail: mugigi@mugi55.jp
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