Jazz journeys to Japan : the heart within / William Minor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minor, William, 1936-

Series:

Jazz perspectives (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

Jazz perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--Japan--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Physical Description:

x, 369 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2003.

Summary:

Part music history, part cultural meditation, part travel narrative, Jazz Journeys to Japan is the first book to address the experiences of individual Japanese jazz musicians -- greats such as Toshiko Akiyoshi, Masahiko Satoh, Makoto Ozone, and Yosuke Yamashita. Author William Minor navigates the converging streams of Western music and Eastern tradition, revealing through interviews with musicians, critics, and producers the unique synthesis that results from this union. And, turning conventional wisdom on its ear, he disproves the widely held notion that Japanese jazz artists don't "swing." Along the way, we experience Minor's growing appreciation of Japanese culture, which mirrors his subjects' discovery of American jazz.

Contents:

1 First Trip to Japan, Stopover Hawaii: A History Lesson, in Flight 6

2 The Hawaii International Jazz Festival 18

3 The Tiger ... 22

4 ... And the Lady 31

5 Tokyo: Masahiko Satoh 42

6 Yozo Iwanami and Ami's Bar: Scotch and Jazz 59

7 Hototogisu 67

8 Swing Time in Ginza: Kotaro Tsukahara and Eiji Kitamura 77

9 King Records, the Jazz Restoration in Japan, and Swing Journal 88

10 Sima 99

11 Flashback: More on What Prompted Me to Go to Japan 109

12 Sumi Tonooka and Kenny Endo 116

13 Akira Tana 124

14 Makoto Ozone 136

15 The Tokaido Road and Beyond: The Monterey Jazz Festival in Noto 146

16 Nara, Kyoto, and the Rag Club 158

17 Yosuke Yamashita 165

18 Zakone 175

19 Osaka: The Blue Note, Satoru "Salt" Shionoya, the Over Seas Club, and Meeting Hisayuki Terai 179

20 Yokohama: The Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival 186

21 Terumasa Hino and Junko Onishi 191

22 Takeshi "Tee" Fuji and Three Blind Mice 199

23 The Foreign Cemetery, an Art Museum, and a Night on the Town with Tee Fuji 211

24 Nikko and the Albatross Swing Jazz Orchestra 216

25 Nagoya: "Love Rescues the Earth," the Castle, Donny Schwekediek, Star Eyes, Jazz Aster, and Swing 225

26 R and R: Yokoyama-Jima, the Ise Shrine, and the Wedding Rocks 241

27 Osaka Again: Takeo Nishida, Tadao Kitano, Noriko Nakayama, and the Arrow Jazz Orchestra 245

28 Return to the Over Seas Club and Hisayuki Terai 256

29 Back Home: Koto Master Miya Masaoka 268

30 Sadao Watanabe, Aki Takase, and Kazumi Watanabe 273

31 Free Improvisers 283

32 A Bevy of Pianists 292

33 Second Trip to Japan: The Monterey Jazz Festival in Noto, Again 299

34 Masahisa Segawa 311

35 Tokyo Jazz Scene, 1998 316.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-339), discography (pages [341]-346) and index.

ISBN:

0472113453

OCLC:

187707373