Thanks to the reissue of Ryo Fukui’s trio album “Scenery,” the TRIO-affiliated label Nadja has suddenly gained wider recognition—but to get straight to the point, this album is every bit as great as Scenery: a top-tier masterpiece of Japanese jazz. Although the players here are not Fukui’s regular trio, they perform with a unity and tightness that feels as if they had been playing together for years. The album is composed entirely of cover tunes. It opens with “Good Morning Heartache” (written by Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, and Dan Fisher), originally sung—definitively so—by Billie Holiday. While Holiday’s version feels inseparable from her very identity, this rendition is strikingly swinging and sophisticated. Track A2 is the highlight of the album: a bossa-arranged “Autumn Leaves” by the so-called “King of Autumn Leaves,” arguably his finest performance of the tune, and in my opinion one of the greatest versions of “Autumn Leaves” ever recorded, even on a global scale. Side B opens with the title track “Days of Wine and Roses” (music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer). Mercer, of course, is the same lyricist who wrote the English lyrics for “Autumn Leaves,” originally a French chanson—making this sequencing a tasteful, intentional connection. The album closes with the theme song from the film of the same name, composed by Luiz Bonfá. Here, Japan’s greatest bassist Isao Suzuki absolutely commands the performance, delivering an arrangement and execution that rivals—even surpasses—the earlier “Autumn Leaves.” Shinji Mori’s drumming and Yoichi Ogawa’s congas add just the right touch, resulting in a performance that is nothing short of magnificent.
北海道出身のピアニスト福居良のトリオ盤「Scenery」の再発により一気に知名度が広まった感のあるTRIO傘下レーベルのナジャですが、結論から申し上げますと「Scenery」に引けをとらない
和ジャズ大名盤！メンバーはレギュラーのトリオではありませんが、何年も活動しているかの如く息の合った演奏を披露しています。
全曲カヴァーによる構成で、A1「Good Morning Heartache」はIrene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, Dan Fisherのライティングで、
ビリー・ホリデーの歌唱がオリジナル。てか、彼女そのもののような歌ですが、ここでは実にスウィンギン且つ洗練された演奏を聴かせてくれます。A2は本作の白眉、"枯葉番長"のBOSSAアレンジによる恐らく彼の最高の名演であり、世界レベルで最高水準の「枯葉」と存じます。
本編のタイトルにもなっておりますB1「酒とバラの日々」は
ヘンリー・マンシーニの作曲、詞はジョニー・マーサー。ジョニーはもともとシャンソンだった「枯葉」に詞をつけた人物でもある故、彼の曲で繋げるという通な計らい。ラストは同名映画の主題歌でルイス・ボンファの作曲。日本一のベーシスト
鈴木勲の独壇場ですが、前述の「枯葉」に勝るとも劣らない素晴らしいアレンジと演奏。守新治のドラム、小川庸一のコンガも効果的で実に素晴らし過ぎまス。
The Days of Wine and Rose Written by Henry Mancini, Johnny MercerThe days of wine and roses
Laugh and run away like a child at play
Through the meadowland toward a closing door
A door marked “Nevermore” that wasn’t there before
The lonely night discloses
Just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The days of wine and roses and you
酒とバラの日々は 戯れる子どものように
笑いながら駆け抜けていく
野を走り、閉じかけの扉をめざす
「二度と開かず」と刻まれた扉
そんな言葉、前にはなかったのに
孤独な夜は、吹き抜ける風のように
溢れる思い出の数々をよみがえらせる
あの光輝く微笑みに始まった
酒とバラと、そして貴方がいた日々を
Kunihiko Sugano – In Concert The Days of Wine and Roses '76 NadjaA1. Good Morning Heartache
A2.
Autumn LeavesB1. The Days of Wine and Rose
B2. Black Olfeu
Credits;
Piano - 菅野邦彦 Kunihiko Sugano
Drums - 守新治 Shinji Mori
Bass - 鈴木勲 Isao Suzuki
Conga - 小川庸一 Yoichi Ogawa
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