Dave Brubeck - Jazz Impressions of Japan
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Artist: Dave BrubeckEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-02-01
Music Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Soundtracks:
- Tokyo Traffic
- Rising Sun
- Toki's Theme from CBS-TV Series, "Mr. Broadway"]
- Fujiyama
- Zen Is When
- The City Is Crying
- Osaka Blues
- Koto Song
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Music Review: A Flawed Gem
Rating: 4 Stars
Brubeck, like Ellington, composed jazz works influenced by the lands he visited. Both were never literal; they never adapted or borrowed ethnic melodies, although Brubeck did take home rhythms. Jazz Impressions of Japan is a little heard, somewhat flawed gem whose gleem offsets some of the silliness. Tokyo Traffic, the first track, sounds a little too Oriential stereotypic, more Chinese-like, but the helter-skelter feeling was conveyed along with a great central musical development of the tune. In immediate contrast is Rising Sun, a beautiful ballad of a dawn. Brubeck consciously wrote Toki's Theme as a parody, a comment on East-West pop. Fujiyama is as wonderful as the mountain, and Brubeck and Desmond do justice to this Japanese icon with cloudlike swirls on the piano and a haunting saxophone tune in the sky. Zen is When again applies stereotype Orientalisms in the arrangement, particularly the percussion and is so un-Zen, though Brubeck knew the underlying philosophy. We are relieved to hear next The City is Crying, with its West Coast jazz flow: very cool indeed. Osaka Blues, largely forgetable, marks the end of their tour, but the album closes with Koto Song, which best reaches into the traditions of Japan: quiet, reflective, with a touch of sweet melancholy. Another, more inventive rendition of this piece may be found on their 1975: The Duets album.
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