 Исполнитель: Don Ewell, Yoshio Toyama Название альбома: Don Ewell In Japan 1975 With Yoshio Toyama Год выпуска: 1994, Jazzology Формат файлов: Mp3, 320 Размер архива: 143 Mb Скачать с: dfiles
At one point, Toyama and his wife Keiko, a sprightly lady who plays piano and banjo, hand out fancy umbrellas to some of the audience members and the band members march around the venue with a trail of customers behind them dancing and twirling the umbrellas. According to Toyama, this is a unique New Orleans custom called “second lining” in which people follow behind the band while dancing and enjoying the music at funeral parades.
It doesn’t take long to figure out how Toyama earned the nickname “Japanese Satchmo” when he sings “What a Wonderful World.” The gravelly tone of his voice sounds very similar to the great Louis Armstrong, whom he idolizes.
The Toyamas became fascinated with jazz when they were young and moved to New Orleans in 1968 to live and learn from the masters in the birthplace of jazz for five years. “When I went to America, my perspective became much broader,” Toyama said. “My way of looking at the world changed. New Orleans was the mecca of jazz, so people were also coming from Europe and other places to study there. We were able to establish relationships with people at the core of jazz. If you stay in Japan, you end up only knowing about Japan. We went to New Orleans in the U.S. and we also went to Europe. By going to places like that and experiencing them, I feel like you can really learn to see the world in a different way.”
In New Orleans, the Toyamas studied with well-known local musicians, such as trumpeter Kid Thomas Valentine and trombonist Big Jim Robinson, and established relationships with record producers and other prominent figures in the jazz world. This network of contacts, along with their great love of jazz, enabled them to build a connection between New Orleans and Japan that extends beyond music and actually changes people’s lives.
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1. Yellow Dog Blues 4:32
2. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? 4:51
3. Make Me a Pallet On the Floor
4. Our Monday Date
5. St. James Infirmary
6. Buddy Bolden's Blues / Sweet Substitute
7. Mahogany Hall Stomp 3:42
8. Rose Room 4:45
9. Honey Hush
10. How Come You Do Me Like You Do? 4:17
11. Delmer Drag
12. Ain't Misbehavin' 3:29
13. Squeeze Me 3:44
14. High Society 3:40
Don Ewell (piano); Yoshio Toyama (vocals, trumpet); Keiko Toyama (banjo); Yoshio Toyama All Stars
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