Maki Asakawa
MAKI ASAKAWA (CD)
Honest Jons HJRCD111 / 118992
Honest Jons
HJRCD111 / 118992
Format:
CD
Import: GER RELEASE
GTIN: 827670414124
Tracklist:
1
nemuru no ga kowai
2
chicchana toki kara (live)
3
blue spirit blues
4
fushiawase to lu na no neko
5
govinda
6
chicchana
7
toki kara
8
boro to furutetsu
9
aisa nai no aise nai no
10
uramado
11
kamome
12
machi
13
gogo
14
zenkamono no christmas
15
hikkoshi
16
cabaret
17
konna funi sugite iku no nara
18
onna
19
yuki ga furu
Info:
A Good Place To Start. Her Basic Sound And Image Were Interior-life Bohemian, And In Some Ways She Was Cagey With Her Talent. She Didnt Belt Or Improvise Broadly. She Picked A Limited Range Of Notes And Climbed Into Them, Applying A Pinch Of Vibrato, Letting Her Voice Fade And Crackle. These Tracks Clearly Demonstrate Her Guiding Desire, Which Was To Explore The Possibilities Of The Slow Blues In The Late 20th Century, Whatever That Might Mean. Some Of The Most Intense Recordings She Made Were English-language Covers Or Japanese Rewrites Of American Jazz Standards, Blues Songs And Spirituals, Backed By Only Acoustic Guitar And Drums. She Sang Slowly, As If There Were Weights On Her. And After A While Of Her Working And Your Listening, Youll Hear It: The Way She Connects Intimately With Her Task But Keeps Something Private For Herself (new York Times)