είδα το εξώφυλλο και είπα εδώ είμαστε....στο boomkat ειναι classic...τσεκ :
Enchanting introduction to the exquisite, smoky
melancholy of a Japanese jazz and blues singer/songwriter/composer who
collaborated with Ryuichi Sakamoto and penned some 30 solo albums, yet
is scarcely known in the West.
Born in 1942 in a small, northern Japanese fishing village,
Maki grew up during the era of American occupation and cultural
imperialism, eventually moving to Tokyo and nurturing a passion for the
records of Billie Holliday and Mahalia Jackson, which would lead her to
perform on US military bases and cabarets and subsequently cover many US
traditional folk and blues for the Japanese market.
With her distinctive voice she's seemingly possessed by the
spirit of her heroes - Billie, Nina, Mahlia among them - and apparently
had the mysterious countenance to match her unusual aesthetic.
We'll have to take that for granted from Hitoshi Jin Tamura's
photos and Alan Cummings' enlightening liner notes, but Maki's music
remains the best gauge of her character, taking in big band experiments
along with an amazing, sitar-lead psych-out, plus runs into modal,
spiritual jazz and the kind of lounge styles that prompt imagery of Bill
Murray or some lonely salaryman clutching a single malt in the shadows
of a Tokyo bar.
Classic.
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