Our Long Road - Live At No Trunks 2023

[Machine Translation] The one and only live performance by two of Japan's jazz treasures, Sadanori Nakamure (g/90 years old) and Takeshi Shibuya (p/83 years old)! Since the 1960s, these two musicians have worked together in the jazz field and in numerous studio works. Their history of musical exploration and expression based on their feelings and curiosity toward jazz and bossa nova is the history of jazz in Japan itself. In 2023, the duo, who have earned great respect in their respective fields, recorded for the first time. The persuasive performance of Jim Hall's Blues ( M1 ) with a low note count! Shibuya plays beautiful piano on Ellington and Jobim numbers ( M4, 5 ), while Nakamure gives a swingy performance of M3, which was featured in the Ginpari session, and M6, a favorite of the duo. M2 is a number that Masayuki Takayanagi, a key person for both of them, played in "Jazzy Profile of JOJO" with Shibuya, and Tatsuro Watanabe, a legendary saxophonist with fond memories, was also good at it. The performance is full of emotion that brings back memories of those days.... With commentary/booklet.

日本ジャズ界の至宝、中牟礼貞則 (g / 90歳)と渋谷毅 (p / 83歳)による唯一無二のライヴ演奏! 1960年代以降、ジャズの現場をはじめ、数々のスタジオ・ワークで顔を合わせてきた2人。ジャズやボサノヴァへの想いや好奇心を原点に音楽を探求・表現してきた歩みは、日本ジャズの歴史そのものだ。それから半世紀あまり・・・それぞれの道で大きなリスペクトを集めてきた2人のデュオが2023年に初めて録音された。ジム・ホール作のブルース (M1)の、音数を控えた演奏の説得力! また、渋谷がエリントンやジョビンのナンバー (M4, 5)で麗しいピアノを奏でれば、中牟礼は銀巴里セッションで取り上げたM3や十八番M6をスウィンギーに好演。そして聴き逃せないのがM2。2人にとっての"キーパーソン高柳昌行"が渋谷を迎えた作品『ジャジー・プロフィール・オブ・JOJO』で演奏したものであり、また、"思い出深い伝説的サックス奏者、渡辺辰郎"が得意だったというナンバー。演奏には当時の記憶も蘇るような情感が満ちあふれている・・・。解説付/ブックレット。