Toperatoto no Odori

[Machine Translation] Sizzle Ohtaka produced this mini-album in sympathy with the picture book "Gakko wa Karapponnenai" by Seizo Tajima, which is set in a closed elementary school in Niigata. The song "Toperatoto no Odori (Dance of Toperatoto)" was composed with lyrics about the obake (monster) "Toperatoto" that appears in the book, and recorded in "Hachi", a village where the elementary school used to be, with jazz players Komachakurezuma led by Kazutoki Umezu. This album is filled with the essence of the closed school, including songs passed down in the village and the cheers of the school children.

おおたか静流が、閉校した新潟の小学校を舞台にした田島征三・作の絵本『学校はカラッポにならない』に共感し制作したミニ・アルバム。作品に登場するオバケ"トペラトト"を題材に作詞作曲した「トペラトトのおどり」をジャズ奏者、梅津和時率いるこまっちゃクレズマとともに小学校のあった集落"鉢"でレコーディング。集落に伝わる歌、園児の歓声など、廃校となった学校のエキスをたっぷり吸い込んだ一枚。