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About
three years ago, I received a tape of Jun Miyake's music through
a mutual friend.
The tape knocked me out; in less than an hour I heard almost
every type of music on the earth pass by, in a consistent way
, by an artist who was obviously in control of the proceedings.
Jun has an incredible understanding and command of all musical
languages unlike anyone that I ever encountered; and in my musical
travels, that is quite a fea. There is also a lunacy present,
which never got in the way of the overall vision. I wanted to
work with this guy !
The album takes the listener on a very unique journey always
guided by Jun's unique yet familliar arrangements and his trumpet
playing which shows up at the perfect moments. From the Caribbian,
island vibe of "Ca fait Longtemps", the Rudy Vallee
feel of "Building Man", and the 〈Orson Welles Meets
Z〉 world of "Crime Passionel", this is a magical audio
movie that strongly holds together as one piece, while taking
one through a surreal history of music.
In my own work I have taken the strong catalogues of Thelonious
Monk, Nino Rota, Kurt Weil, Walt Disney and others, using artists
incliding Tom Waits, Sun Ra, and Gil Evans, Keith Richards and
Leonard Cohen, interpreting the music in my lifelong pursuit
in finding where these personalities meet. In Miyake we find
all of this in one person really.
His music is sophisticated but not hi-brow and always beautiful
while keeping a sense og humor.
〈 『星ノ玉ノ緒 ENTROPATHY』('93、'00)インナーより
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