Takashi Hirayasu & Bob Brozman - Jin Jin/Firefly
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Artist: Takashi Hirayasu & Bob BrozmanEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-04-04
Music Label: Riverboat
Soundtracks:
- Akata Sun Dunchi
- Uruku Tumi Gushiku (Mimura Bushi)
- Ufumura Udun (Mimichri Boji)
- Bebe Nu Kusakaiga
- Hana Nu Kajimaya
- Jin Jin
- Tinsagu Nu Hana
- Tsuki Nu Kaisha
- Umaku Kamade (Yanchiya Bozu Kamade)
- Chinnuku Jushi
- Chon Chon Kijimuna
- Taketomi Sunset
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Free Music Review: wonderful
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful album... I've been listening to it for 5 years and never get tired of the thing. It's almost a field recording... there's the occasional chicken, and other stray background sounds. The musicians seem to be having a great time. It's the best hang out and drink with friends album. Sadly their second collaboration is not nearly as good -- too much studio meddling.
A *great* album!
Jin Jin/Firefly Poster
Okinawa by way of Honolulu? That's the recipe for Jin Jin/Firefly, the delightful collaboration between Japanese folk musician Takashi Hirayasu and Hawaiian steel-guitar master Bob Brozman. Instrumental virtuosity, tunes that transcend any language, and spirited improvising reshape the notion that roots music can only come from the tree of one culture. --Jason VerlindeEver since the early '80s, when Ry Cooder ferreted out the music of Shoukichi Kina of Okinawa, there has been a small underground of fans who had to be satisfied with occasional compilations and expensive Japanese imports to sate their appetite for this island's easygoing folk music. Bob Brozman, long an aficionado of Pacific island sounds, is the next logical collaborator, and this music with Takashi Hirayasu takes "back porch" to new levels. They hunkered down in a small shack on the small island of Taketomi, Brozman with his steels, slides, and other guitars, Hirayasu with his sanshin, a small fretless lute, and his casual vocal style, and played some funky, mixed-up variations on Okinawan folk music. It's rife with blues, jazz, and Hawaiian touches, as each musician finds common ground and then shakes it around. Some may find the coarse recording sound a bit of a deterrent; it sounds like the back porch because it is, warts and all. That's its charm though, as two musicians with different backgrounds just sit together and jam into the night, offering lively folk-pop tunes and slow, beautiful love songs. --Louis Gibson
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