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Celebration Blue Note Founding 70th Birthday

Everyone, 2009 is a memorable year for jazz. Well, it is the year that the prestigious label "Blue Note" of Jazz will celebrate its 70th anniversary.
Speaking of Blue Note, it has sent a masterpiece that will become an epoch in the jazz world, so to speak, a symbol of this genre. Even if you are not interested in jazz, there are many people who know that existence.
The real dreadfulness of Blue Note. It is not that he made the masterpiece of the past heritage of jazz, it is constantly making sound that goes the tip of evolution. Perhaps, for young jazz fans, Blue Note is not recognized as a long-awaited jazz label, but may be recognized as a leading jazz label that keeps shaking the club's floor.

In February, the 70 th anniversary party of Blue Note founded in Aoyama somewhere (Photo 1). Quasimode which dominated the club, jazz and scenes of the world appeared and kept shaking the floor.
Miles, Art · Blakey et al., Blue Note, the old work of Jazz Legend keeps on long-selling. And now, the most popular in Tower Records in Shibuya is the Italian band, HIGH FIVE / FIVE FOR FUN (Photo 2).Blue Note A piece that the traditional hard bop and the sensitivity of the club generation merged perfectly. It is perfect for beginners who buy blue note for the first time. Please increase the audio volume slightly, listen to it with great power.

Shinichi Takahashi (photographer)

Independence as a free-lance photographer than 98 years. Currently, active in, such as magazines and books · CD jacket. In addition, music-related, overseas travelogue, energetically writing the document article such as in magazines and books as a writer.

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