A MINGLED CHIME 彩華に響くチャイム 11. A REAL BEGINNING １１．指揮者としての本格始動 117 During my travels abroad my mind had been turning more recurrently than before to thoughts of conducting, for I had begun to wonder if it might not be…

A MINGLED CHIME 10. A FOREIGN INTERLUDE （後半） 111 It is perhaps unusual for a young man who has spent half a year in the most brilliant and celebrated of European cities to take his leave without saying a single word about it, and among…

A MINGLED CHIME 彩華に響くチャイム 10. A FOREIGN INTERLUDE １０．間奏曲「海外で仕上げの磨きを」 107 My colleague in the conductor’s chair of the opera company was an Italian, Emilio Pizzi, an excellent musician who for a few years back had…

TRIO 30th ANNIVERSARY トリオ・ジャズ 30周年記念 2013年5月に行われました、キース・ジャレット・トリオ（キース曰く「トリオ・ジャズ」）の東京・大阪での公演に際し、プログラムに3人が互いへ寄せたメッセージです。 When Jack, Gary and I recorded our…

“Spirits” Original liner notes written by Keith Jarrett On the double CD release (ECM 1333/34, 829 467-2) 1986年リリースの（ECMレコード）キース・ジャレット「Spirits」に、自身が寄せたライナーノーツです。 quote（カッコ）の語を、特にニュアン…

“O Great Spirit,” ― translated into English by the chief of the Sioux Yellow Lark ― インディアン「スー族」の酋長・イエローラーク（黄色いヒバリ）の有名な「偉大な霊（たましい）よ」の英語訳です。キース・ジャレット家の台所メモとして、大切に貼…

A MINGLED CHIME 9. First Opera Company 後半 102 It is only fair to an institution in which I have so many good friends to explain a little this passing allusion to the press. There are, in every country where music is seriously cultivated,…