TOOTS THIELEMANS / THE SOUL OF TOOTS THIELEMANS (FRESH SOUND盤CD)
ギタリストでジャズ・ハーモニカ奏者の代表格として知られるトゥーツ・シールマンスが、レイ・ブライアント（ピアノ）／トミー・ブライアント（ベース）／オリバー・ジャクソン（ドラムス）のトリオを従えて、自作曲やポピュラー曲「ユー・アー・マイ・サンシャイン」、ジャンゴ・ラインハルトの「ヌアージュ（雲）」、エロール・ガーナーの名曲「ミスティ」、チャーリー・パーカーの「コンファメーション」等を演奏した1959年録音作の2010年リイシューCD盤!!! これは何回も聴いていますけど、適度なポップ感が眠っていた（？）歌心を誘い、すこぶる心地よいです！ 大スイセン・ジャズ盤!!! Not many European-born musicians have been admitted to the select inner circle of jazz innovators. One of them, of course, is the Belgian Jean Toots Thielemans. His amazing capacity to coax real music from a harmonica made of him a true virtuoso. And, as a guitarist, Toots also proved to be more than proficient at playing simple and eloquent, as we can appreciate in this charming program of nice music carried forth with taste, creativity and restrain. This is by far the best album Jean Toots Thielemans has ever made. Nat Hentoff started his liner notes for the original Signature release in 1960 with this categorical statement. As for Thielemans, he regarded this album as a sort of graduate degree as the result of my assimilation of American life and the American jazz scene. Especially, my assimilation of the people who play, live and sing the blues. Thats why I wanted soul in the title of this album. A cohesive rhythm section joined him for the date, with pianist Ray Bryant, bassist Tommy Bryant, and Oliver Jackson on drums. A superb trio, with Bryant delivering some bright piano solos in addition to his background duties. By and large, the feel of this set is pleasant, relaxed and swinging. Lets all rejoice in the fact that they went to the studio and did it. 1. You Are My Sunshine (Jimmie Davis) 5:20 2. Nuages (Django Reinhardt) 5:24 3. Five O'Clock Whistle (Josef Myrow, Irwin Gannon) 4:38 4. Soul (Toots Thielemans) 4:59 5. Lonesome Road (Public Domain) 4:23 6. Misty (Johnny Burke) 3:00 7. Confirmation (Charlie Parker) 6:34 8. Les enfants s'ennuient le dimanche (Charles Trénet) 4:55 9. Brother John (Toots Thielemans) 2:12 Toots Thielemans (harmonica, guitar) Ray Bryant (piano) Tommy Bryant (bass) Oliver Jackson (drums) Recorded in New York City, October 1959 Format：CD Label：FRESH SOUND (ESP)
