Год/Year: 2008 Жанр| Genre: New Age Страна| Country: Japan Качество| Quality: 224 kbps Размер| Size: 67 Mb
Track List
03. Light Song
04. Long dream
05. Asked water
06. Quiet as Shiban 2
07. White imprint
08. People standing in the clouds
09. Secretly sing
10. Pearl illusion
11. Quiet as Shiban 3
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Pianist and composer Wong Wing Tsan is the leading figure in Japan's
New Age Music scene. His music, often referred to as "healing music",
touches the hearts of many with its power to heal the tired and wounded
soul. Wong, who enjoys the adoration of countless fans, was born in
Kobe, Japan in 1949. He started his professional career as a musician
at the age of nineteen playing Jazz, Soul and Modern Music. A
meditative experience in 1988 led to his discovery of the music in him,
prompting him to set up Satowa Music in 1991. He has since released 13
CDs from his label, each album a long-seller, while remaining true to
his philosophy of distancing himself from commercialism, releasing
music that he believes in and none other.
Wong's performances over these last 2 decades focus mainly on his
improvisational work on the solo piano, spreading out into different
territories ranging from classic Japanese children's songs to Jazz.
In 1997, he wrote the theme song for The NHK (Japan Broadcasting
Corporation, Japan's non-commercial, public broadcasting system)
Special, Kazokuno Shozo ( A Portrait of the Family) TV series. In 1998,
he reunited with the original members of his band from 30 years ago to
form the Jazz trio WIM and released albums WIM in 1999 and WIM2, On THE
SMALL ROAD in 2001. Wong flew to Bosnia in 1999 to cover the landmine
problem. He wrote the music to a poem written by a young Bosnian girl.
The song, entitled "If There Were No Mines ", was used as the campaign
song for a Landmine Victims Assistance program. A special four track CD
of the same title was also released in 2000. More recently, he wrote
the theme song to "Kokorono Jidai "
( "The Age of the Heart ") on NHK's Education Channel. He is constantly
touring all around Japan as well as making frequent concert
performances abroad.
Wong's solo piano interlaced with soulful improvisations is what makes
his piano unique. The beauty in his flowing improvisations on the
classic Japanese children's songs is what captivates the listeners'
ears. People are moved to tears by the depths of the purity in his
feelings when they first listen to his album Doh YohЃ@(a collection of
classic Japanese children's songs). The improvised phrases created by
Wong are filled with unbound forgiveness, which is what reaches out to
people and touches them. Wong forgives all that takes place in this
world by playing the piano. He forgives all those that listen and
accepts himself for who he is.
As is apparent by listening to WIM2 On The Small Road, Wong's
improvisations are what make his Jazz original. When Wong plays Jazz,
he grows a pair of wings with which he tells his own story as he soar
the skies freely, riding the air current as he pleases and stopping at
times to listen to his friends.
His message is the pillar that upholds his music, which is why his is a
never-ending story. His story includes episodes of Wong's father who
came from Hong Kong to Japan as an immigrant, and of Wong in his youth,
traveling by boat to Hong Kong in search of his roots. Who was he and
where did he come from? His music is filled with the quiet confidence
of a man who has transcended the concept of nationality, a state of
mind that is achieved after one has come to terms with his identity.
Even though Wong started his musical career as a Jazz musician, he
later became known as the Master of New Age Music. It is my belief that
the essence behind this title and the qualities of an improvisation
artist are rooted in Jazz. Jazz demands the "here " and "now " from a
performer and tells him to bare his soul. One cannot be an
improvisation artist if he refuses to come to terms with the good and
the bad within himself.
It is only of recent years that he finally felt that it was time to
start playing Jazz again. That both original members Wong played
together with 30 years ago immediately responded to his call must have
surely been a gift from above. The unification of the three members
sublimated the Jazz they made from "a process of picking up the pieces
from their youth " to one of "fulfilling the lost dreams from their
youth ".
By Yo Nakagawa
