其實，雖然今年沒有看到京都的櫻花🌸
但我見過京都的紅葉🍁，偶然地
經歷了難熬的9月、10月
突然強烈地想回京都
即刻訂好機票酒店
還有近半個多月時間樹葉才會變紅
我亦有半個多月時間做research
其實我係咪真的很在乎可唔可以看到紅葉？
答案是「否」
只想回到鴨川坐下
想一想自己的之後
12月1日是媽媽的忌日
從她離開我的那天起，除了疫情
每年的12月1日
都會離港
我不知道哪裡可以見到母親
但絕非此地。。。。
每次去都柏林都會住呢間酒店
都會同前台要求住呢間客房(如果冇人住緊，即便加錢)
只為坐在這個露台
在清晨都柏林的陽光中
飲杯咖啡☕️
剛剛看到艾米莉打開了她在羅馬酒店房間的落地窗 那清晨羅馬美麗的風景
莫名其妙地 想起了都柏林的早晨
還記得Manhattan Jazz Quintet嗎？
這是他們2005年的東京現場：
為聽音樂
擁有過各代耳筒
有線、無線、耳罩式、消除噪音式、藍牙、各種材質的線。。
直到AirPods問世，沒再換過
貪它小巧、方便，插一次電可以用許久
但是講電話時我一定一定會拿掉
否則對著空氣手舞足蹈十足瘋癲😊
最近發現無線藍牙耳罩式耳機又重回到人們身上
係，掛在頸上或戴在頭上
頗有質感與時尚感
心郁郁也想要一副新款。。。。
然後，今日意外收到窩心的禮物
心有靈犀
大好きな人からの大好きなプレゼント、
幸せ❤️
Personnel:
Stefan Aeby – piano
André Pousaz – bass
Michael Stulz – drums
Tracklist:
01. Marea Alta
02. Miniature No. 1
03. The Wolves Are Waiting
04. Miniature No. 2
05. And Now…
06. Miniature No. 3
07. Ah Lalo Bacha Lalo
08. L'alchimiste
09. Metamorphose
10. Miniature No. 4
11. Fairy Circus
12. Miniature No. 5
13. Annam
14. Miniature No. 6
Label: Music Today, 2022
Fairy Circus is the fifth album of this longtime trio, starting with 2010’s Are You…?. Their sophomore release Utopia was one of my favorite albums of 2014, and as I said in my review of 2016’s To the Light:
The Trio’s Utopia was one of my favorite recordings of a couple of years ago,
and stamped Aeby’s style firmly in my consciousness. “Graceful sonic art” is
the way Florian Keller describes that style in this album’s liner notes, and it’s
an apt choice of words. The music is atmospheric and yet focused, often
weighty in theme but light in execution.
They put out a live album The London Concert in 2018 and since then, like just about everybody else, they took a long break during the pandemic before workshopping some new tunes at a weeklong residence at Vevey, Switzerland’s ‘Live in Vevey’ festival in spring 2021. After playing a few more concerts, they recorded the album live in a piano tuning workshop in Liestal, Switzerland in August.
The album has 14 tracks, seven of which are full-length tunes and six of which are numbered “miniatures.” The brief miniatures, most lasting a minute or less, seem to get progressively more abstract as the album goes along. All seem to be more or less on the fly improvisations, and all are credited to the full trio.
The “graceful sonic art” of the trio seems to have become at times a bit less graceful, as is appropriate for these times, particularly in the miniatures but also in some of the longer tunes themselves, all of which are credited to Aeby with one exception. The third track, for instance, is called ” The Wolves Are Waiting” and it can’t help but remind me of the unsettled feeling I live with constantly due to the war currently going on in this German and Swiss trio’s back yard, as it were. Stultz plays a continual frenetic drum part mostly on toms while Pousaz bows long lines on the bass and Aeby plays a hesitant melodic line over melancholy chording. The bottom drops out of the tune about midway through its six minute run and Aeby plays a dreamlike rubato for a while until drowned out by a pounding climax on the drums.
“Metamorphose” does just that: Its quiet minimalism metamorphoses into chamber jazz then freestyle improv that resolves into something like equilibrium. Elsewhere minimalism reins, especially in “L’Alchemiste” which Aeby plays on prepared piano – it’s really a longer version of the miniatures. “And Now…” is a nearly rhythmless, languid exploration of texture and color in which Pousaz seamlessly moves between bowing and plucking the bass from one moment to the next. The title track “Fairy Circus” especially feels like it was built from a deeply rehearsed improvization; Pousaz bows deep notes on his bass like distant whale song under Aeby’s blue piano melody. The last of the full-length tunes “Annam” is the album’s most jazz-like, with a recognizable almost-blues structure and sound, the drums and bass improvizing thoughtfully around this lovely little almost sunny tune like a more traditional piano trio. I just love its nice little piano-bass duet section where Aeby and Pousaz toss fragments of the tune back and forth.
For something a little bit different there is “Ah Lalo Bacha Lalo,” which Aeby arranged from a traditional Pashto lullaby from Afghanistan. It’s a fairly short excursion into a pentatonic melody that might have originally been played on the oud. This one never quite resolves the frisson of tension between the lightness of the melody and the tight control of Aeby’s playing. I’d love to hear them stretch out on this one in concert. And concerts seem to be happening again. You can find a schedule of spring European dates on Aeby’s website.
Fairy Circus is available to purchase and stream in most of the usual places including Bandcamp.
From - A Green Man Review
https://agreenmanreview.com/music-2/stefan-aeby-trios-fairy-circus/
「From the first bar of Fairy Circus‘s opening track “Marea Alta” you know this is the Stefan Aeby Trio, if you’ve ever listened to them before. The unique piano voicing and technique, the production and placement of bass and drums and the colors and blends of sounds created by each and all three together are diagnostic, as are Aeby’s assured left hand and the sudden dropping out of that left hand at small climactic moments. The interplay of bassist André Pousaz and drummer Michael “Michi” Stulz with Aeby’s melody on this tune is one of the more mainstream jazz sounds I’ve heard from them.」
九月
①飛了一次京都
②經歷了一次突如其來的告別
毫無預警地、淚如泉湧的告別
無關情事
卻仿佛經歷了一場撕心裂肺的熱戀
將身體內所有的淚水
全部地、一次過灑在了那片我最愛的草地。。。。
創下了人生一日內擁抱最多人的紀錄
然後
Life Goes On ⛳️
8月，奧運！
四年一度的盛會
兩個星期的狂歡
過足癮🤣
7月、8月，
離別
接踵而至
灣仔的Slim's
常去的英式酒吧
許多有遠有近的旅程
都是在那裡即興而起
（借少少酒力？😄）
呢兩日，世界有兩件大事：
1.川普總統遇刺
2.依家播緊歐洲盃決賽
英格蘭🏴 VS 西班牙🇪🇸
上半場完，勢均力敵，精彩！
世界就是這樣在運轉
危在旦夕
瞬息萬變
GOD BLESS AMERICA🇺🇸
那些我沒能看到的風景
I mean, 那些我離開之後才盛開的櫻花
不否認 有少少耿耿於懷
然而，我看到了🌸盛開之前的風景
哈🤣
when I was here:
after I left:
when I was here:
after I left:
when I was here:
after I left:
一個人到陌生的地方去旅行
光是呼吸著，眺望著風景
都覺得自己好像稍微變大人似的。。。。
不過那風景中
有氣味
有聲音
有肌膚的接觸
那裡有特別的光
吹著特別的風
耳裡還留下誰口中發出的聲音
還記得當時心的震動
那些風景是否會對什麼有幫助？
我還不知道
結果或許並沒有多大用處
只不過是回憶而已也不一定
但本來
那就是所謂旅行不是嗎？
那就是所謂人生不是嗎？
By Murakami Haruki
Personnel:
Joel Lyssarides - piano
Niklas Fernqvist - bass
Rasmus Svensson - drums
Track List:
01. Semblance (3:07)
02. Guadalquivir (5:38)
03. Self Portrait (3:24)
04. Dreamer (3:26)
05. Silhouettes (1:11)
06. Mirages (5:01)
07. Longing For Labrador (6:09)
08. Umbra (7:03)
09. Transcendence (6:49)
10. Pinocchio: When You Wish Upon A Star (5:38)
11. Silent Agreement (2:15)
Label: Naxos Sweden - Prophone Records
Rec.: Nilento Studio, Gothenburg, Sweden, November 28-30, 201
Joel Lyssarides is a multi-awarded Swedish jazz-musician. Starting to take piano lessons at the age of 4, Joel claims that one of his early inspirations to jazz was from hearing Charlie Parkers "Blue Bird." Only 25 years old, Joel already has a 10 year career behind him, and has toured and collaborated with artists such as Anne Sofie Von Otter, Dirty Loops, Benny Andersson, Nils Landgren and Silvana Imam. Over the years Joel has received a number of prominent awards.
At the age of 21 he won the Jan Wallander award, which gave him a Steinway grand piano and access to a studio in central Stockholm. Joel has also been awarded by the Swedish Association of composers as well as been nominated for "Newcomer of the year" by the Swedish radio. In November of 2017 Joel recorded his debut album with fellow musicians Niklas Fernqvist on Upright bass and Rasmus Svensson Blixt on drums. The music is inspired by flamenco and americana but also reflects Joel's interest in romantic classical music, mainly drawing inspiration from the Russian composer Scriabin and the Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla. The album presents an intense and challenging music for the classic piano trio.
京都返港之後
並無太多時間回想旅途的種種瞬間
原因有三：
1）不回看隨手拍下的相片影片，直接冰鮮，因一切仲歷歷在目；
2）忙（true)
3) 因緣際會，又開始重看“Grey's Anatomy”
Grey's Anatomy是我極為少有地一直追看的美劇
2005年～2024年，20季
2015年, When Derek Shepherd died in season 11
曾經想過不再追下去。。
https://midori163.blogspot.com/2015/04/goodbye-derek-shepherd.html
從第一季重看到第十一季
當看到Derek再次離去
I'm sad again....
They're my favorite couple, ever！
那之後，在京都經過了一個完美的旅程
一個人
基本上在雨中（因而隔斷了一些討厭的觀光客✌️）
是按照櫻花開花預測的日子去的
原本說比往年早開
於是 路封咗了 賞櫻夜燈set好了 路口甚至有兩位警員維持秩序
然而 突然寒流 櫻花🌸就是不開。。
So what?
想去的地方 都去了
想吃的東西 都吃了
想喝的酒 都喝了
預想的 和意外偶遇的
是無數幸福的瞬間
幸福到，回來了許多日
仍不想與人分享（當然也忙到騰雲駕霧是真的。。）
仿佛 說出來 幸福便會消失
但是依然想留下印記給自己 before I forget
「茂庵」
坐落於吉田山上
大正時代（1912～1926）的產物
詳細歷史參考以下：
https://oniwa.garden/moan-%E8%8C%82%E5%BA%B5/
https://co-trip.jp/article/624190
是在啟程前兩日偶爾發現
於是做了booking（他們是預約制）
在那裡，渡過了一個愉快的午後
