輸入雑誌/文章は英語で記載

year/2009

country/US

label/Wax Poetics

ソウル、ファンク、ジャズ、 ヒップホップを中心に最も質の高い音楽を届ける超良質雑誌「Wax Poetics」の英語版US Issue 35号。

Roger Troutman、Booker T. Jonesの他、Mahavishnu Orchestra、Def Jef、E.Z. Mike Simpson、Ralph Macdonald、STS9、Byron Lee、El Michels Affair、Lord Finesse、Ralph MacDonaldといった幅広いミュージシャンと音楽の貴重な記事を収めている。英語版であるが、この本を読まずして真のミュージック・ラヴァーとは言えない？



Issue 35 cover artists Roger Troutman and Booker T. Jones were both innovative musicians of extraordinary vision. Each is known for a career defined in part by an instrument. While Troutman took the talk box to the people, Booker T. ruled the Hammond B-3. Also: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Def Jef, E.Z. Mike Simpson, and Ralph Macdonald.


Roger Troutman

Watching old video clips, it's strange hearing Roger address the crowd in his dinner table voice. We assume his speech has always been talk-boxed, as if he'd permanently swapped out his pipes for the tube.


Booker T. Jones

"Yeah, the Stax sound was 'keep it simple, keep it funky.' That's the only element that I can think of that was consistent in the mind of the players when the sessions were going on."


Mahavishnu Orchestra

"I'd just finished a gig, and Miles and I were in the band room. The guys had gone. Out of the blue, he turned to me and said, 'It's time you formed your own band.' "