Last night, I went to the soul music bar “Small Town Talk” but Kageyama-san wasn’t playing soul, he was playing jazz, specifically; Horace Silver. And I was listening to it and thinking “Hmm, I could get into this.” So I stuck around a while and chatted and left and moved onto “Rock Bar Tsurugi” and do you know Ueno-san wasn’t playing rock, he was playing jazz, specifically; Horace Silver. And I thought, “Hello, this must be a sign”.
“Could I have a look at the CD, please” says I (only in Japanese of course) and I had a look and it was a compilation, and track number two was Bill Evans’s “Waltz for Debby” (a musical portrait of his niece you know) and I said:
“Could you play track number two for me, please?”
And Ueno-san kindly played it and I listened and said:
“Could I hear that again?”
“Certainly,” says Ueno-san (a very kind and patient man) and I listened again and said: “Could I borrow that CD, please?” and I took it home and I’ve been listening to it over and over again and I’m listening to it now and I have to tell you, Bill Evans’s “Waltz for Debby” has to be one of the prettiest tunes you will ever hear. See and hear for yourself:
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