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田川康吉（たがわこうきち、Tagawa、Kokichi)

ジャズピアニカ、ジャズピアニスト、ヴァイブラフォン、ドラム、ベース、作編曲。

１９４６年広島生まれ長崎育ち。電話エンジニアとして広島、東京、尾道、倉敷へ。
９２年に４６才でボストンへ。９５年バークリー音大卒　Jazz Composition Magna Cum Laue。
ヴァイブラフォンをGary Burton、Ed Saindon。作曲をTed Pease　各氏等に師事。
２００２年ケンタッキー州レキシントン
２０１２年よりオレゴン州ポートランド
２０１８年東京へ帰国

Scrapple From The Apple(Charlie Parker) Kokichi Tagawa Trio 

     Corkscrew Wine Bar 9/14/2014

A Night with Ko

                                                       by David Nollman

A night with Ko

seems at first

like a traditional night of jazz

of the beautiful standards

of Porter and Kern and Rogers and Hart.

Soft…

evocative…

a gentle journey back to a simpler time.

If you’re a regular,

you catch it right away

but, unless you've been here before,

you're unaware

that, when he starts to close his eyes,

the transformation has begun,

and subtly,

so subtly you didn't notice,

that the terrain has changed.

The melody with all its familiarity is gone,

and the gentle pianist

has swept you to a place you've never been.

He has, once again, drawn you in

and the soft, evocative place you started

is now a speck of light on a distant shore.

It’s no longer

just Porter, Kern or Rogers and Hart,

but Tagawa… unleashed!

Tagawa… mad, furious and unbridled!

Tagawa… up and off the piano bench!

Tagawa, so at one with his music

that it is only after the last cord is played,

after he has gently brought you back to earth,

after your breath has begun to return,

that you realize

that all this was done,

in the tradition of the great masters,

with his eyes completely closed.