Sticking with the Orient, a piece from
Dave Brubeck's Jazz Impressions of Japan:
Dave Brubeck's Jazz Impressions of Japan:
The video for Fujiyama features images by ukiyo-e painter and printer, Katsushika Hokusai, whom I first came across in a material way on purchasing a calendar of his collected works a few years back in Barcelona (surely the obvious destination for all things Eastern...)
I've since learned, from my more worldly other half, that Hokusai is commonly associated with the e'er so slightly bizarre 'tentacle porn', which muddied the waters somewhat. Personally, I prefer his pastoral prints:
My favourite 'Japanese impression' of them all
is Brubeck's Koto Song:
