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大学Big Band Jazzの甲子園(らしい)、そしてだんだんレベルが平均化してきていると大評判のYamano Big Band Jazz Contest。各曲名の下に、僕が知る範囲でオリジナルのバンド名/アルバム名を記しています。なお、オリジナルアレンジの場合はコンポーザーとアレンジャーを表記、不明は"?"とします。
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26th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest

1.Avenue C
  ? / ?
2.How Am I To Know
  ? / ?
3.Lady Carolyn
  ? / ?
4.Rat Race
  Count Basie / Fresno Ca 1959
5.Strive For Jive
  Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band / Tales Of A Courtesan (Oirantan)
6.Everythings Happen To Me
  comp:Matt Dennis , arr:Osamu Yoshida
7.Air Mail Special
  Quincy Jones / Quincy Jones And His Orchestra At Newport'61
8.Give And Take
  ? / ?
9.For K.W.
  Orchestre National De Jazz / A Plus Tard
10.Knuckle Ball
  One O'Clock Lab Band / Lab'89
11.Beyond The Seventh Galaxy
  comp:Chick Corea , arr:?
12.Fly With The Wind
  comp:McCoy Tyner , arr:?
13.One In A Million
  ? / ?
14.Night Flight
  Sammy Nestico / Night Flight

1995年の山野BBJCが記念すべき初CD化の大会。便宜上、上のリストでは曲ごとに番号振ってますが、実際のCDでは大学ごとで1トラックという、手抜き、もといライブ感溢れる仕様となっています。

・9曲目 For K.W.
(performed by Waseda Univ. High Society Orch.)

まさかのONJからの引用。この頃だと超マイナーなバンドだと思うのですが、アンテナの広さは流石というかなんと言うか。

・11曲目 Beyond The Seventh Galaxy
(performed by Doshisha Univ. The Third Herd Orch.)

Return to Foreverのアルバム、Return To The 7th Galaxy収録のBeyond The Seventh GalaxyとHymn Of The Seventh Galaxyを足して割ってフルバンアレンジしてます。全編全力疾走って感じで、ブラスの人達血管ぶち切れるんじゃないかと心配するような出来栄え。この曲が終わって、次の曲が始まるまで不自然に長い間があるのですが、休憩時間なのか、と思ったり。

というか、同志社サードハードはこんな昔から独自路線をひた走っていたのが良く分かる記念碑的な意味合いもあったり。10数年後に同アルバムのVulcan Worldsをフルバンアレンジして山野で演奏しているというのも興味深いところです。

・14曲目 Night Flight
(performed by Toyama Univ. Love & Peace Jazz Orch.)

ネスティコのNight Flightをやるバンドが存在して、あまつさえ入賞しているというのが「時代だなあ」と感じざるをえません。これ書いている2010年現在、各校が独自路線を押しす進めているのと、どメジャー曲となっているこの曲をコンテストで演奏する勇気のあるバンドなんて無いでしょうから、これまた歴史を感じさせる1曲であります。

27th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest

1.Green Piece
  Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra / Evanescence
2.Inner Urge
  George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band '87 / Happening Now!
3.J & B
  ? / ?
4.Right On
  Count Basie / King Of Swing
5.Quintessence
  Quincy Jones / Quintessence
6.Dum Dum
  Count Basie / Li'l Ol' Groove Maker…Basie!
7.Fresh Impression
  Carla Bley / Big Band Theory
8.Domingo
  Jaco Pastorius / Birthday Concert
9.Dance You Monster To My Soft Song
  Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra / Evanescence
10.The Tounch Of Your Smile
  German Jazz Orchestra / First Take
11.In The Tradition
  One O'Clock Lab Band / Lab 88
12.Front Runner
  Bill Holman / Bill Holman Big Band
13.A Time For Love
  Rob Parton's Jazztech Big Band / With Conte Candoli
14.Hawthorne Nights
  Zoot Sims / Hawthorne Nights , arr:Masaru Uchibori

Maria SchneiderのEvanescenceが発売された年なわけでして、ライトやハイソが早速取り上げていますな。そっかー、もう15年前になるのか(この文章執筆時、2011年)。今や定番と言ってしまっても差しつかえないですが、当時としては先鋭的だったのでしょう。話は逸れますが、Maria Schneiderは最近のキレイ系路線だけじゃなくて、Evanescenceの頃みたいな変態的な曲をまた書いてくれないかなあ、と常々思っています。

・7曲目 Fresh Impression
(performed by Doshisha Univ. The Third Herd Orch.)

当時のプログラムを見るとChick CoreaのPhantomって曲をやる予定だったのが、何があったかは分かりませんがCarla BleyのFresh Impressionに変わっています。オリジナルの後半のラッパソロをギターソロに変えている以外ほぼ原曲ままですな。これはこれで良い曲なのですが、Phantomのフルバンアレンジも聴いてみたかった所です。

・10曲目 The Tounch Of Your Smile
(performed by Waseda Univ. High Society Orch.)

原曲は原曲で良い演奏なのですが、ハイソ版(ラッパソロを削ったりちょいと構成変えてます)も良い塩梅。特にラストのソプラノサックスのソロの音色は個人的に大好きです。原曲よりも美しさ3割増って感じで。

1.Green Piece
  Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra / Evanescence
2.Inner Urge
  George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band '87 / Happening Now!

28th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc1

1.But Where Is The Exit?
  Orchestre National De Jazz / Bouquet Final
2.The Evil Face of Sorrow
  Norrbotten Big Band / Animations
3.Know Where You Are
  Kenny Wheeler / Music For Large & Small Ensemble
4.Dinner With Friend
  Count Basie / Dinner With Friends
5.Untitled Stomp
  Count Basie / 1944
6.The Gypsy
  Quincy Jones / The Birth Of A Band
7.Airmail Special
  Quincy Jones / Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series Vol.1
8.Sketches Part 8
  Vince Mendoza / Sketches
9.El Vito El Gran Tamano
  Vince Mendoza / Jazzpana
10.Summertime
  Bill Potts Big Band / Poggy & Bess
11. Evening In Paris
  Quincy Jones / Quincy Jones And His Orchestra At Newport '61
12.I Got A Rhythm
  One O'Clock Lab Band / Lab'80
13.The Gid
  Count Basie / / I Told You So
14.I Thought About You
  Tom Kubis / At Last
15.The Carnival of Life
  Thilo Berg Big Band / Carnival Of Life

私をコンテンポラリーフルバン好きに傾倒させたきっかけとなった一枚。そして、元ネタを探すためにいろいろと調べたり買ってみたりとしていくうちにさらにその道に転んでいき、結果、こんなサイトを作ってしまったわけで。何がきっかけになるのかわからんもんだね。

・1曲目 But Where Is The Exit?
・2曲目 The Evil Face of Sorrow
・3曲目 Know Where You Are
(performed by Waseda Univ. High Society Orch.)

圧倒的なカッコ良さのBut Where Is The Exit?、圧倒的な緊張感のThe Evil Face of Sorrow、圧倒的な完成度のKnow Where You Areと、過去のハイソの演奏の中でベストアクトだと個人的に思っているのがこの年の演奏。選曲も俺的ツボに嵌まり過ぎる。ハイソでは珍しく、ギターソロを2回もやってくれているのも嬉しいところです。

・4曲目 Dinner With Friend
(performed by Osaka Univ. The New Wave Jazz Orch.)

出ている音はソロを含めてオリジナルのほぼ完コピなのですが、ノリとか勢いとか、仕上がりはオリジナルとは全くの別物。それが悪いかというと、そんな事は全く無く。むしろオリジナルを含めた世界に数多あるDinner With Friendの中でこの演奏が最もお気に入りなのです。

あと、この頃の山野CDってMCまでちゃんと入っているのですが、何故か任侠物調。演奏の勢いも凄いんだけど、MCの勢いもそれに劣らず凄まじい。最近のCDもMCまで入れて欲しいんだけどなあ。阪大とかMCも含めてのパフォーマンスですよね。

・9曲目 El Vito El Gran Tamano
(performed by Doshisha Univ. The Third Herd Orch.)

前曲のSketches Part 8はオリジナルに忠実に演奏してましたけど、こっちはソリストの都合か原曲のアレンジにちょくちょく手を加えた感じ。世界観の表現力が素晴らしい。んで、良い曲だとは思っているんだけど、後のサードハードの演奏でこの曲の再演率が妙に高いのは何故なんでしょう。

・12曲目 I Got A Rhythm
(performed by Meiji Univ. Big Sounds Society)

One O'Clock Lab Bandによる変態的アレンジのI Got A Rhythmを演奏。あの怒涛のサックスソリとか良くやったなあ。そしてこの出来で4位とか、この年どんだけレベル高いねんって話でして。

28th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc2

1.Brazilian Song
2.Suite Snadrine Part3
3.Havona
4.Aja
5.Sophie
6.The Intrepid Fox
7.Lunar Eelipse
8.Gate Illumination
9.Eleven
10.Hello!! Young Lovers
11.Snuday Things
12.Blues And The Abscessed Tooth

1 - UNC Jazz Lab Band I / Alive XIII
2 - Michel Camilo / One More Once
3 - comp:Jaco Pastrius , arr:Masaru Uchibori
4 - ? / ?
5 - Kenny Wheeler / Music For Large & Small Ensemble
6 - comp:Freddie Huburd , arr:Masaru Uchibori
7 - Gil Evans / Lunar Eclypse
8 - Gil Evans / Bud & Bird
9 - Gil Evans / Svengali
10 - ? / ?
11 - 宮間利之 & The New Herd / Sunday Thing
12 - Matt Catingub / Matt Catingib Hi-Tech Big Band

29th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc1

1.In the 80's
2.Dolphin Dance
3.Got a Match?
4.Prince of Darkness
5.What Is This?
6.Bula
7.Amad
8.Guitar Armor
9.Pressure Cooker
10.Early Autumn
11.Afternoon of a Prawn
12.Bermuda
13.La Folia

1 - Bob Minter / Camouflage
2 - Thad Jones Mel Lewis & The Jazz Orchestra / Jazz At Smithonian (VHS)
3 - One O'Clock Lab Band / Lab '89
4 - UNC Jazz Lab Band / UNC ALIVE XIV
5 - UMO Jazz Orchestra / UMO Jazz Orchestra
6 - Duke Ellington / The Great Paris Concert
7 - Duke Ellington / The Far East Suite - Special Mix
8 - Duke Ellington / Paris Blues
9 - Sammy Nestico / Night Flight
10 - Woody Herman / Woody Herman Featuring Stan Getz
11 - Bob Florence / Soaring
12 - UMO Jazz Orchestra / UMO Jazz Orchestra
13 - George Russell' s Living Time Orchestra / London Concert

29th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc2

1.Nefertiti
2.Life Is a Cobra
3.Idaho
4.This Way
5.Everything Happens to me
6.The Birth of a Band
7.M.D. Lookout Farm
8.Oceanography
9.Yes or No
10.Non Title
11.Play by Play
12.Mr.J
13.Shawnee

1 - ? / ?
2 - UMO Jazz Orchestra / UMO Jazz Orchestra
3 - Count Basie / Ain't Misbehavin'
4 - Count Basie / Have A Nice Day
5 - comp:Matt Dennisa , arr:Osamu Yoshida
6 - Quincy Jones / The Birth of a Band
7 - Tolvan Big Band with Dave Liebman / Guided Dream
8 - Bob Florence / With All The Bells And Whistles
9 - comp:Wayne Shorter , arr:Shuhei Mizuno
10 - comp,arr:Shuhei Mizuno
11 - Tom Kubis / At Last
12 - Bundes Jazz Orchestra / Bujazzo Vol.2
13 - Buddy Rich / Buddy Rich Big Band

29th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc3

1.Pinocchio
2.Three View of a Secret
3.La Fiesta

1 - ? / ?
2 - Jaco Pastrius / Twins
3 - Woody Herman / Giant Steps

30th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc1

1.Snakes
2.Eiderdown
3.My Favorite Things
4.The Game
5.Fire
6.Half The Fun
7.Apes And Peacocks
8.Northern Lights
9.Dance#3
10.Barcelona
11.No Beard In Albania
12.Sixteen Men Swinging
13.Right On
14.The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
15.Basie

1 - comp:Bob Berg , arr:Osamu Yoshida
2 - ? / ?
3 - UNC JAZZ LAB BAND / ALIVE XIII
4 - Tolvan Big Band / Pyals Helge Albin
5 - Jens Winther / The Four Elements
6 - Duke Ellington / Such Sweet Thunder
7 - Duke Ellington / The Ellington Suites
8 - Duke Ellington / The Ellington Suites
9 - Duke Ellington / Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: December, 19
10 - Vince Medoza / Epiphany
11 - ? / ?
12 - Count Basie / Live In London
13 - Count Basie / King Of Swing
14 - Count Basie / Atomic Swing
15 - Count Basie / On The Road

30th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc2

1.Magic Flea
2.Here's That Rainy Day
3.Explosion
4.Machine
5.Morning Song
6.Indian Riffs
7.Strive For Jive
8.Long Yellow Road
9.The Song Is You
10. I Thought A About You
11.Dexter
12.Why Not?
13.Shiny Stockings
14.Magic Flea

1 - Count Basie / Straight Ahead
2 - comp:Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Heusen , arr:Masaru Uchibori
3 - Louie Bellson / Dynamite!
4 - Buddy Rich Orchestra / Big Swing Face
5 - ? / ?
6 - Matt Catingub / Hi-Tech Big Band
7 - Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band / Tales Of A Courtesan (Oirantan)
8 - Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band / Long Yellow Road
9 - The Univ. of North Florida Jazz Ensemble / Have You Heard?
10 - Tom Kubis / At Last
11 - One O'Clock Lab Band / Lab '90
12 - Count Basie / Fun Time
13 - Count Basie / April In Paris
14 - Count Basie / Straight Ahead

31st Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc1

1.This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
2.Stolen Moments
3.Basie
4.African Skies
5.Three Views Of A Secret
6.Herbs And Roots
7.Black Narcissus
8.One For The Art Festival
9.Discommotion
10.Fair And Warmer
11.The More I See You
12.The Heat's On
13.Color in 5th
14.El Minotauro

1 - Count Basie / This Time By Basie
2 - comp:Oliver Nelson , arr:Oliver Nelson
3 - Count Basie / On The Road
4 - comp:Michel Brecker , arr:Hiroshi Hama
5 - ? / ?
6 - comp:Joshua Redman , arr:Osamu Kan'o
7 - comp:Joe Henderson , arr:Osamu Kan'o
8 - Junko Moriya / My Favorite Colors
9 - Count Basie / ?
10 - Count Basie / Atomic Swing
11 - Count Basie / Montreux ' 77
12 - Count Basie / Basie Big Band
13 - The Orchestra / Noxx
14 - Guillermo Klein / Big Van

31st Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc2

1.ticketeeboo
2.A Shade of Jade
3.Black Nile
4.Times
5.Slightly of the Ground
6.Prince of Darkness
7.Angel
8.Stone Free
9.Three Wishes
10.Suite For Soprano Sax Part5
11.Elvin's Mambo
12.Goodbye Yesterday

1 - Maritime Jazz Orchestra / Siren's Song
2 - comp:Joe Henderson , arr:Yasushi Haketa
3 - DSM Big Band / Feat. Bobby Shew
4 - comp:Osamu Yoshida / arr:Osamu Yoshida
5 - Tom Kubis / Slightly of the Ground
6 - comp:Wayne Shoter , arr:Yasushi Haketa
7 - Gil Evans / ?
8 - Gil Evans & The Monday Night Orch. / Live At Sweet Basil Vol.2
9 - comp:Makoto Ozone , arr:Yoshikazu Ogawa
10 - Florian Ross / Suite For Soprano Sax , arr:Yoshikazu Ogawa
11 - Bob Minter / Art Of The Swing
12 - Buddy Rich Big Band / Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

32nd Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc1

1.Strike Up The Band
2.Sing A Song of Song
3.Yer or No
4.Red Rever Revel
5.The Summit
6.Everybody's Song But My Own
7.Wyrgly
8.Prince of Darkness
9.Head Games
10.Four,Five,Six
11.How am I to know?
12.Makin'Whoopee!
13.Airmail Special

1 - Count Basie / Fancy Pants
2 - comp:Kenny Garret , arr:Naoyuki Takano
3 - LA Jazz Workshop / Medium Basie Swing
4 - comp:Brian Brade , arr:Osamu Kan'o
5 - comp:Wayne Shorter , arr:Katori Yoshihiko
6 - George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band / First Prize
7 - Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra / Evanescence
8 - UMO Jazz Orchestra / Electrifying Miles
9 - comp:Andy Emler , arr:Doshisha Univ. The Third Herd Orch
10 - Count Basie Orchestra / Basie In Sweden
11 - ? / ?
12 - Count Basie / Live At Sands
13 - Quincy Jones / Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series Vol.1

32nd Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc2

1.Sure Foot
2.Some Skunk Funk
3.Gone City
4.Noble Cruise
5.Nueva Era
6.It gose without seeing that blue Sky
7.Samba Deez Samba Doze
8.Samba Du Bois
9.Cinderella's Waltz
10.Subway
11.Orange was the Color of Her Dress.then Silk Blue
12.Synchronicity 1
13.This Could Be Start of Something Big
14.Randi
15.Nothing Personal

1 - Les Hooper Big Band / Anything Goes
2 - comp:Randy Brecker , arr:?
3 - ? / ?
4 - ? / ?
5 - ? / ?
6 - ? / ?
7 - National Youth Jazz Orchestra / The View From The Hill
8 - comp:Phil Woods , arr:Yasushi Haketa
9 - Louie Bellson / Dynamite!
10 - Gil Evans / Live at Umbria Jazz vol.2
11 - Gil Evans / Priestess
12 - Gil Evans / 75th Birthday Concert
13 - Count Basie / Live At Sands
14 - Clark Terry / Clark Terry's Big-B-A-D-Band Live!
15 - ? / ?

33rd Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc1

1.Introduction - Basie
2.New York Minute
3.Shinkansen
4.Nardis
5.Harlem Nocturne
6.New Skies
7.Madcap
8.Elegant People
9.Blue in Green
10.Eleven
11.Shawnee
12.Don't Mention The Blues
13.Airmail Special

1 - comp:Ernie Willkins , arr:David Matthews/Katsunori Sasaki
2 - comp:Don Henry , arr:Hiroshi Hama/Takaaki Kondo
3 - One O'Clock Lab Band / Lab'97
4 - ? / ?
5 - ? / ?
6 - The Orchestra / New Skies
7 - Chuck Owen / Madcap
8 - ? / ?
9 - ? / ?
10 - ? / ?
11 - Buddy Rich / Buddy Rich Big Band
12 - Thilo Berg Big Band / Carnival of Life
13 - ? / ?

33rd Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc2

1.Trumpet Blues And Cantabile
2.Summertime
3.Lover
4.This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
5.Quintessence
6.Basie
7.Firm Roots
8.The Elder
9.The Git
10.Swinging Fingers
11.Cold September Morning
12.Abuducted Aliens
13.Pure And Simple
14.Buleria

1 - ? / ?
2 - ? / ?
3 - Gene Harris & Philip Morris Superband / World Tour 1990
4 - Count Basie / Live At Sands
5 - Quincy Jones / Quintessence
6 - Count Basie / On The Road
7 - Cont Basie Orchestra / Basie's Bag
8 - ? / ?
9 - Count Basie / / I Told You So
10 - Thilo Wolf Big Band / Swing It!
11 - Tom Kubis / Keep Swingin'
12 - One O'Clock Lab Band / Lab'98
13 - Maritime Jazz Orchestra / Now And Now Again
14 - Paris Jazz Big Band / Mediterraneo

34th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc1

1 Daahoud
2 Images
3 Surge
4 Voyage Out
5 Evelyn, Queen of the Racquet Club
6 Footprints
7 In The Tradition
8 Lovin' You
9 Another Day, Another Chance
10 Pole Position
11 En Tu Ausencia
12 Ancestral Messages
13 It gose without seeing that blue sky

1 - Oscar Peterson with Ernie Willkins Big Band
2 - Michel Legrand / Big Band
3 - Chuck Owen / Jazz Surge
4 - Sunday Night Orchestra / Voyage Out
5 - Bob Florence / Serendipity 18
6 - comp:Wayne Shorter / arr:Hiroshi Hama
7 - One O'Clock Lab Band / Lab 88
8 - ? / ?
9 - ? / ?
10 - ? / ?
11 - ? / ?
12 - ? / ?
13 - ? / ?

34th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc2

1.There Will Never be Another You
2.My Last Affair
3.It's All Right With Me
4.Fancy Meeting You
5.Tomorrow's Destiny
6.Riverdance
7.Bugle Call Rag
8.In A Sentimental Mood
9.Begin The Beguine
10.The Fox Hunt
11.Early Autumn
12.Nutville
13.The One More Time Suite Part2
14.City Life

1 - Count Basie / On The Road
2 - ? / ?
3 - ? / ?
4 - ? / ?
5 - One O'Clock Lab Band / Lab '96
6 - Bob Curnow & The SWR Big Band / Towednack, Celtic Big Band
7 - ? / ?
8 - ? / ?
9 - ? / ?
10 - ? / ?
11 - ? / ?
12 - Buddy Rich / The Roar of '74
13 - UMO Jazz Orchestra / One More Time
14 - WDR Big Band Koln / Sketches Of Bangalore

35th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc1

1.Nigerian Marketplace
2.Bohemia After Dark
3.Down By The Riverside
4.Happy People
5.Indian Riff
6.Mind Trip
7.Looking Up
8.Point of Entry
9.東へ
10.Bebop
11.Straight Up and Down
12.Chaging Spaces

1 - comp:Oscar Peterson , arr:Yuya Yoneda
2 - comp:Oscar Pettiford , arr:Hiroshi Hama
3 - Oliver Nelson / Live From Los Angels
4 - comp:Kenny Garett , arr:Naoyuki Takano
5 - Matt Catingub / Hi-Tech Big Band
6 - Sunday Night Orchestra / Voyage Out
7 - Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra / Plyas the Music of Kenny Wheeler
8 - One O'Clock Lab Band / Lab '97
9 - comp,arr:Mitsuru Tanaka
10 - comp:Dizzy Gillespie , arr:Junko Moriya
11 - One O'Clock Lab Band / Lab '98
12 - One O'Clock Lab Band / Lab 2003

35th Yamano Big Band Jazz Contest disc2

1.Ya Gotta Try
2.Second Chance
3.Do It !
4.Frontiers
5.Este Tambien
6.Shortcuts
7.It goes without seeing that blue
8.West Side Story Medley'75
9.10th Theme
10.Fast Food
11.Hallo! Young Lovers
12.Lazy Night
13.La Fiesta
14.Everybody Lovers My Baby's
15.Serenade in Blue
16.Don't Get Arond Much Anymore

1 - Buddy Rich / No Jive
2 - Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band / Swingin' For The Fences
3 - comp,arr:Osamu Yoshida
4 - ? / ?
5 - ? / ?
6 - ? / ?
7 - ? / ?
8 - Buddy Rich / Swingin' New Big Band
9 - comp:Yosuke Yamashita , arr:Kazuhiko Michisita
10 - Michel Legrand / Big Band
11 - ? / ?
12 - comp,arr:Tadao Kitano
13 - Woody Herman / Giant Steps
14 - ? / ?
15 - ? / ?
16 - ? / ?