Haruki Murakami Day: Part One 9th December 2018

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NTS GUIDE TO: JAZZ IN MURAKAMI NOVELS

'Somewhere along the line Coltrane’s soprano sax runs out of steam. Now it’s McCoy Tyner’s piano solo I hear, the left hand carving out a repetitious rhythm and the right layering on thick, forbidding chords. Like some mythic scene, the music portrays somebody’s - a nameless, faceless somebody’s - dim past, all the details laid out as clearly as entrails being dragged out of the darkness. Or at least that’s how it sounds to me. The patient, repeating music ever so slowly breaks apart the real, rearranging the pieces. It has a hypnotic, menacing smell, just like the forest' - Kafka On The Shore Music, and specifically jazz, has always featured heavily in the literary imagination of Haruki Murakami. In this radio special, NTS lays down two hours of jazz records as featured throughout Murakami's corpus.

TRiNH

TRiNH - an hour of covers and nostalgic feels, playing a wide range of genres with a focus on L-O-V-E.

Pop Soul Classic Rock Classical

Seven hours dedicated to the music featured in the works of Japanese writer & novelist Haruki Murakami - soothing classical, vintage jazz & pop, originally compiled by writer & critic Scott Meslow for The Week.

Listen along and read the excerpt from every single musical reference in each of his books, right down to the page number with this extensive glossary.

Tracklist

0:00:00
Brook BentonBrook Benton
Rainy Night In Georgia
0:03:46
The Beach BoysThe Beach Boys
California Girls
0:06:27
Claudio Arrau, Claudio Arrau, Beethoven, Beethoven, Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Bernard HaitinkBernard Haitink
Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 37

Miles DavisMiles Davis
A Gal In Calico
Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley, The JordanairesThe Jordanaires
Return To Sender
Sly & The Family StoneSly & The Family Stone
Everyday People
Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Woodstock
Norman GreenbaumNorman Greenbaum
Spirit In The Sky
Eddie HolmanEddie Holman
Hey There Lonely Girl
Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley, The JordanairesThe Jordanaires
Good Luck Charm
Haydn, Haydn, John McCabeJohn McCabe
Sonata No. 3 In F (Hob. 9)
Ricky NelsonRicky Nelson
Hello Mary Lou
Bobby VeeBobby Vee
Rubber Ball
Monday Or AlwaysMonday Or Always
It’s So Peaceful In The Country Mildred Bailey Sunday
Wolfgang MozartWolfgang Mozart
Piano Sonata In F Major K. 332 II. Adagio
Wayne NewtonWayne Newton
MacArthur Park
Johnny RiversJohnny Rivers
Midnight Special
Johnny RiversJohnny Rivers
Roll Over Beethoven
Johnny Rivers1Johnny Rivers1
Secret Agent Man
Johnny Rivers1Johnny Rivers1
Johnny B. Goode
Maynard FergusonMaynard Ferguson
Main Title (From The 20th Century-Fox Film "Star Wars")
Percy Faith And His OrchestraPercy Faith And His Orchestra
Perfidia
Benny Goodman And His OrchestraBenny Goodman And His Orchestra
Air Mail Special
Bob DylanBob Dylan
Positively 4th Street
Ray CharlesRay Charles
Georgia On My Mind
Lawrence Brown's All-Stars, Lawrence Brown's All-Stars, Johnny HodgesJohnny Hodges
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
Wild Bill Davis, Wild Bill Davis, Johnny HodgesJohnny Hodges
Sophisticated Lady
Mozarteum Orchester, Mozarteum Orchester, Münchner Symphoniker Orchestra, Münchner Symphoniker Orchestra, Süddeutsche Philharmonie Orchestra, Süddeutsche Philharmonie Orchestra, Alfred Scholz, Alfred Scholz, Giacomo RossiniGiacomo Rossini
La Gazza Ladra - Obertura