Nullary Sources

Let’s have Joe Hisaishi two weeks in a row. In fact, let’s have him forever.

This piece is “Sosuke’s Voyage” from the Ponyo soundtrack. There are a few other tunes I’d much rather have posted than this, but a ton of the soundtrack has been pulled from YouTube. How dare the copyright owners exercise their legal rights!

This soundtrack is kind of interesting because of its hilariously overt Wagner influence. This piece, however, shows none of that! Instead we’ve got a vaguely American second half which is pretty cool.

Dinosaur Jr., then newly-reuinted, perform a 7-minute version of “Forget the Swan”. In-fucking-credible.

In 2003, the Japanese jazz fusion band T-SQUARE held a concert tour titled SPIRITS. This is their song “Sunnyside Cruise” from that tour.

Check out how the audience has the piece memorized, erupting when the opening riff starts and cheering in advance of Takeshi Itoh’s sax melodies at 1:41 and 1:58. They are getting this excited about a jazz fusion band. This is how big T-SQUARE is.

(I have it memorized too.)

Cole Porter’s “Night and Day” performed by Lady Kim and the New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra (yes really). Conducted and arranged by the legendary Joe Hisashi.

BBC News:

Bass guitarist Donald “Duck” Dunn, who played with Booker T and the MGs, has died in Tokyo aged 70.

The MGs were the house band for Stax Records, and Dunn can be heard on songs such as Otis Redding’s Respect and Sam and Dave’s Hold On, I’m Comin’.

Let’s all listen to “Hold On, I’m Comin’” in tribute.

Also, previously on Nullary Sources: “Green Onions.”

Tommy Emmanuel and Pedro Javier Gonzales played a duet arrangement of Emmanuel’s piece “Bella Soave” for the 21st Soave Guitar Festival. Simply beautiful.

I guess I’m back from Hawai’i. Alas.

Guess I’ll play myself out with some Richard Kauhi. This is “Kamakani Kaili Aloha.”

Method Man
“Uh-Huh”

Amazing production by Nottz on this track from the Def Jam Vendetta OST. Yes, really, that’s where it’s from.¹

As usual, verse after incredible verse from Meth. Either you get his brilliance or you don’t. Simple as that.

I don’t believe we’ve ever posted anything by Bobby McFerrin during the more than a year(!) we’ve been doing this thing, so I present to you the always enjoyable “Don’t Worry Be Happy.”

Jon Gomm covering Radiohead’s “High and Dry”. Absolutely incredible.

Previously.