효은이가 이원의료재단에서 수여하는 우수논문상 수상자로 선정되어 

지난달에 300만원이나 받았대는 데 왜 나에게는 아직까지 선물이 없냐?

아주대에서 아주 놀고만 있진 않았던 모양이네.

추카하고 일산암센터에 가서도 더욱 정진하기 바란다.

아래 High Life 란 음악을 올리다 보니 

불현듯 독일에서 티티제(Titisee) 여행을 하다가 

그곳에서 참석했던 재즈연주회가 생각났다.

연주회라 할 것도 없이 한 개의 재즈팀이 관광안내소 홀에서

재즈음악을 신나게 연주하고 있었고 

관광객들이 함께 어우러져 박수를 치며 즐기고 있드만.

우리나라로 치면 판소리 마당극에서 관객들과 함께 즐기는 모습이라할까.

오늘 같은 날 블로그에 이런 이야기를 올릴 줄 알았더라면

재미있는 사진을 많이 찍어 뒀을 텐데 지금 살펴보니 딱 한장.

당시 부활절 연휴에 독일에서 유명하다는 흑림(Schwarz Wald)을 거쳐

티티제를 다녀온 여행은 풍광도 멋있었지만

바깥날씨는 쌀쌀한 데도 따스하고 온화했던 승용차 속 분위기

우리나라 가을 하늘 처럼 높고 파아란 하늘 등이 

흐리멍덩한 내 기억 속에 선명하게 남아 있다.

- Mary Black의 If I Gave My Heart to You

* 독일에서 여행 다닐 때 주로 한국에서 가져간 CD음악을 들으며 다녔는 데

  슈바르츠발트 산 능선을 넘을 때 갑자기 내 귀를 번쩍 뜨게한 음악이 이 노래였다. 

  한국에 있을 땐 이 곡이 그렇게까지 좋은 줄 몰랐는 데 자연의 아름다움과 주변 분위기 등

  천지인이 함께 어우러지는 것이 최고의 여행이라는 확신을 갖게 된 그 때 이후 

  이 곡은 나의 애청곡의 하나가 되었다.

On December 6 and 7, 1976, in a small jazz club called Stampen (The Pawn Shop) in Stockholm's Old Town, Swedish sound engineer Gert Palmcrantz recorded a group of leading Scandinavian jazzmen live, trying to get "the tight, harmonious sound of the records of my childhood." Conditions were less than ideal. A full house, a great deal of background noise. No rehearsals. No sound checks. The musicians just started playing with no one knowing what would be next on the agenda until reedman Arne Domnerus called it.

The result has often been hailed as the best live jazz recording ever. Amazingly, for a small country such as Sweden, the record sold more than half a million copies and still sells, at a rate of around 4,000 copies annually. In the past thirty years it has been re-released in all manner of formats and become a cult album for Hi-Fi freaks, especially in South East Asia, where a Hong Kong audio magazine devoted five pages to an analysis of Palmcrantz's achievement.

Now the icing on the cake: a special three-CD 30th anniversary edition of Jazz at the Pawnshop, with hybrid disks that play on ordinary CD, Stereo SACD and Surround SACD systems. It comes with previously unreleased material, a booklet in which a charmingly modest Palmcrantz very amusingly tells just how he did it. Plus a DVD, featuring interviews with Erstrand and Riedel, recorded in Stampen, with English subtitles.

Sound aside, the music is an absolutely glorious mix that seamlessly knits Ellington with Armstrong, melancholic Swedish folk songs with bop, and two takes of African High Life thrown in for good measure. Domnerus is at the very height of his considerable powers on alto saxophone and clarinet. The highlights are a lovely, lyrical version of "Over The Rainbow" and his booting rendition of Parker's "Now's The Time," which follow one another on the second disc. Pianist Bengt Hallberg, usually an extremely delicate and very measured player, was obviously affected by the general ambience, and here and there cuts loose with awesome force. "Bengt went almost crazy on occasions," bassist Riedel recalls on the DVD. Erstrand, one of Europe's best on vibes, played just one night but added a light, airy feel. He rides high on up-tempo numbers like "Limehouse Blues," but also provides subtle underpinning on ballads including "I'm Confessin'" and "Lady Be Good."

You hear the chink of glasses, the chime of the bell to acknowledge a tip, the burr of conversation. It all fits; that intimate club atmosphere that sparks jazz at its best. You feel as though you're there. Which is Palmcrantz's triumph, and why Jazz at the Pawnshop is likely to continue to fascinate both jazz and audio fans for a good many years to come.

Track Listing: CD1: Limehouse Blues; I'm Confessin'; High Life; Jeep's Blues; Lady Be Good; Take Five; Everything Happens To Me; Barbados; Stuffy. CD2: Over The Rainbow; Now's The Time; Out Of Nowhere; Take The A Train; Here Is That Rainy Day; Struttin' With Some Barbecue; Poor Butterfly; Exactly Like You; Jeepers Creepers; How High The Moon; Things Ain't What They Used To Be. CD3: In a Mellow Tone; Gubben och Kallingen; Nancy With The Laughing Face; Struttin' With Some Barbecue (alternative take); It Don't Mean A Thing; Mood Indigo; Jeep's Blues (alternative take); High Life (alternative take).

Personnel: Arne Domnerus: alto saxophone, clarinet; Bengt Hallberg: piano; Lars Erstrand: vibes, marimba; Georg Riedel: bass; Egil Johansen: drums.

Record Label: Proprius
Style: Straight-ahead/Mainstream