Some sweets lovers might recognize a pastry chef and chocolatierSusumu Koyama, who has won titles at worldwide chocolat contests many times. And some music fans -especially if you have preferences like me
, and some people who have read this weblog, might recalltwo songsof Chikuzen Satou
: " The Lost Treasure
" from " Your Christmas Day III
", and" Human
" from " Cornerstones 6
" They are writteninspired byKoyama's chocolat. Koyama's cakes and sweets inspired various musicians, and twelve songs were written or performed, and this compilation album came true. They tasted Koyama's sweets, and some wrote songs for this album, and some covered songs suitable for sweets they experienced
. Of course, Chikuzen is one of the musicians who took part in. He selected strawberry shortcake and covered " Strawberry Letter 23
" written in 1977. Just like Koyama's cakes and sweets made from different ingredients and different art of cooking, twelve songs are all different -Chamber music with piano, pop tune, rock'n'roll and jazz. Some musicians compare creating music with cooking; ingredients are the most important, and they try to select the best cookery and tableware for good ingredients
.
September 27, 2017 Tokuma Japan Communications, TKCA-74552
Why did I place this album not onFebruary 14, St.Valentine's Day, but today? In our country, confectionery industry made Valentine's day into event that women present chocolate to men as token of love and distribute valentine's chocolate and sweets at workplaces out of a sense of social obligation, and besides, established "White Day" on March 14, one month after Valentine's day, that men who received valentine gifts from women return them with sweets and various gifts -Unique aspect of this nation that is loyal to duty and particular about returns! But in this Valentine season, a big-name confectionery ran a newspaper advertisement encouraging to stop distributing obligation chocolates at workplaces -to be precise, men side should suggest women side that they don't need obligation chocolates
, and controversy rose. NASA
that March 14 is Pi Day
. As I confessed, I flunked in mathematics in high school and gave up interests in space once, though -until I came back in spring 2015.