Toru’s search for that cat triggers one surreal occurrence after another, surrounding him with a bevy of “inscrutable women coming out of nowhere,” including a faceless erotic voice on the phone who knows too much, his teenaged truant neighbor May Kasahara who dubs him “Mr. While he’s playing househusband, he’s also supposed to be on the lookout for their pet cat, Noboru Wataya, named after Kumiko’s brother. His wife Kumiko’s job at a magazine is enough for now to keep them comfortable.
Toru Okada is unemployed with little to do. Rediscovering Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle a decade-plus after initial reading has been quite the wide-eyed adventure indeed. If you find you need a few satisfying distractions during this final countdown week, re-discovering Murakami’s earlier tomes might just do the trick, especially when unpredictable moons and ladders that serve as downward portals to other worlds prove to be repeated Murakami-markers. All 944 pages (on paper or recorded) will be well worth the wait, I promise! You might choose to hold out until November 8 when the audible version is scheduled for release. He is currently the Assistant Professor of Jazz at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.In less than a week, you can be holding 1Q84, Haruki Murakami‘s long-awaited spectacular title finally available in English, which hits shelves on October 25. His other research interests include musical instrument technology and the history of jazz, early jazz bass history, and the music of Doug Hammond. His book "The Jazz Rhythm Section" will be published by NAfME in conjunction with Rowman & Littlefield in March 2019. His article on bassist Charlie Haden, "As Long As There's Music: Spirituality in Charlie Haden's Performancle and Solo on 'Irene'", is forthcoming in Jazz Perspectives. His newest recording, "The Elephant Vanishes: Jazz Interpretations of the Short Stories of Haruki Murakami", will be released by Origin records in April 2019.Īs a researcher, he has presented his work at the Jazz Education Network, BassEurope, Massachusetts Music Educators Association and the National Association for Music Education. He has recorded two CDs under his name, "Untold", a set of original compositions, and "Impromptu", a piano trio set performing standards. Bassist, composer, and educator Fumi Tomita was active in the New York jazz scene for over fifteen years, having performed with Sheila Jordan, Steve Davis, Christian Sands, Luis Perdomo, Dave Liebman, Jeff Coffin, Steve Wilson, Felipe Salles, and others.
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