Jan Hammer

内容は今で言う所のFusion,Progressive Rock,World Music,
New Ageと多岐に渡っています。

\x{2460}Darkness/Earth in Search of a SunはJeff Beckの
Live With the Jan Hammer Groupにも収録されていますが
その演奏のTensionの高さはこちらが上だと思います。

そして最終曲\x{2466}Seventh DayはLight Fusionとして
癒し系の美しい曲と思います。

Techno等とは違った、手弾きの演奏でのElectricな音楽で
そのどれもが人の手による音楽の優しさが詰まっています。

今からウン十年前にLPで持っていたので、CDとして
出ているのを見つけ即購入しましたが、今でも40:06の
音楽によるImaginationの旅を楽しめました。

１曲目「闇」は、のちにジェフ・ベックとのライヴ盤『ライヴ・ワイアー』でもお馴染となった曲ですが、こちらはそのオリジナル。冒頭のシンセサイザーやメロトロン＋フリーマンのリアルなストリングスの響きといい、ライヴ盤の演奏とは比較にならない「重厚」で密度の高い作りとなっています。

５曲目「哺乳類の創造」におけるデヴィッド・アール・ジョンソンのパーカッションとヤン・ハマーのmini moogの迫真のプレイも聴きどころ。

ピアノ小品風な部分と各種シンセやメロトロン、デジタル・シークエンサーを駆使しクラシカルにドラマティックに仕上げた部分とを融合させた、ジャズという域を超えたプログレッシヴなヤン・ハマーの一面を堪能させてくれるアルバムです。

全編を通して、あのマイアミ・バイス空気が支配しているアルバムであって、ジェフ・ベックとのライブでのギターバリバリなキーボードを期待すると完全な肩すかしを食らいます。しかし、これはこれでよしとしか言いようがない、なんというか８０年代の乾いた音楽を味わうことが出来ます。

ＦＭ音源好きな人は買うべし。今のシンセの音とは完全に違う、なんというか冷たい音色ににやっとすること請け合いです。

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ほかのアルバム買うのならこれ買ったほうがいいです！

サウンドトラックという性格上、本当にCompleteということではないと思いますが、「あの曲がないぞ」というような印象はありません。ちゃんと楽曲になっているものはほぼ全て網羅されたと思ってよいのではないでしょうか。

ライナーノートにはJHのバイオグラフィー、MVでの仕事に関する解説と、各曲ごとの短い解説(JHのコメント、どのエピソードのどの場面で使われたか、など)が付加されています。("Escape From Television"に入っていた曲については、基本的に同じ解説が再録されています。)2002年まで出なかった方が不思議なくらいのCDですが（今まで誰もレビューを書いていないのも不思議）、ライナーノートによれば、JH自身はこのようなコレクションを出そうという気は全くなかった（殆ど忘れていた）のですが、しかし、ウェブサイトにファンの要望があまりにも多く寄せられ続けたため、あらためてMVを見直してみて発売する気になったそうです。インターネットのご利益の一例ですね。
私自身、このようなCDを長年望んでいたので、大変満足しています。