[Cool & Elegant]
No.40EX "Natsu no bijutsu-kan" by Nao Matsushita
Hi. Today's song is "Natsu-no bijutsu-kan" (A museum in summer) by "Nao Matsushita".
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Song data
| Title | Natsu-no bijutsu-kan |
|---|---|
| Artist | Nao Matsushita |
| Album Title | |
| Catalog Number | ESCL-2878,9 |
| Track No. | 13 |
| Duration | 4:41 |
| Released | 2006 |
| Publisher | |
| Lyricist | Instrumental |
| Composers | Thomas (Thomas Sawada?),Gitane (Gitane Yoshinaga?),Nakamichi (Katsuhiko Nakamichi ?),Allen,Nao Matsushita |
| Arranger | Same with composers |
About the creators
Instrumental musicLyricist
This is an instrumental music.
THOMAS, Gitane, NAKAMICHI, ALLEN, Nao MatsushitaComposers & (Arrangers?)
Seemingly, this instrumental music is a collaboration of the above 5 musicians.
And therefore, the arrangement work seems has been done by a team.
Variety
Thomas, Gitane, & Nakamaichi are all active musicians in various genre from Hip-hop to Jazz.
It seems they are frequently participating in other musician's recordings. And their names are often credited like this.
Concerning the musician "ALLEN", we will update if we find any information.
"Nao Matsushita" is the performer of this track. Then, we would like to come back to her later in "About the artist" section.
(THOMAS, Gitane, NAKAMICHI, ALLEN, Nao Matsushita)
Video clip
Finally, here is a video clip of a Hip-hop Jazz, performed by "Thomas", to be more precise, one of the composer of today's song, "Thomas Sawada".
"Thomas Sawada" is a guitarist, composer, arranger, and a member of an Ukulele unit "TOWALELE" (Here is their video clip "Towalele By TOWALELE.(Youtube)" )
He plays wide range of guitars from the ukulele to the hard rock.
On this video, he is playing a pretty cool Hip-hop Jazz.
If you like, please listen.
-NOTICE-
There are some still pictures of bikini girls appearing on this video.
If you are concerned about such, we recommend you not to play this clip. Thank you.
* "WATERWORLD" by Thomas Sawada
Cover art today
Sound impressions
Elegant & stylish
This is an elegant and acoustic piano instrumental in moderated tempo in a four-note rhythm.
Like a natural makeup on
The futuristic sound from the sampler, and a harmony of the piano begin an introduction.
The bass, drums, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, flute and the violin join soon, and perform a refined main melody.
Nao Matsushita's piano play is delicate and smooth, and let listeners relax.
Reference
About Google translate
About the artist
Nao MatsushitaA pianist, but heroine
"Nao Matsushita" is a pianist, actor, composer, and singer active since 2000.
As a pianist, she debuted in 2006 with an instrumental album "dolce". Since then, 3 singles, and 7 original plus 2 best albums have been released until now.
(Ref: Wikipedia-en, Nao Matsushita)
Until the debut
According to wikipedia, she was born, and grown up in west part of Japan near Osaka.
Unlike her present slender and modish appearance, she was a "child of nature" when small.
But in respect of the piano, she began to take lessons at the age of three.
When became a middle school student, she started wanting to be an actor.
Then in 2000, she entered a model contest, and won the First prize.
Afterwards, she began to appear a few of TV advertising occasionally.
And in 2004, she debuted as an actor, on a TV drama series.
On the other hand, in 2003, she moved to Tokyo to go to college, for learning the piano more intensively, until she successfully graduated from the college of music in 2008.
As an actor
Since debut, she slowly and steadily gained popularity.
In 2010, she was selected as a heroine for one of the most popular TV drama series in Japan.
The TV series became a hit, and her popularity surged with the program.
And now, she in one of the most popular actor, and a shining celebrity in Japan.
As a pianist & singer
She has a long career on the piano, but in 2005, she played the piano for a TV drama series as a part of the theme music.
And this became the debut as a professional pianist for her.
In 2006, she released a piano instrumental album "Dolce", for the first time in life.
Fortunately, one of the track on this album, namely "Natsu-no bijutsu-kan" (A museum in summer) which we are listening today, was chosen for a theme music of a certain TV program.
Thanks to this lucky chance, she managed to spread her name also as a pianist.
Then in 2007, she finally released the first vocal song as a theme music for an Anime movie "Piano-no mori" (The forest of the piano).
Afterwards, she is releasing vocal songs from time to time.
Combination
Naturally, sometimes there is a request asking her to write, perform a music, but also act as a heroine. (Like a 2008 movie "Chesuto!")
Even such a tough job, she is fairly proactive.
Music as a partner
According to an interview, she is saying that the music is essential for her life.
She likes to listen, play and write a music. And the music always encourages her.
So, she has been keeping a good partner-ship with music, that may be why her music is somewhat peaceful always.
(Ref: Wikipedia-en, Nao Matsushita)
(Ref: www2.nhk.or.jp,
Nao Matsushita archives)🇯🇵
(Ref: antenna.jp, Nao Matsushita interview, 09-01-2017)🇯🇵
(Ref: Josei-jishin,
Nao Matsushita interview, 25-02-2009)🇯🇵
(Ref: billboard-japan.com
Nao Matsushita roots songs)🇯🇵
Video clip
Finally, here is a video clip of an excellent Smooth jazz number "Melodious Sky" performed by Nao Matsushita, and an increasingly popular Jazz-rock group "fox capture plan".
It is being picked up from "Matsushita"s new album "Synchro", released in FEB 2019.
This is fabulous. It is opening a new horizon for "Nao Matsushita".
If you like, please listen.
* "Melodious Sky" by Nao Matsushita
Music Samples
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Japanese Letters
| Song Title | 夏の美術館(Natsu-no bijutsu-kan) |
|---|---|
| Artist | 松下奈緒(Nao Matsushita) |
| Album Title | dolce |
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