{"id":1856,"date":"2013-09-17T03:32:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=1856"},"modified":"2013-10-22T10:34:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T15:34:00","slug":"the-music-of-hayakawa-yoshio-2-salvia-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=1856","title":{"rendered":"The Music of Hayakawa Yoshio (2): ?Salvia Flowers???"},"content":{"rendered":"

(In anticipation of the October 18, 2013 concert by Hayakawa Yoshio and Sakuma Masahide at the University of Chicago, over the next few weeks I will be posting a series of entries here introducing Hayakawa?s music. More information about the concert, which is free and open to the public, is available here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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The Jacks broke up after releasing two studio albums, and in 1969 Hayakawa recorded his first solo album. Things That Are Cool Are Somehow So Uncool<\/em> (Kakko ii koto wa nante kakko warui dar??). Released on the underground URC label, the LP received widespread acclaim, with critics in particular singling out the track ?Salvia Flowers??? (????????), with music by Hayakawa and lyrics by Aizawa Yasuko, for praise. Whereas The Jacks? music had been primarily guitar-based, for his solo debut Hayakawa switched to piano as his main instrument.<\/p>\n

With its achingly beautiful melody and elegiac lyrics, ?Salvia Flowers??? became Hayakawa?s most widely covered composition. It has subsequently been performed by numerous performers from across the popular music spectrum, ranging from Kuwata Keisuke (Southern All Stars) to Inoue Y??sui, Yuki Saori, Agata Morio, and Yamamoto Linda. It also remains a fixture of Hayakawa?s concert repertoire.<\/p>\n

The original 1969 recording of ?Salvia Flowers???:<\/p>\n