I like to buy jazz records when I'm in America.
So I went straight to the jazz section and picked out a few things.
For example, Billie Holiday, which I really love. Nobody can't like her.
I don't have it at home.
I was listening to a really cheap repress
and not even mine, and I was hoping to find it one day.
You sometimes have to be really patient.
And you don't really get what you're looking for, what you're really interested in getting.
But you get other things and then at one point you will get what you want.
And I got 'Thelonious Himself.' It's a solo piano record. Since I'm a piano player.
Let's see, Horace Silver is special to me because my dad loves him so much
so I was listening to Horace Silver a lot.
I'm basically always happy when I find one I don't have
so I don't have this one, but I'm sure I'll like it.
I only heard about this one. John Coltrane.
I believe it's some of his later, very free work. Kind of abstract
long, chaotic improvisations.
But always so heartfelt and so meaningful and essential that
so worth exposing yourself to it.
And something really easy listening, but truly beautiful.
Miles Davis, from that time kind of... it's all gold.
Special one. I think he was on to something new with this quintet.
I love the cover so much. And it looks so nice in this yellowish kind of original pressing.
I only have a cheap German repress which doesn't even sound so good.
So I'm always happy to compare also the pressings
to see how the pressing affects the sound and the magic of a record.
I believe that certain pressings can be in the way of a record's grace
and that other records are sounding just so good and were so well done that
there's no wonder that people are amazed by it.
So I try to take care, or to learn from old pressings
because some of the old original pressings still sound better than the represses.
That's something I would play in a situation where you
have dinner or just have a drink or hot sake before you go to bed.
Love this one. Classic.
How old were you when you started playing piano?
Eight.
Eight? One of our employees was describing the way that you play
and said that you hold the notes for so long
that he thinks it would hurt your fingers. Does that sound accurate?
It is about challenging physical boundaries of course
and certain pieces hurt a little bit.
But not too bad, just like a gym, you know. You work out. It's a good kind of pain.
Thank you for talking with us today.
Have fun shopping.