2026年2月26日木曜日

カンパイマヒドン


Olympus E-5 + 50-200 F2.8-3.5
(2012/10, Dok Mai Garden, Chiang Mai, Thailand)

カンパイマヒドン
Afgekia mahidoliae

マメ科 Fabaceae
タイ(固有種)

タイ西部カンチャナブリ県の雑木林、石灰岩の山に自生する由。

山下洋輔 Yosuke Yamashita


My Old Flame

Composed by Sam Coslow

Piano – Mal Waldron, Yosuke Yamashita

Producer – Keiichi Nakamura

Recorded at Pitt Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo, September 17, 1985.

収録アルバム
マル・ウォルドロン&山下洋輔 
ピアノ・デュオ・ライブ

Mal Waldron & Yosuke Yamashita
Piano Duo Live At Pit Inn
CBS Sony, 1986


Yosuke Yamashita 山下洋輔
26 February 1942 (age 84)
Tokyo, Japan

2026年2月25日水曜日

Alan & Marilyn Bergman Song Collection 32

Windmills of Your Mind

Music written by Michel Legrand
Lyrics written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman


Alto Saxophone – David Sanborn
Bass – Marcus Miller
Drums – Marcus Baylor
Featuring, Vocals – Randy Crawford
Guitar – Yotam Silberstein
Keyboards – Roy Assaf
Percussion – Javier Diaz

Producer – Marcus Miller

収録アルバム
David Sanborn
Time And The River
Okeh, 2015


Round
Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending nor beginning
On an ever-spinning wheel
Like a snowball down a mountain
Or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that′s turning
Running rings around the moon
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind

Like a tunnel that you follow
To a tunnel of its own
Down a hollow to a cavern
Where the sun has never shone
Like a door that keeps revolving
And a half-forgotten dream
Or the ripples from the pebble
Someone tosses in a stream

Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind

Keys that jingle in your pocket
Words that jangle in your head
Why did summer go so quickly
Was it something that you said
Lovers walk along the shore
Leaving footprints in the sand
Is the sound of distant drumming
Just the fingers of your hand
Pictures hanging in a hallway
And the fragments of a song
Half-remembered names and faces
But to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over
You were suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning
To the color of her hair

Randy Crawford
February 18, 1952 (age 74)
Macon, Georgia, US

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スターフルーツ

Olympus E-5 + 50-200 F2.8-3.5
(2012/10, Dok Mai Garden, Chiang Mai, Thailand)

スターフルーツ (ゴレンシ) 
Averrhoa carambola

カタバミ科 Oxalidaceae
インドネシア原産

暗くなると「眠る」かわいらしい葉のある木。
可愛いピンクの花は、実がなり、
味(生のジャガイモのような味)よりも生態学的に興味深い。
若い実はとても酸っぱく、飲み物の飾りとして用いられる。

ほのかな甘みの酸っぱい味、と自分は記憶しているが、
スウェーデン人には "生のジャガイモ"のようなのか...


 

2026年2月24日火曜日

ナガバノゴレンシ


Olympus E-5 + 50-200 F2.8-3.5
(2012/10, Dok Mai Garden, Chiang Mai, Thailand)

ナガバノゴレンシ(ビリンビ)
Averrhoa bilimbi

カタバミ科 Oxalidaceae
モルッカ(インドネシア)原産

タイではタリン・プリンと呼ばれる。
実は小さなキュウリに似ていて、幹や大きな枝に直接実がなる。
果実は、まだ若く、青くてとても酸っぱい時に収穫される。
砂糖を加えて煮こんだり、汁物に入れる。
タイでは果樹園でなく家庭菜園で庭に植えられる。

Alan & Marilyn Bergman Song Collection 31


Hands of Time (Brian's Song)

Lyrics written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
Music written by Michel Legrand

収録アルバム
Lea Salonga
Inspired
Sony BMG Philippines, 2007





If the hands of time
Were hands that I could hold,
I'd keep them warm and in my hands
They'd not turn cold.

Hand in hand we'd choose
The moments that should last.
The lovely moments that
Should have no future and no past.

The summer from the top of the swing,
The comfort in the sound of a lullaby,
The innocence of leaves in the spring,
But most of all the moment
When love first touched me!

All the happy days
Would never learn to fly,
Until the hands of time
Would choose to wave Goodbye.

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 おまけ

Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio)
Lea Salonga's picking up list
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001s53c

2026年2月23日月曜日

Alan & Marilyn Bergman Song Collection 30


What Matters Most - It Might Be You
Lea Salonga with the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra

Music written by Dave Grusin
Lyrics  written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman

Live recorded at Philippine International Convention Center, 2001

収録アルバム
Lea Salonga
Songs from the Screen
Musiko, 2011


Lea Salonga  リア・サロンガ
February 22, 1971 (age 55)
Manila, Philippines

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