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---
title: "That Later Scene From Kids on the Slope"
categories: anime
abstract: Kids on Slope, an japanise anime, sure understands jazz
date: 2023-03-11T06:58:24+01:00
year: 2023
draft: false
tags:
- anime
- jazz
- kids-on-the-slope
- Ted-Gaioa
---
A follow-up from [a post](2023/that-scene-from-kids-on-the-slope/) from a few days ago, this is another amazing scene showing even deeper what jazz is:

{{<youtube "f_W5KoPRWy0" "blowin the blues away~but not for me Kids on the Slope live scene">}}

> [...] feel free to go crazy once you get in the groove

This is precisely what [Ted Gaioa](http://www.tedgioia.com/thehistoryofjazz.html) wrote about jazz: it's profoundly visceral music. It can (and should, but I cannot) appreciate it on an intellectual level, but deep inside, it's a musical discussion between band members. Kaoru and Sentarō are already connected spiritually, and they don't need to exchange words to communicate and understand each other.

Funny side note: the second song they play, "But Not For Me," was written by George and Ira Gershwin, white fellas, and the version they perform is based on Chet Baker's interpretation - a white jazz legend.

{{<img-center "chet-baker.webp" "Chet Baker in his glory days" "https://mubi.com/cast/chet-baker">}}