30 years after, they’re ‘big in Japan’
In the music world, being “Big in Japan” means a music group is less than success in the US or Europe. Alternative artists like Tom Waits, Guano Apes, and Alphaville have written different songs titled and about the curse of being musically “Big In Japan.” There’s even a punk band called Big in Japan.
However in this case, after 30 years, the teen jazz trio the “Dapele Brothers” have become “big in Japan” and the whole world is now taking notice.
Listen to my short, iPod-ready remix of the Dapele Trio’s tunes “Maudlin” + “Shortened Suite” (MP3, 3.2MB, 1:32 min.)
[Alternative link here.]
After 30 years, teenagers’ record draws attention in JapanThe Telegram.com / 12 May 2005 —
For a bunch of local kids, David, Peter and Leon Gruenbaum put together a pretty good musical career. The jazz trio of brothers, dubbed Dapele by their father using the first two letters of each of their names, played area schools, libraries and nursing homes in the mid-1970s…When the oldest, David, was 17 and preparing to head to the University of Chicago, the brothers recorded an album of their original compositions just as a sort of family keepsake. They pressed 1,000 copies, sold some for $5.95 a piece, and the rest got stuck in storage….
…the record, “Bop ‘n Pop … and all that Jazz,” mysteriously resurfaced in a Japanese vintage vinyl store, drawing rave reviews and such renewed demand the brothers are considering putting out a compact disc version……more…
You can find more Dapele Trio’s samples on their official website.
Link thanks to Mulboyne
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