Susumu : a tone poem in three movements /
"Susumu" (Progress) features jazz pianist Sumi Tonooka's bittersweet tone poem "Out from the Silence," a musical piece about her mother's experiences when incarcerated at Manzanar internment camp in California during World War II. More broadly, this collaboration serves...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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Constant Spring Productions,
2021
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| Summary: | "Susumu" (Progress) features jazz pianist Sumi Tonooka's bittersweet tone poem "Out from the Silence," a musical piece about her mother's experiences when incarcerated at Manzanar internment camp in California during World War II. More broadly, this collaboration serves as the artist's interpretation of the profound psychological, financial and spiritual impact that Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 had directly upon Americans of Japanese ancestry and their descendants. This three movement piece melds standard jazz instrumentation with traditional Japanese music, i.e. Sokyoku, using piano alongside Japanese instruments such as koto and shakuhachi. All instruments are used in honor of the three generations of Japanese-Americans affected by the internment, with each generation's movement portrayed in a different musical style. Japanese music and poetry is used for first generation Issei in "The Arrest." "Out from the Silence," for second-generation Nisei, is composed in the swing jazz style of the World War II era. Progressive jazz is the style for "Susumu," the final movement for third-generation Sansei. The performances are interspersed with reminiscences by Sumi's mother, Emiko, about her own internment experiences. Throughout the film, Sumi Tonooka guides the viewer through the piece, articulating her creative process, explaining how she studied and incorporated traditional Japanese music. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed January 21, 2022). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (31 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 00:30:02 |
| Language: | In English and Japanese. |
