Here is a abridged sampling of jazz titles that appear in his fiction: Please note: Page numbers refer to Vintage Paperback editions, except Kafka on the Shore, in which case the page numbers refer to the Knopf hardcover edition.
Kenneth Alford
"Colonel Bogey March"
The Elephant Vanishes, p. 56
Kenny Burrell
"Stormy Sunday"
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, p. 344
Frank Chacksfield Orchestra
"Autumn In New York"
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, p. 376
Nat King Cole
"Pretend"
South of the Border, West of the Sun, pp. 12, 177
"South Of The Border"
South of the Border, West of the Sun, pp. 15, 175, also pp. 93, 171
John Coltrane
"My Favorite Things"
Kafka on the Shore, pp. 339, 357
Miles Davis
"Bags' Groove"
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, p. 362
"Airegin"
The Elephant Vanishes, p. 138
"Kind Of Blue" (Album)
Norwegian Wood, p. 218
Duke Ellington
"Popular Ellington"
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, p. 344
"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me"
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, p. 387
"Sophisticated Lady"
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, p. 387
"Star-Crossed Lovers"
South of the Border, West of the Sun, p. 94, 168, 205
"Embraceable You"
South of the Border, West of the Sun, p. 107
Stan Getz
"Getz/Gilberto" (Album)
Kafka on the Shore, p. 232
Woody Herman
"Early Autumn"
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, p. 376
Antonio Carlos Jobim
"Corcovado"
South of the Border, West of the Sun, p. 89
"Desafinado"
Norwegian Wood, pp. 162, 280
"The Girl From Ipanema"
Norwegian Wood, p. 162
Thelonius Monk
Honeysuckle Rose
Norwegian Wood, p. 171
Roger Williams
"Autumn Leaves"
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, p. 376
Lester Young
"I Can't Get Started"
After the Quake, p. 74
1 comment:
thank you , i have just been leafing through 'Hard-boiled wonderland...' looking to engage in music Haruki writes about, you have made it easy, mow i must go and listen, Tash
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