JAZZ MANGA

[Quasimado]

Blue Giant is a Japanese Jazz Manga series (1-10) written and illustrated by Ishizuka Shinichi. A sequel to this series entitled Blue Giant Supreme, has also been

published. The story revolves around the jazz adventures of a young musician from Sendai, determined to be the world's greatest saxophonist.   Q.

 

    

 

Edited February 13, 2018 by Quasimado

[lipi]

You left out the best part: Universal Music Japan has released two albums to accompany the manga. There's an excerpt from one of the albums in this short article:

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/09/video-jazz-themed-manga-blue-giant-pvs-feature-famous-jazz-tunes

I can't comment on the musical quality, because it sounds like "weird modern shit" to me. (Translation for you hip folks: "it doesn't sound like cartoon music, so I don't care for it".)

Also, there's a fan translation (questionable legality, but then again, there's no official English translation that I can find) online here: https://mangadex.com/manga/16542 Scroll to the bottom of that page.

[Quasimado]

Thanks for that. It's on Youtube too.

Nice - he listens to Cannonball, Getz, Rollins and Lester.   Q

Edited February 14, 2018 by Quasimado
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