Blue Giant

These releases are pretty far apart but boy are they worth the wait

This shit is great. 

One of my favorites, thank you Golden Roze!!

great to have this one back, thanks golden rose, keep the great work

 

This situation just gives me chill. I'm not sure what would I do in MC situation.

Thank you for this Christmas realease Golden Roze!! and I hope you all had a good Christmas!!

This reminds me of Beck. This manga deserves a anime.

MC is so cool.

Thank you for the list! ^^

Made a youtube playlist for it

thanks for the list, really enjoying it!

 

this series is sooo good, but you have to listen to jazz with this, to get the full intensity of Dai, like he's probably doing something awesome like this or this song.

 

 

The dude who recommended him is so horrible if you think about it. He knew this guy was a newbe and still recommended him to a live gig.

 

The band also let him play with them without any kind of rehearsal.
 

the dude that recommended him wasn't that bad, cause he gave him the opportunity to start and realize how is it doing a gig, the problem is that they didn't show a rehearsal, like teaching the song that they were doing (the girl from ipanema is really smooth and making a newb start from 0 was bad thinking)

 

the guy with glasses adapted pretty quickly, was pretty interesting how they showed that, and when people were talking about documentary-eske style, was giving me the chills and how they expressed was really musician-like

 

well, this manga got me hooked instantly, thanks a bunch to Golden Roze, hope that they translate all the manga

RIP Barnum.

Don't know why, but I just got chills on the nape of my neck at the "documentary style" panels on Dai's humble beginnings!

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-24/blue-giant-jazz-manga-ends-but-sequel-series-begins-in-september/.105737

I suppose the author went for a Charlie Parker-esque origin story where the MC gets his ass handed to him and goes on to become one of the jazz greats of his time after woodshedding (or in this case, riverbanking) like crazy for some time.

And yes, no sane person would be uninformed enough to let someone play in a band setting in front of people when you know he has zero repertoire. Not sure inhowfar they actually are aware of this fact, though.

I definitely agree that the shop-owner and the band displayed some poor judgement, but in honesty, the underlying theme the "Jazz Culture" in the comic has is one of self-empowerment and self-realization. In fact, neither the band nor the shop-owner thought what he did was bad – it was just ill-fitting and poorly expressed. If the club-goer had not raised his voice and given cause for the MC to leave, they'd likely have given him some tips and help afterwards. The whole modus operandi of the Jazz World seem to be to throw oneself into the mess, and play with undiluted passion, even if one hits on a few stumbling blocks in the process – which the MC seems to realize, instinctively, at the end of the chapter.

Yo, this MC is so great. Don't let this get you down and keep on keepin' on man!

 

I do kinda think the guy who recommended him and the band that he played with are both in the wrong though. Dude has 0 training, literally just blasts on his sax under a bridge and you're like "Oh man, let's play some classic standards and smooth jazz in an intimate venue"

 

Like who would think that's a good idea?

 

If the guy is playing like Ornette Coleman you're not really gonna be able to mesh with him if you're singing Billie Holiday.

The dude who recommended him is so horrible if you think about it. He knew this guy was a newbe and still recommended him to a live gig.

 

The band also let him play with them without any kind of rehearsal.
 

Damn, that chapter is quite heavy. Salute to the MC though since it doesn't seem like he's going to give up just yet. 

I love music themed manga and this one seems like a great one.  I believe piano no mori is ending so here is hoping this one can take its place.  Keep up the great work on bringing this manga.  Thanks.

Aargh.. Continue... Continue Please!!

On its way! Had some trouble finding a cleaner but that should be fixed now.

Aargh.. Continue... Continue Please!!

That bromance.

Man, even when it's a comic about jazz you can feel the love/passion. Loving this so much. 

I can certainly see why it's been critically lauded; the jazz isn't the only thing that's intense here.

We only know his dad from this chapter, yet a single page is all it takes to makes us instantly like him.

 

 

Also this author seems really underrated. I read this and his other works and its all amazing.

Why is the dad so awesome