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js wrote:

I'm not sure, I would imagine her biggest fans might want to hear her solo, while jazz fans in general might go more for the trio.

I'm thinking as for myself, I would have to be very much into a piano player to prefer them solo. Herbie or Cecil Taylor are two pianists who I might want to hear solo. Actually I've already heard Taylor solo.

You are a brave man John.........Cecil Taylor solo. Was it good? You know I would go for the trio

Matt

Matt wrote:

js wrote:

I'm not sure, I would imagine her biggest fans might want to hear her solo, while jazz fans in general might go more for the trio.

I'm thinking as for myself, I would have to be very much into a piano player to prefer them solo. Herbie or Cecil Taylor are two pianists who I might want to hear solo. Actually I've already heard Taylor solo.

You are a brave man John.........Cecil Taylor solo. Was it good? You know I would go for the trio

I've seen Taylor solo at the New Orleans jazz festival, and also in a larger ensemble in New York. I really liked the solo performance, it was mesmerizing.

Taylor's concert was an endless assault on the piano without break, ha ha. You just float with it. Beer

and have some beer first.

I hear the New Orleans Jazz Festival has become too big and crowded and there seems to be much less actual jazz too.

Bumping this thread to say how much Ive enjoyed Voice since I got it, and was a little surprised to see it's my most played album of hers after Time Control.

My Last.fm

I have never met a more confident player either! I don't think the term 'nervous' is even in her vocabulary! I saw her at a solo piano concert and before playing one of her tunes she told the audience to "fasten your seatbelt"! Sure enough, she ripped! Totally awesome!

So it seems that Hiromi's new album is going to be released September 11, 2012 in Japan, and won't be released in Europe until October 2, 2012, or the US until March 5, 2013. If you want it this month, and you don't live in Japan, you'll have to order an import, upwards of $50 or more. This is what happened when Voice was released, right? Because I remember not buying it right away for a similar reason.

http://mediakits.concordmusicgroup.com/p/move/press-release.html

My Last.fm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1rxYw7Y45Eo

Edited by Kazuhiro - 11 Sep 2012 at 10:17pm

After several first spins "Move" sounds as strong Hiromi's fusion album - very muscular,full of energy and quite melodic. No big changes comparing with her best previous works, but for fans of her music I expect this album will take a place between her best releases

Fortunately I have friends running CD shop (jazz+prog) with huge catalog, I can borrow almost everything. And they have big list of Japanese releases - I love Japanese versions of any albums, as rule their remix is very soft and acoustic, live recordings are excellent . Japanese releases are pricey to buy, but for albums you're sure you want to have it in your collection it usually pays.

Hiromi's album I listen is Japanese one, great dynamic range, price for retail is kind of 40 USD or more I think

Edited by snobb - 12 Sep 2012 at 2:18pm