bubinga5 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) Its a bit like when I listen to Stephan Grappelli for the first time. Im amazed. Im sure she plays a Grappelli riff in her playing. Mind bending piano playing from Hiromi Uehara. Edited September 11, 2021 by bubinga5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 She’s fabulous. She often has some great musicians playing with her. Anthony Jackson was in her recent band, previously she had Tony Grey on bass, and David Fiuczynski on guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicbassman Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 11 hours ago, ambient said: previously she had Tony Grey on bass, and David Fiuczynski on guitar. - I think she was at her best with that line up - I've never understood why she dropped it in favour of Jackson on bass, Simon Philips on drums and no guitarist. 'The Fuse' on guitar gave the band an element of spontaneity which I think the later line up lacked. 😏 Other opinions are available ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, musicbassman said: Other opinions are available ! No they're not! 😁 While she's definitely the most awesome piano-board player, the band with the Fuze was on a whole other level... Edited September 12, 2021 by Leonard Smalls 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 To me her best era is definitely with Simon Phillips and Anthony Jackson ! Period. I think I've listened to all her material with whoever. Don't forget that she was Chick Corea's protégée and they recorded an excellent, but now hard to find, record with them both on piano, simply called Duet. She also recorded a few albums with Stanley Clarke ! Listen to this live and don't underestimate Steve Smith on drums and Anthony Jackson in his certainly favourite style of music : 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Hellzero said: To me her best era is definitely with Simon Phillips and Anthony Jackson ! Period. Now this is where you are most certainly Rong™ 🤪 While the Anthony Jackson group is no doubt incredibly skilful it's also a bit too straight-ahead, too almost ordinary. And to be fair her stuff with Big Stan was also just a touch square, Daddy-O. However, Sonic Bloom had more of an edge, less of the cheese you often get in jazz. But then I much prefer Ronald Shannon Jackson to Stan Getz! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Sonic Bloom is not my favourite album of Hiromi, but it's a great one for sure. I don't like Stan Getz that much too, that said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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