Duet
Chick Corea & Hiromi
“1 night, 2 pianos, 2 sets, 4 hands, 12 songs, 20 fingers, 176 keys, about 600 people in the audience and thousands of musical ideas” exchanged, reflected Chick Corea on this double live album featuring him and a rising star from Japan, pianist Hiromi Uehara.
Avid fans of Chick are no strangers to his duet projects over the years, notably with vibist Gary Burton and pianists like Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Hiromi’s first collaboration with Chick has become some sort of urban legend; 17-year old Hiromi was presented to Chick during the rehearsal, prior to one of his solo piano concert in Japan. “Can you improvise?” Chick asked, a nod from Hiromi and they were playing 4 hands in the show.
Since then, Hiromi attended the Berklee School of Music in Boston and has become one of the top players of her generation. Her first album in 2003, Another Mind, is a big success in every conceivable way. Her original composition style and command of the piano are as inspiring as her super positive personality.
Chick and Hiromi crossed path again 10 years after their first encounter, again in Japan. They did a piano duet show in the 2006 Tokyo Jazz Festival and after the concert; Chick had the idea of recording their live performance. The result is this double album, recorded live at the Blue Note Tokyo in September 2007.
The album featured compositions by Chick and Hiromi as well as a few standards like Summertime, Very Early, Bolivar Blues and even a Beatles tune Fool On The Hill. The playing is inspiring and the interplay is particularly amazing. Obviously, Hiromi is extremely well versed in Chick’s style, muting strings and elbowing the keys et al, to the point that sometimes it is hard to tell who is playing what.
My favourite tracks are “Bolivar Blues”, “Old Castle, by the river, in the middle of the forest” and the anthem “Concierto de Aranjuez/Spain”. If you get the first Japanese edition of this album, there is a bonus DVD as well. Even if you don’t, you can easily find the videos on the net.
All in all, this long awaited album is up there among other great piano duet recordings. Highly recommended.
Karissa Muse
溫馨提示No part of this article may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the permission of the writer.
cooloo回應: 感謝 Karissa 近日百忙中還是交了稿. 我聽過她跟 Hiromi 的電台訪問節目, 煞是精彩. 喜歡她(指 Hiromi)的輝,請注意.
Chick Corea & Hiromi
“1 night, 2 pianos, 2 sets, 4 hands, 12 songs, 20 fingers, 176 keys, about 600 people in the audience and thousands of musical ideas” exchanged, reflected Chick Corea on this double live album featuring him and a rising star from Japan, pianist Hiromi Uehara.
Avid fans of Chick are no strangers to his duet projects over the years, notably with vibist Gary Burton and pianists like Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Hiromi’s first collaboration with Chick has become some sort of urban legend; 17-year old Hiromi was presented to Chick during the rehearsal, prior to one of his solo piano concert in Japan. “Can you improvise?” Chick asked, a nod from Hiromi and they were playing 4 hands in the show.
Since then, Hiromi attended the Berklee School of Music in Boston and has become one of the top players of her generation. Her first album in 2003, Another Mind, is a big success in every conceivable way. Her original composition style and command of the piano are as inspiring as her super positive personality.
Chick and Hiromi crossed path again 10 years after their first encounter, again in Japan. They did a piano duet show in the 2006 Tokyo Jazz Festival and after the concert; Chick had the idea of recording their live performance. The result is this double album, recorded live at the Blue Note Tokyo in September 2007.
The album featured compositions by Chick and Hiromi as well as a few standards like Summertime, Very Early, Bolivar Blues and even a Beatles tune Fool On The Hill. The playing is inspiring and the interplay is particularly amazing. Obviously, Hiromi is extremely well versed in Chick’s style, muting strings and elbowing the keys et al, to the point that sometimes it is hard to tell who is playing what.
My favourite tracks are “Bolivar Blues”, “Old Castle, by the river, in the middle of the forest” and the anthem “Concierto de Aranjuez/Spain”. If you get the first Japanese edition of this album, there is a bonus DVD as well. Even if you don’t, you can easily find the videos on the net.
All in all, this long awaited album is up there among other great piano duet recordings. Highly recommended.
Karissa Muse
溫馨提示No part of this article may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the permission of the writer.
cooloo回應: 感謝 Karissa 近日百忙中還是交了稿. 我聽過她跟 Hiromi 的電台訪問節目, 煞是精彩. 喜歡她(指 Hiromi)的輝,請注意.
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