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Hiromi – Another Mind

Album : Another Mind

Artist : Hiromi Uehara

Release Date : 2003

Label : Telarc

Genre : Jazz

Total time : 01:10:21

Total size : 97 MB

Tracks :

 1. XYZ

 2. Double Personality

 3. Summer Rain

 4. Joy

 5. 010101 - (Binary System)

 6. Truth and Lies

 7. Dancando No Paraiso

 8. Another Mind

 9. The Tom and Jerry Show - (bonus track)

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Hiromi - Brain

Album : Brain

Artist : Hiromi Uehara

Release Date : 2006

Label : Telarc

Genre : Jazz

Total time : 01:14:41

Total size : 107 MB

Tracks :

 1. Kung-Fu World Champion

 2. If...

 3. Wind Song

 4. Brain

 5. Desert on the Moon

 6. Green Tea Farm

 7. Keytalk

 8. Legend of the Purple Valley

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Among those artists currently reinventing the jazz piano trio--such as E.S.T. and The Bad Plus--Hiromi is rapidly moving to the forefront. A protégé of Ahmad Jamal who played in duet with Chick Corea when she was 17, Hiromi's influences are very broad--Beethoven and Debussy somehow align with P-Funk. Part of her success lies in her skill with electronics, evident in the pulsing rhythmic overlays of "Kung-Fu World Champion" or the strange, calliope-like sound that announces the theme of "Brain." But it's her consummate piano playing that ties all of the threads together, whether it's the impressionist-flavored solo of "Green Tea Farm" or the bustling runs and charging interplay that she leads on "Desert of the Moon" with bassist Anthony Jackson and drummer Martin Valihora. Hiromi practices an art of surprise, touching on video-game tempos and Bill Evans harmonies as she arranges tradition and novelty in fresh configurations.

--Stuart Broomer

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Hiromi - Spiral

Album : Spiral

Artist : Hiromi Uehara

Release Date : 2006

Label : Telarc

Genre : Jazz

Total time : 01:13:09

Total size : 100 MB

Tracks :

 1. Spiral

 2. Open Door - Tuning - Prologue

 3. Deja Vu

 4. Reverse

 5. Edge

 6. Old Castle, By the River, In the Middle of a Forest

 7. Love and Laughter

 8. Return of Kung-Fu World Champion

 9. Big Chill (Bonus track)

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Japanese keyboard sensation Hiromi Uehara is a recent graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but there's already a great deal that she could teach those in the music world whose ears and minds remain open. Spiral, scheduled for a January 17, 2006, release on Telarc, offers a glimpse into the highly creative inner world of a gifted young pianist/composer whose roots are in jazz but whose potential is unlimited. Mentored by giants like Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal and Chick Corea, Hiromi turns tradition on its head and plunges into a universe of new ideas where others of her generation have barely scratched the surface.

Spiral is the highly anticipated follow-up to Brain, Hiromi's 2004 album, which received outstanding reviews from the jazz press and was supported by extensive touring on three continents.

Committed to making her music evolve, Hiromi offers eight original, category-bashing compositions in a trio format that fuses elements of jazz, pop, classical and avant-garde into a deceptively intense listening experience. "With this album, I have a really strong vision which I call 'three-piece orchestral music,'" Hiromi says. "Exploring what I could do with the trio, I decided to focus on this setting."

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Hiromi – Time Control

Album : Time Control

Artist : Hiromi Uehara

Release Date : 2007

Label : Telarc

Genre : Jazz

Total time : 01:13:50

Total size : 135 MB (mp3), 410 MB (FLAC)

Tracks :

 1. Time Difference - (with Hiromi's Sonicbloom)

 2. Time Out - (with Hiromi's Sonicbloom)

 3. Time Travel - (with Hiromi's Sonicbloom)

 4. Deep Into the Night - (with Hiromi's Sonicbloom)

 5. Real Clock vs. Body Clock = Jet Lag - (with Hiromi's Sonicbloom)

 6. Time and Space - (with Hiromi's Sonicbloom)

 7. Time Control, Or Controlled by Time - (with Hiromi's Sonicbloom)

 8. Time Flies - (with Hiromi's Sonicbloom)

 9. Time's Up - (with Hiromi's Sonicbloom)

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The new release by keyboardist Hiromi Uehara and her trio doesn't fit easily into jazz categories. Electric and high-propulsion at times, it aligns with aspects of fusion, but shouldn't be limited by what that term has been burdened with over the years. Hiromi's Sonicbloom is international in its membership, with a Japanese leader, a Slovakian drummer (Martin Valihora), and a British bassist (Tony Grey). They're joined by guest guitarist Dave "Fuze" Fiuczynski (from Screaming Headless Torsos, Lunar Crash, and other outfits), and they recorded in--gasp--Nashville! Time is the thread that runs through many of the compositions, and they successfully bend its perception. From the multi-part "Time Out," which finds one part bursting out of another like nesting dolls, to the expansive tapestry of "Deep into the Night," which feels like a part of the continuity that is always blanketing half the earth, Hiromi and her compatriots go from being as precise as a clock to as haunting as a memory to as playful as a kitten (the wonderful "Time Flies" feels like it was composed in honor of a cat's darting attentions).

--David Greenberger

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Hiromi – Beyond Standard

Album : Beyond Standard

Artist : Hiromi Uehara

Release Date : 2008

Label : Telarc

Genre : Jazz

Total time : 00:59:39

Total size : 109 MB

Tracks :

1. Intro: Softly As In a Morning Sunrise

2. Softly As In a Morning Sunrise

3. Clair De Lune

4. Caravan

5. Ue Wo Muite Aruko

6. My Favorite Things

7. Led Boots

8. XYG

9. I've Got Rhythm

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About the Artist

Mentored by giants like Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal and Chick Corea, Hiromi's roots are in jazz but her music explores a world of new ideas by blurring the boundaries of pop, rock, classical, avant-garde and other genres.

Born in Shizuoka, Japan, in 1979, Hiromi discovered jazz when she took up the piano at age six. Within a year, she was a student of the Yamaha School of Music, whose progressive approach to musical training allowed the young student to tap into her emotions as well as mastering the technical aspects of writing and performing. At age 14, she went to Czechoslovakia and played with the Czech Philharmonic. Three years later, Corea invited her to perform with him. In 1999, Hiromi came to the United States to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Hiromi established her reputation when her 2003 Telarc debut, "Another Mind" - produced by Ahmad Jamal - shipped gold in Japan (100,000 units) and won the Recording Industry Association of Japan's (RIAJ) Jazz Album of the Year Award.

Her 2004 release, "Brain," won the Horizon Award at the 2004 Surround Music Awards, Swing Journal's New Star Award, Jazz Life's Gold Album, HMV Japan's Best Japanese Jazz Album, and the Japan Music Pen Club's Japanese Artist Award (the JMPC is a classical/jazz journalists club). "Brain" was also named Album of the Year in Swing Journal's 2005 Readers Poll. Back in the U.S., Hiromi has been featured on the covers of Keyboard, Jazziz, Billboard, All About Jazz-LA and Goldmine.

In 2006, Hiromi won Best Jazz Act at the Boston Music Awards and the Guinness Jazz Festival's Rising Star Award. She also claimed Jazzman of the Year, Pianist of the Year and Album of the Year in Swing Journal Japan's Jazz Readers Poll for her 2006 release, "Spiral."

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Hiromi's supergroup, Sonicbloom, has shattered the formula of making records written solely by the celebrated pianist/composer. Their latest outing, "Beyond Standard," finds Tony Grey (bass), Martin Valihora (drums), and Dave "Fuze" Fiuczynski (guitar and otherworldly sounds) helping Hiromi craft unique versions of familiar tunes such as Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm," Rogers & Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things" and even Jeff Beck's "Led Boots."

The group has been recognized for its energetic virtuosity by music industry and mainstream publications alike: Downbeat, JazzTimes, Keyboard, and The New York Times. Playing festivals such as Glastonbury, Fuji Rock, and Playboy Jazz proves that Hiromi's unique fusion nuevo has been accepted in the world of jazz as well as rock. "Beyond Standard" is a showcase for Hiromi and her band's abilities, with each player getting plenty of room to shine.

While most of the music on the album was penned by songwriters other than Hiromi, the album as a whole is a continuation of her previous release, "Time Control" (2007). "Beyond Standard" starts with a quick "Intro" that includes the popping and scratching sounds of a vinyl record, a signal that what you are about to hear are retro compositions performed in an updated and unique way. The music starts with an extension of her original tune, "Time's Up," the final track on "Time Control." Hiromi then gives a dramatic voicing to the theme of "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise." As the tune progresses, she and Fiuczynski trade some very playful fours, and Valihora takes a fresh approach, occasionally giving a backbeat to the jazz standard.

In keeping with her defiance of easy categorization, Hiromi then covers Debussy's eternally famous "Claire de Lune," followed by the driving jazz standard, "Caravan," written by Juan Tizol and made famous by Duke Ellington. Hiromi's rendition has an almost Zappa-esque feel with a heart-pumping drum solo.

Paying homage to the legendary Jeff Beck, the group covers "Led Boots," with Hiromi's keyboards sounding very much like the whah-whah effect on a guitar. In a complete 180, the band follows the Beck tune with Rogers & Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things," a song from the stage and film versions of The Sound of Music that later became jazz standard repertoire thanks to John Coltrane.

"Ue Wo Muite Aruko" ("I Look Up When I Walk") was the only Japanese pop song to make it to #1 on the American pop charts. The song was released in Japan in 1961 and in the United States in 1963. Hiromi takes the still popular song and turns it into a funky explosion.

"XYG" is Hiromi covering Hiromi. The track is an in-your-face adaptation of the song of the same name from her 2003 debut album, with the addition of Fiuczynski's roaring guitar. The album closes with Hiromi on solo piano, putting her spice on the Gershwin classic, "I Got Rhythm." She begins the tune with a playful, delicate touch that escalates to a landslide with bone-breaking riffs.

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