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Hiromi & Edmar Castaneda Duet at Blue Note New York

Courtesy of Blue Note New York | Posted on October 25, 2016

Where

Blue Note New York
131 West Third Street
New York, NY
Map
212-475-8592

When

Sat, June 10, 2017
8:00 pm

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Musicians

Hiromi
piano

About

BLUE NOTE JAZZ FESTIVAL PRESENTS: HIROMI & EDMAR CASTANEDA DUET

I don't want to put a name on my music. Other people can put a name on what I do. It's just the union of what I've been listening to and what I've been learning. It has some elements of classical music, it has some rock, it has some jazz, but I don't want to give it a name."
- Hiromi

Japan has produced an impressive assemblage of jazz pianists; from Toshiko Akiyoshi and Makoto Ozone to Junko Onishi. And now, well into the change of the 21st century, the pianist/composer Hiromi Uehara is the latest in that line of amazing musicians. Ever since the 2003 release of her debut Telarc CD Another Mind, Hiromi has electrified audiences and critics east and west, with a creative energy that encompasses and eclipses the boundaries of jazz, classical and pop parameters; taking improvisation and composition to new heights of complexity and sophistication. Her new CD, Alive, her ninth as a leader, features her critically-acclaimed Trio Project, consisting of contrabass guitarist Anthony Jackson (Steely Dan, Paul Simon, Michel Camilo, The O'Jay's, and Chick Corea) and drummer Simon Phillips (Toto, The Who, Judas Priest, David Gilmour, and Jack Bruce). ...

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