Merit wrote:tecumseh18 wrote:How about a wild woman with a piano? That would be Hiromi. Classical training with a jazz-funk-Dream Theatre soul. So much good stuff over her career, but here's her latest.
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Saw her live at the Rose in Brampton. Anthony Jackson is a MF legend.
Have you seen her film Blue Giant yet? It was in theatres in Toronto but only for one day.
Her rhythm changes are the closest to Oscar Peterson we have right now.
This one is an oldie but a goodie:
[YouTube] https://youtu.be/CY5dTBhRxOA?si=Kae2XfZz3DoffNt2 [/youtube]
I've seen her live a coupla times downtown. I prefer her solo. In the Trio, Anthony's great, but the drummer was just too much.
Oscar was a mentor to Hiromi before he died. I've seen a youtube clip of her dedicating her beautiful song "Place to Be" to him. The first time I saw her play live I took an old jazz-head buddy, he keep muttering "better than Oscar, better than Art" under his breath.
Yeah, her Marciac concert generally is where I send people for an introduction to Hiromi. And that version of "I've Got Rhythm" is so well structured. The deconstruction in the middle is genius. But make no mistake, Hiromi's a great composer in her own right. One of my faves: