Jazz Articles about Etsuko Tajima

Etsuko Tajima: Infinite Possibilities

by Jerome Wilson
February 11, 2020

Etsuko Tajima is a Japanese pianist now living in New York who shows her talent as both a player and singer on this, her first CD, recorded back in 2016. Her piano style is an attractive mix of jazz and classical elements often marked with an easygoing sense of swing. It blends well with the different styles and flourishes the rhythm section, bassist Nori Naraoka and two different drummers bring to each track. Mark Whitfield Jr. keeps the ...