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Erika Matsuo

New York-based, Japanese jazz vocalist, Erika Matsuo, burst on to the international jazz scene in 2010 with her self-produced debut, Obsession (ErikaJazz), a sensual sojourn through American, Brazilian and original songs, which was hailed by AllAboutJazz as "a promising debut, beautifully produced and finely performed." With her brand new release, Nostalgia (ErikaJazz), her third album, following on from the success of her sophmore outing,True Colors (which was picked by the prestigious jazz website JazzPage.com as "Finest Vocal Album of 2013", and awarded her first place on the JazzPage.com Readers Poll), it is clear that the rising star is fulfilling that promise. Inspired by the people Erika has met and worked with during her many tours of Japan over the past ten years, Nostalgia features four achingly beautiful original songs which represent the four seasons of the year and describe the nostalgia of some of these encounters. The album features magnificent performances by Dr

Jazz Vocalist Erika Matsuo's Dazzling Debut CD, Obsession, is Released in U.S.

February 25, 2010

With pianist Carlton Holmes, saxophonists Paulo Levi and Yosvany Terry, guitarists Romero Lubambo and Freddie Bryant, bassist Essiet Essiet, drummer Willard Dyson, percussionist Nanny Assis The superb and startlingly accomplished debut CD from vocalist Erika Matsuo, Obsession, (March 23, Erika Records) resolves the usual preconceptions about a “first voyage out" with a wholly positive and ...