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Hiromi: Another Mind
by Dan McClenaghan
Is there any hype out there about pianist Hiromi? There should be--she's a major new talent, brimming with originality and musical joy.From the opening notes of the first trio cut, "XYZ," it's obvious that something special is going on here. Hiromi Uehara has a million stories, and she tells them with all her heart and soul. There is a brash urgency in "XYZ"; but with Hiromi, perhaps brash is too harsh a word. It seems more the ebullient ...
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by Phil DiPietro
The bulk of my efforts here have focused on revealing some incredibly talented musicians who operate outside the bounds of the “conventional" music business (read: without benefit of major label clout) due to a plethora of barriers. It's a pleasure to be reporting on a new arrival that exhibits so much talent, so much potential, that barriers merely fall away before her in the face of them. Such is the force that is Hiromi. And yes, she most decidedly is ...
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