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Makiko Hirabayashi

Makiko Hirabayashi Trio released their third album, "Surely" on the German jazz label, Enja/Yellowbird in November, 2013. This time recorded in Munich while on tour in Germany, the album includes 13 original tracks, mostly composed by Makiko Hirabayashi, with a few contrasting compositions by Marilyn Mazur and some short improvised pieces. Since the release of her trio album "Makiko" (Enja 2006), Makiko Hirabayashi has received critical acclaim both in Europe where she resides, and in her home country, Japan. The freshness of both her compositions and the trio's vibrant interplay has caught the ears of many listeners around the world

Reykjavik Jazz Festival 2018

By LUCA VITALI

Reykjavik Jazz Festival Reykjavik, Iceland September 5-9, 2018 Iceland has produced, and continues to produce, many outstanding artists--some of them world-famous, such as Björk, Múm, Sigur Rós, Ólafur Arnalds, Gus Gus, Emiliana Torrini, Of Monsters and Men--which is quite remarkable if one thinks that the country has less than 350,000 inhabitants. 130,000 ...

Reykjavik Jazz Festival 2018

By LUCA VITALI

Reykjavik Jazz Festival Reykjavik, Islanda 5-9.9.2018 L'Islanda ha prodotto, e produce, una grande quantità di artisti, alcuni dei quali molto conosciuti a livello internazionale come Björk, Múm, Sigur Ros, Ólafur Arnalds, Gus Gus, Emiliana Torrini, Of Monsters and Men... il che, a pensarci bene, ha dell'incredibile, se pensiamo che il ...

Bergamo Jazz Festival 2017

By LIBERO FARNè

Bergamo Jazz Festival Bergamo, varie sedi 19-26.03.2017 Il Bergamo Jazz Festival, che nel 2018 doppierà la boa della quarantesima edizione, per il secondo anno consecutivo è stato diretto da Dave Douglas, il quale ha imbastito un programma decisamente vario, coinvolgendo un numero sempre maggiore di sedi nella Città Alta e nella ...

Binocular

By MAKIKO HIRABAYASHI

Label: Stunt Records/Sundance Music
Released: 2015
Track listing: Migrating South; Dialogue #1; Shifting Light; Jagged; Dialogue #2; La Tourneuse De Pages; House Of Ants; Readings; When The Road Curves; Snare Drum; Expectations; Oslo.

Makiko Hirabayashi/Flemming Agerskov: Binocular

By BUDD KOPMAN

Binocular is an extraordinary piece of musical art. Pianist Makiko Hirabayashi has a distinct, recognizable style of composition and performance. Her music has a kind of floating quality created by melodic phrases and lines which imply tonality rather than stating it, phrase lengths and rhythmic accents which further weaken any overt tonality, plus a ...

Surely

By MAKIKO HIRABAYASHI

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Surely; Moon Bells; Asunder Asunder; Life Of A Cactus; Stepping On It; Black; Ode To Okinawa; Eagles And Angels; Parachute City; Vad Vinkel; Paradox; Challenge; Indigo.

Makiko Hirabayashi: Surely

By BUDD KOPMAN

Surely, the pianist Makiko Hirabayashi Trio's third album, is both utterly captivating and immediately enjoyable. It is also, however, rather disquieting to anyone who listens more deeply because this music flatly refuses to be pinned down. Here, the whole is much more than the sum of the parts, but the parts remain in paradoxical relation to ...

Ingrid Hagel: Tharapita

By BUDD KOPMAN

Tharapita is a delightful recording that ultimately beguiles the listener through its emotional outlook and sheer gorgeous sound. Ingrid Hagel hails from Estonia and, as she states on her site, “Tharapita" is the name of a thirteenth-century northern Estonian tribal god, which has been incorporated into the culture to “evoke the unity between man ...

Valby Summer Jazz: Copenhagen, Denmark, July 6-13, 2013

By JAKOB BAEKGAARD

Valby Summer JazzPrøvehallen in Valby and The Betty Nansen TheatreCopenhagen, DenmarkJuly 6-13, 2013 In a time of financial crisis, the solution to many festivals seems to be to cut down on the experimental budget and ambitions and focus on familiar names that are sure to attract a sizeable audience. While Valby ...