Results for "Makiko Hirabayashi"

Aarhus Jazz Festival 2022

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 20, 2022

Aarhus Jazz Festival Various Venues Aarhus, Denmark July 9-16, 2022 With around 283,000 citizens, Aarhus is the second-largest city in Denmark, and the role of playing second fiddle doesn't suit a city that tends to be overshadowed by its big brother, the capital Copenhagen. Or so you would think. In fact, ...

Kalia Vandever, Binker Golding, Miles Davis, Alex Sipiagin & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 21, 2022

The spotlight on emerging trombonist Kalia Vandever, Binker Golding midwestern fantasies, a version of “Bitches Brew" (the song) from before Bitches Brew (the album), and much more in this set.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Ghost Funk Orchestra, Ben Pirani “Can't Get Out Your Own ...

Weavers

By Makiko Hirabayashi

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: 1.Magnolia 2.Spring 2000 3.Flip 4.Winter Landscape In Black&White 5.Workers' Song 6.Citybuzz 7.Embraceable Night 8.Crane Dance 9.Vashkar

Makiko Hirabayashi

Born: September 17, 1966

Makiko Hirabayashi is a Japanese pianist and composer, based in Copenhagen since 1990. She has received wide critical acclaim as a personal voice on the international jazz scene since the release of her debut album as a leader in 2006. Throughout the last two dacades, she has toured extensively through Europe and Asia with her trio featuring Marilyn Mazur and Klavs Hovman, her quartet Weavers and with diverse projects led by Europe’s top notch musicians.

Makiko’s latest and tenth studio album “Gifts” (enja 2025) is recorded with her qaurtet Weavers, following their first album which won Jazz Album Of The Year at Danish Music Awards 2021. Triggered by a composition commission by the Händel Festival in Halle, the making of this album served as a deeply personal journey for the Tokyo born pianist. Memories of Händel’s music she heard in her youth have inspired her to write nine tracks that sound both new and reflective – symbolizing the universal quality of Händel’s music and its transformative power. The music on this album, featuring some of the leading figures on the Scandinavian music scene – Fredrik Lundin (sax), Thommy Andersson (b) and Bjørn Heebøll (d) – flows effortlessly through intricate written passages and improvisation, while keeping the collective, creative force at its core.

Maluba Orchestra

By Fredrik Lundin

Label: Stunt Records/Sundance Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: 1. Circling Back (Lundin) 2. Vibe (Mazur) 3. Marcology part I-III (Bai) 4. Night Travel (Lundin) 5. Maluba Birds (Mazur) 6. Presto Hymne (Mazur) 7. Windy Wish (Mazur) 8. Maluba Fanfare (Mazur). __ 9. Hattifnat (Bai) 10. All’s Well that Ends Well (Lundin, Bach)

Reykjavik Jazz Festival 2018

by Luca Vitali
October 8, 2018

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
October 2, 2018

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 ...

Where The Sea Breaks

By Makiko Hirabayashi

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: 1. Prologue 2.Once Upon The Sea 3.Dance of The Praying Mantis 4.Gallop 5.Mou Ikai 6.Horizontal Dream 7.Vintervals 1 8.Ilter Fabel 9.Entangled 10.Your Song 11.That's Life 12.Kite 13.Scherzo For Blue

Bergamo Jazz Festival 2017

by Libero Farnè
March 31, 2017

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 ...

Gong

By Makiko Hirabayashi

Label: Gateway Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: 1.Beneath The Seabed 2.The Invisible 3.Circular 4.Piece Of May 5,Puddles 6.Serial Attacks 7.Dai Dai 8.Gong 9.Still 10.Bobbit 11.Peace