The height of musicianship is owning your instrument. The piano is just an extension of her body here. She is in absolute control of the piano, it does her bidding and her musical ideas flow uninterrupted. Amazing to see
I’ve seen her several times, and seeing her again next month at Yoshi’s. Met and talked with her after a show once. She’s super nice in person and signed my CD and took a selfie with me.
What’s equally entertaining is the mesmerised looks on the faces of the orchestra members just behind Hiromi. They seem to be thinking, "Why are we even here?"
Ha! There are levels and then there are levels. As a jazz musician I recognise plenty of the orchestra (and have played with some of them - Maddy Dowdeswell and Callum Au on Trombones in second row). They are among the finest musicians in the country and I really look up to and admire their talent. But then there’s World Class and Hiromi is at the absolute top of that, can’t think of any other Pianist alive who can do what she does, not just the astonishing technique and jazz chops but the absolute joy she does it all with - it just flows from within her. There are only a handful of musicians on the planet like this and what a pleasure to be able to see her perform.
@@zteaxon7787 Is it possible that someone used a colloquial expression to suggest that a past master would approve if they could see it, and that someone else then took it way too literally? Yes, it's quite possible. Metaphor can be tricky.
I’ve watched this video at least 50 times, And I keep watching it over and over. This is perfection. Hiromi is without a doubt the greatest jazz pianist ever. I wish She could be my teacher. How much to learn from her. Thank u for ur incredible talent.
In a class with Oscar Peterson who signed my sister’s graduation diploma 50 years ago when he was chancellor of University of Toronto Scarborough College!
Daniel San, you are right on. For years I have been reluctant to come to that conclusion as thrte sre a number of extraordinary jazz pianists, extant and past. But after listening to this performance I have wracked my brain to come up with a peer, someone who could even just equal it and I cannot. Hiromi, you are not just a goddess. You are THE goddess. Namaste. Literally.
@@DanieltheTruebadour I'm not sure how to rank Hiromi vs. Tatum. I'm not even going to try to attempt at making reasonable facsimiles (on the piano of course) of their best work. The others, I can do it or imagine doing it, but Tatum and Hiromi are so far out there, they seem unreachable. Tatum's doing those 10 note chords and out of this world technique while Hiromi is doing classical virtuoso level technique with crazy syncopations and time signature changes. I'm not even going to try because it'll likely sound like garbage. I'm glad Hiromi is here, I thought jazz was done giving us these masters.
when she put her hand in the piano to make it sound like the string bass, that was some next-level stuff, like the time Keith Jarrett played percussion on the plate of the piano. WOW!
I keep coming back to this. Utterly perfect distillation of the hard work, musical understanding, talent, did I say hard work yet...decades of it....that makes someone a master of their craft. For me, she might be the greatest living musician. Wondrous.
Об этой пианистке написано очень много : от восторженных отзывов , которых , к счастбю , подавляющее большинство , до прямо противоположных . Я выскажу только своё мнение - ОНА ГЕНИАЛЬНА !! Дай ей Бог ДОЛГИХ ЛЕТ ЖИЗНИ !!
I bought her debut album about 15 years ago, and was impressed with her musicianship (both musicality and virtuosity), thinking that another talented pianist had emerged. But, I was wrong … well, sort of. “Another talented pianist” now seems to be understatement. As many comments on her vids say, she has become among the greatest jazz pianists of all time, or perhaps even the very best already. With no sheet music or charts, she just improvises like crazy whether with a rhythm section or on her own. Back in the 70’s, I admired Keith Jarrett's solo piano performances, but sometimes found them a bit pedantic or self-indulgent or even boring. But not so at all with Hiromi - her solo performances are always innovative, melodic and enchanting. Hiromi already showed her versatility on her 1st album, and I liked it. But versatile musicians often fail to establish their own sound and end up being just one of them. Well, again it’s not the case with Hiromi. While retaining her versatility, she has successfully developed her own “Hiromi” sound, which is so recognizable. In my view, Hiromi may well be the jazz pianist of the century. And she is still exploring and developing …. Damn!
I agree. She can play any style and take it beyond what it was before. I'm glad someone like this came along. I'm a competent pianist and can somewhat faithfully reproduce some of Oscar Petersen's more complex work (and I can only reproduce it, I can't do that insane improv at 150bpm with 16th notes mixed with eighth note triplets in the moment like he could). I haven't even tried reproducing Art Tatum because it seems a little unreachable, like Cziffra's arrangement of "Flight of the Bumblebee". I watch Hiromi play and she so far ahead, she's like Tatum, unreachable. When someone's that far ahead, they're no longer playing the piano, like I do, instead she's performing magic. She's a magician. I need to go see her live, it's been a long time since I've seen a magician.
This is stunning, a hold your cheeks laughing at how amazing, of a world class performance. As good as it gets, all bases covered. This is a superstar and a thrilling performance for our lifetime.
Time for a career change. I now want to devote my life to listening to (and watching) this remarkable woman simply exude music. I hope the world takes very good care of her!
Saw her live a couple of times. First at North Sea Jazz where she performed with the Stanley Clarke band. Fell in love immediately. Later on saw her twice with the trio (Anthony Jackson on the bass and Simon Philips on drums). Stunning performance. Then an other time when she performed with harpist Edmar Castaneda. Hiromi is certainly one the best (if not THE best) musician I have ever had the pleasure to see and hear live.
Hiromi is no doubt one of THE piano players of the 21st century. Her vocabulary seems endless and it's so much more than perfect technique. Her improvisation is astonishing. She plays this version of I've got Rythm a lot. As great as it is it's hard to believe she could be any better than this! In my opinion she is! I love how she totally emerses her self as one with the music. Her personality shines with every note (everything she plays not just this) The fact that she's so adorable is besides the point and her love for playing is expressed with her many playful faces 😂😉. She's a fantastic musician. Definitely one of my favorites.. I Love her. Even if she wasn't cute....
I had no interest in jazz until I discovered Hiromi.She is a revelation on a par with Yuja Wang if not better.She always looks like she is having so much fun playing with occasional delighted glances directed at the audience.I don't know anything about the music she is playing but I love it!
Yuja is a superior technician, one of the best ever. Hiromi is a superior musician. She can do everything, she can play anyone's style and extend it. She can take any piece of music in the moment and run with it, improv it. She's the Mozart of jazz. She's amazing, even Chick Corea found her to be amazing.
Sometimes I feel like leaving everything I have and travel the world for the sense of freedom, She shows me when I watch her how much freedom I can feel staying at one room using music. Thanks 💓
She's talking music. She's living music. She's burning with music her souls is fire itself. She's breathing the notes. Another piano is blessed forever. Seriousness apart, Who else feels they have extremely weak arms, and fingers like me ?
I love the way she turns around and face the band right at the end. It's almost a gesture like "..Okay, follow that...!". What an incredible, absolutely incredible musician. George Gershwin would be knocked sideways by this. I love her facial expressions throughout. She plays piano like a lead guitarist rock musician who's facial expressions interpret every riff and every emotion of a piece. I came to this page through the great music communicator that is ANDY EDWARDS. Thank you Andy for your ubiquitous knowledge.
@@tonirose6776 Lol, ironically I typed that comment 10 months ago when I didn't realize how much more impossible classical is. Now that I've done extensive research, I think the best pianist is obviously Franz Liszt or Alkan in terms of virtuosity. That is, if they could play all of their own pieces XD
If there are those who think that genius is really there,they must watch this video. This is the genius. If you listen to this performance for a few seconds, you will realize that there is really genius in the world. There is almost no such person in the history of jazz. I am fortunate to have the same age with her.
3:20 that sforzato chord and those fast tone repetitions with the chromatic circiling around one note sounds a lot like Toccata from Kachaturian. Of course different harmonies but quite similiar. nice reference.
This is like a fireworks show. You keep thinking, 'this is the finale!'. Nope. Another round of fireworks goes off, only bigger and better than before. 'This is the finale!'. Nope. and it keeps on going, totally knocking us out, on and on. Hiromi's unbelievable
Cette musique se déplie comme un livre d'images plein d'étoiles, où viennent filer les oiseaux, tourner les farandoles, claquer les crécelles et danser les sorciers🌿🎋🍃
The phrase "best in the world" gets tossed around and at times gets used very uncessarily for certain musicians who don't always live up to their hype but i consider pianist Hiromi as truly the best in the world and she has definitely lived up to her well earned reputation. If she plays in your town, i highly recommend you go and see her, it's a can't miss show and you won't be disappointed.
I've had the great pleasure of seeing of the finest pianists in the world over the last 20 plus years and i can promise you now, you won't find any better than Hiromi, she's as good as they get. If she plays near where you live, make sure you go and see her, she's fantastic.
I wholeheartedly agree - she's right up there. I suppose there are some good and bad reasons a lot of amateur and professional critics put her a good way down their lists of best all-time jazz pianists - and I daresay probably they're mostly bad reasons. I've heard her 3x with the Trio Project and once solo. It is a fulfilling, thrilling and almost emotionally exhausting experience - all in a good way. She is brilliant in invention, composition and execution, and exudes a charm and energy that really makes it worth the trip to go see her live. And you'll never see a musician having as good a time cranking out amazing music. In the Musician Pantheon in my head, Hiromi and Chick Corea take turns in the #1 and #2 positions. Ms. Uehara is the only artist I've gone to see 4 times (and I'm starting to feel the urge to make it 5). I think she's more exciting live than Chick - though check back with me after I go see him with Wynton Marsalis & orchestra next month... In videos you see/hear and albums to date, she's in her mid-20's to late 30's - it's scary to think how good she'll be at 50 or 60!
Cred ca traiesc momente in care nu as fi crezut ca exsista si asa ceva pe planeta ! Nu mai se poate asculta alt pian ! Bravo bravo bravo !!!!!! Esti geniul pianului !!!!!!
What Stravinsky and Fats Waller , Monk and Hiromi all share in common is the contemporary aesthetic, that sometimes includes humour and a less subjective over wrought take on art music.
If I only heard the audio I would have to assume that they took the most experienced jazz musician in the world and connected his brain to some sort of supercomputer piano-playing machine
Il y a la musique et il y a Hiromi . Un beau jour, plus beau que les autres, elles se rencontrent, qui peut les comprendre ? On ne saisit pas tout mais on aime tout ♥
WOW!! Move over Chick Corea...there's a new legend in town. And that's saying a lot, considering Chick has been my favorite musician in the world for 40 years now.
She is like when you are in a dream and you can do everything you imagine, but she is awake
lucid waking?
Good analysis.
Just that🥰
Bravo Leonardo
LMaoooo
What I particularly like in this video is the mix of awe and terror in faces of all musicians on stage.
Exactly. 😅
...and joy. That's the big one.
terror?? 😂😂😂 pleasure …
@@francoischatelard1682That's not mutually exclusive :D
They aren’t even sure what’s happening😅
The height of musicianship is owning your instrument. The piano is just an extension of her body here. She is in absolute control of the piano, it does her bidding and her musical ideas flow uninterrupted. Amazing to see
Ahem, Excuse me, I doubt many of us are as much in control of our bodies than she's in control of that piano.
i actually own my trombone so i guess i am the best i can be
@@whoddoncarlsson
掃除をして磨いた方がいい音出るぞ。
What a privilege being alive at the same time as this amazing lady.
Exactly
She has the chance of being alive with people like us. A few centuries earlier, they would have burn her for having a pact with the devil.
Thank ur dad's balsack
Nope
I’ve seen her several times, and seeing her again next month at Yoshi’s. Met and talked with her after a show once. She’s super nice in person and signed my CD and took a selfie with me.
What’s equally entertaining is the mesmerised looks on the faces of the orchestra members just behind Hiromi. They seem to be thinking, "Why are we even here?"
Musicians respect her joyfilled perfomance with awe!
That's why, I think, she first turned to the orchestra musicians, like saying 'sorry and thank you' )
Ha! There are levels and then there are levels. As a jazz musician I recognise plenty of the orchestra (and have played with some of them - Maddy Dowdeswell and Callum Au on Trombones in second row). They are among the finest musicians in the country and I really look up to and admire their talent. But then there’s World Class and Hiromi is at the absolute top of that, can’t think of any other Pianist alive who can do what she does, not just the astonishing technique and jazz chops but the absolute joy she does it all with - it just flows from within her. There are only a handful of musicians on the planet like this and what a pleasure to be able to see her perform.
You can definitely spot the 5 jazz lovers in that orchestra and the definitely impressed non jazz lover just be the looks on their faces.
3:01 face of black woman: priceless...
I just can’t get enough of Hiromi. Even Art Tatum must be looking down from heaven and saying “wow!”
And Oscar Peterson
@@africanhistory was gonna say... You can hear the influences, right?
@@zteaxon7787 Is it possible that someone used a colloquial expression to suggest that a past master would approve if they could see it, and that someone else then took it way too literally? Yes, it's quite possible. Metaphor can be tricky.
@@africanhistory both.
Oscar Peterson and Tatum certainly aren’t
1:55 that bass solo 🤩🤩🤩
I'm just discovering Hiromi. I have watched this 3 times in a row. It makes me feel glad to be alive, and I don't often feel that way. Wow.
That girl is a god damned piano goddess. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you play piano.
@@musopaul5407 No, but it is inspiring.
I’ve watched this video at least 50 times, And I keep watching it over and over. This is perfection. Hiromi is without a doubt the greatest jazz pianist ever. I wish She could be my teacher. How much to learn from her. Thank u for ur incredible talent.
Yes, lots of things to learn from that !
You can't teach that, you feel that. I am sure you can play the piano now let your soul take over...
In a class with Oscar Peterson who signed my sister’s graduation diploma 50 years ago when he was chancellor of University of Toronto Scarborough College!
Daniel San, you are right on. For years I have been reluctant to come to that conclusion as thrte sre a number of extraordinary jazz pianists, extant and past. But after listening to this performance I have wracked my brain to come up with a peer, someone who could even just equal it and I cannot. Hiromi, you are not just a goddess. You are THE goddess. Namaste. Literally.
@@DanieltheTruebadour I'm not sure how to rank Hiromi vs. Tatum. I'm not even going to try to attempt at making reasonable facsimiles (on the piano of course) of their best work. The others, I can do it or imagine doing it, but Tatum and Hiromi are so far out there, they seem unreachable. Tatum's doing those 10 note chords and out of this world technique while Hiromi is doing classical virtuoso level technique with crazy syncopations and time signature changes. I'm not even going to try because it'll likely sound like garbage. I'm glad Hiromi is here, I thought jazz was done giving us these masters.
Can confirm, she’s got rhythm
Quite possibly one of the greatest musical performances I have ever heard. Flawless and majestic. Hiromi is a freak of nature.
Maybe a Force of Nature says it better.
shes always like that.
She's just having fun.. her facial expressions says it all. She can do this all day
She expresses pure joy. One of the very, very best around today. Period.
The joy she exhibits in her playing is absolutely contagious.
Her mind is saying Gershwin and her fingers are saying Bartok. Incomparable playing.
But on her monitor she is watching Tom & Jerry. (But that's cool!)
yes. I've been playing the piano for 50 years and have a hard time wrapping my head around what she's doing. It's amazing.
Her nephew works in my hospital in LA and told me about her. She is stsr in Japan and performed at the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony!
Technique par excellence plus a childlike playfulness is what makes Hiromi so enjoyable to watch !
Can't say I use this word often about people's skills - awesome. Actually, you can easily forget to breathe just spectating...what a talent
There are different levels of musicianship and Hiromi is off the scale.
when she put her hand in the piano to make it sound like the string bass, that was some next-level stuff, like the time Keith Jarrett played percussion on the plate of the piano. WOW!
Love the history you're referencing.
You can tell it's good when the musicians like it.
j ecoute ce video une fois par semaine et comme toujours hiromi me rend heureux
I keep coming back to this. Utterly perfect distillation of the hard work, musical understanding, talent, did I say hard work yet...decades of it....that makes someone a master of their craft.
For me, she might be the greatest living musician. Wondrous.
"...distillation of hard work..." etc. Yep. Takes decades. You have to love to practise.
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Согласен полностью !!!))☝
Even Gershwin could not have imagined some of the things Hiromi can do on the piano........Bravo!
This is the highest level a human can reach!
I bought her debut album about 15 years ago, and was impressed with her musicianship (both musicality and virtuosity), thinking that another talented pianist had emerged.
But, I was wrong … well, sort of. “Another talented pianist” now seems to be understatement. As many comments on her vids say, she has become among the greatest jazz pianists of all time, or perhaps even the very best already.
With no sheet music or charts, she just improvises like crazy whether with a rhythm section or on her own. Back in the 70’s, I admired Keith Jarrett's solo piano performances, but sometimes found them a bit pedantic or self-indulgent or even boring. But not so at all with Hiromi - her solo performances are always innovative, melodic and enchanting.
Hiromi already showed her versatility on her 1st album, and I liked it. But versatile musicians often fail to establish their own sound and end up being just one of them. Well, again it’s not the case with Hiromi. While retaining her versatility, she has successfully developed her own “Hiromi” sound, which is so recognizable.
In my view, Hiromi may well be the jazz pianist of the century. And she is still exploring and developing …. Damn!
true
I agree. She can play any style and take it beyond what it was before. I'm glad someone like this came along. I'm a competent pianist and can somewhat faithfully reproduce some of Oscar Petersen's more complex work (and I can only reproduce it, I can't do that insane improv at 150bpm with 16th notes mixed with eighth note triplets in the moment like he could). I haven't even tried reproducing Art Tatum because it seems a little unreachable, like Cziffra's arrangement of "Flight of the Bumblebee". I watch Hiromi play and she so far ahead, she's like Tatum, unreachable. When someone's that far ahead, they're no longer playing the piano, like I do, instead she's performing magic. She's a magician. I need to go see her live, it's been a long time since I've seen a magician.
That piano needed a cigarette after that!
I understood that reference.
lol!!!!
....but the piano tuner had to be sedated.
wkwk
Hell, _I_ needed a cigarette after that!
This is stunning, a hold your cheeks laughing at how amazing, of a world class performance. As good as it gets, all bases covered. This is a superstar and a thrilling performance for our lifetime.
Time for a career change. I now want to devote my life to listening to (and watching) this remarkable woman simply exude music. I hope the world takes very good care of her!
Saw her live a couple of times. First at North Sea Jazz where she performed with the Stanley Clarke band. Fell in love immediately.
Later on saw her twice with the trio (Anthony Jackson on the bass and Simon Philips on drums). Stunning performance.
Then an other time when she performed with harpist Edmar Castaneda.
Hiromi is certainly one the best (if not THE best) musician I have ever had the pleasure to see and hear live.
Hiromi is no doubt one of THE piano players of the 21st century. Her vocabulary seems endless and it's so much more than perfect technique. Her improvisation is astonishing. She plays this version of I've got Rythm a lot. As great as it is it's hard to believe she could be any better than this! In my opinion she is! I love how she totally emerses her self as one with the music. Her personality shines with every note (everything she plays not just this) The fact that she's so adorable is besides the point and her love for playing is expressed with her many playful faces 😂😉. She's a fantastic musician. Definitely one of my favorites.. I Love her. Even if she wasn't cute....
the most insane pianist I've ever seen in this planet.
I remember watching this on TV and saying "Wow!" out loud. This was my introduction to Hiromi, and I've been entranced ever since.
When watching this, do remember to breathe.
When you haven't played in the last twenty years, and now you have to fit all of that in six minutes
Hiromi is fantastically amazing! ❤
1:24 turned into a cartoon for second lol. She's one of those people thats so good that it seems like they're from another planet.
The guy's face on the right haha
She is a master on those keyboards like no one I have ever seen, how many musicians in the world are this good playing their instrument.
I'ts fun to watch the other musicians (for the most part) digging her more and more as the number progresses.
この演奏を聴いて、体温が２℃くらい上がりました＾＾
A lot of Gershwin quotes, a little Volodos, a little Errol Garner, a good helping of Tatum, and others I'm sure = yeah, you got rhythm, Hiromi!
THIS... was totally fucking amazing!
Got tears watching this.. so much energy and joy, she truly is ONE with the piano!
Her Piano: "Is it something I said?"
Oi!! Love it!
I had no interest in jazz until I discovered Hiromi.She is a revelation on a par with Yuja Wang if not better.She always looks like she is having so much fun playing with occasional delighted glances directed at the audience.I don't know anything about the music she is playing but I love it!
Yuja is a superior technician, one of the best ever. Hiromi is a superior musician. She can do everything, she can play anyone's style and extend it. She can take any piece of music in the moment and run with it, improv it. She's the Mozart of jazz. She's amazing, even Chick Corea found her to be amazing.
Probably de Paganini of the piano - such combination of joy, humor and virtuosity never encountered before!!
Or the Franz Liszt of today?
Or CV Alkan of today?
@@StygianStyle there is at least one another outstanding jung Pianist in skirt, super virtuosos: Yuja Wang. This is a recognized circumstance.
@bill Bloggs Yeah. She's a mere virtuoso. Or maybe she composes?
Hiromi is a jazz pianist though
U can hear the piano screaming "HOLD ON!!!!"
Sometimes I feel like leaving everything I have and travel the world for the sense of freedom,
She shows me when I watch her how much freedom I can feel staying at one room using music.
Thanks 💓
Look at how the fellow musicians on stage are enjoying her performance too
amazing, one of the best living pianists ... and such joy in her playing
Seeing her play always makes me happy
Not to mention her..!
She's talking music. She's living music. She's burning with music her souls is fire itself. She's breathing the notes.
Another piano is blessed forever.
Seriousness apart,
Who else feels they have extremely weak arms, and fingers like me ?
I love the way she turns around and face the band right at the end. It's almost a gesture like "..Okay, follow that...!". What an incredible, absolutely incredible musician. George Gershwin would be knocked sideways by this. I love her facial expressions throughout. She plays piano like a lead guitarist rock musician who's facial expressions interpret every riff and every emotion of a piece. I came to this page through the great music communicator that is ANDY EDWARDS. Thank you Andy for your ubiquitous knowledge.
Best pianist in the universe.
Bit of an unfair competition since no human on earth stands up to her and i'm pretty sure aliens don't have pianos.
Let's not forget about Art Tatum.
@@none5020 How could we? He's a legend.
@bill Bloggs Um, pretty sure, she trained classically. Hence the hand positions, the rapid scales, the rhythmic laser-beam accuracy...
@@tonirose6776 Lol, ironically I typed that comment 10 months ago when I didn't realize how much more impossible classical is. Now that I've done extensive research, I think the best pianist is obviously Franz Liszt or Alkan in terms of virtuosity. That is, if they could play all of their own pieces XD
i def need to see her perform live at least once in my life now
Same! She's mesmerising.
If there are those who think that genius is really there,they must watch this video. This is the genius. If you listen to this performance for a few seconds, you will realize that there is really genius in the world. There is almost no such person in the history of jazz. I am fortunate to have the same age with her.
This kind of talent is beyond the concept of "prodigy"!
3:20 that sforzato chord and those fast tone repetitions with the chromatic circiling around one note sounds a lot like Toccata from Kachaturian. Of course different harmonies but quite similiar. nice reference.
The joy on her face. Wow!!
Absolutely breathtaking. What an incredible standard of artistry
De outro mundo, incrível.
A 20 minute standing ovation would have been minimally appropriate.
ビッグバンドと共演だからテンション高いんですかね、タッチがいつになく荒々しくてリズムも突っ込み気味にドライヴしてる
共演者の表情も含めたすべてがライヴ演奏ですね。弾き終わった後のリアクションをもっと見たいな～
This is like a fireworks show. You keep thinking, 'this is the finale!'. Nope. Another round of fireworks goes off, only bigger and better than before. 'This is the finale!'. Nope. and it keeps on going, totally knocking us out, on and on. Hiromi's unbelievable
Вот это она прется, очередной раз слушаю, обалденно...
Cette musique se déplie comme un livre d'images plein d'étoiles, où viennent filer les oiseaux, tourner les farandoles, claquer les crécelles et danser les sorciers🌿🎋🍃
Sheer joy. What a treasure she is.
breathtaking.. musical magic
Certainement la meilleure de notre galaxie
Wow wow my friend just share this beautiful unbelievable lady she's amazing
She is just so amazing
あー！もう最高！
Playing the piano, a martial art!
Ohhh. Well said!
The phrase "best in the world" gets tossed around and at times gets used very uncessarily for certain musicians who don't always live up to their hype but i consider pianist Hiromi as truly the best in the world and she has definitely lived up to her well earned reputation. If she plays in your town, i highly recommend you go and see her, it's a can't miss show and you won't be disappointed.
Would absolutely kill to see her. Very difficult to be impressed by another pianist after watching her.
I've had the great pleasure of seeing of the finest pianists in the world over the last 20 plus years and i can promise you now, you won't find any better than Hiromi, she's as good as they get. If she plays near where you live, make sure you go and see her, she's fantastic.
Not gonna be in Chicago any time soon.
Saw her last night, absolutely mind blowing. Great show
I wholeheartedly agree - she's right up there. I suppose there are some good and bad reasons a lot of amateur and professional critics put her a good way down their lists of best all-time jazz pianists - and I daresay probably they're mostly bad reasons. I've heard her 3x with the Trio Project and once solo. It is a fulfilling, thrilling and almost emotionally exhausting experience - all in a good way. She is brilliant in invention, composition and execution, and exudes a charm and energy that really makes it worth the trip to go see her live. And you'll never see a musician having as good a time cranking out amazing music.
In the Musician Pantheon in my head, Hiromi and Chick Corea take turns in the #1 and #2 positions. Ms. Uehara is the only artist I've gone to see 4 times (and I'm starting to feel the urge to make it 5). I think she's more exciting live than Chick - though check back with me after I go see him with Wynton Marsalis & orchestra next month...
In videos you see/hear and albums to date, she's in her mid-20's to late 30's - it's scary to think how good she'll be at 50 or 60!
天才です❤️
She's amazing
"Who could ask for anything more?"
I hear you query
Oh my gooshhh i still got goosebumps after seeing this video thank you jesus to know her it’s beautiful💕
when she gets up, at the end, she seems relieved....and so does the listener, who desperately tried to follow her.. !! ;-) wow !
One of my favourite things to notice in these videos in the faces of the other musicians sitting behind watching.
Incredible bravo!!
信じられません。本当に素晴らしい。ひろみさんの演奏素敵です😭
You just gotta love her!
Hi Hiromi, when are you coming back to life music. We’re missing you!!!
Another planet. BEST EVER!
Absolutely not. Art Tatum would slay Hiromi.
Cred ca traiesc momente in care nu as fi crezut ca exsista si asa ceva pe planeta ! Nu mai se poate asculta alt pian ! Bravo bravo bravo !!!!!! Esti geniul pianului !!!!!!
What Stravinsky and Fats Waller , Monk and Hiromi all share in common is the contemporary aesthetic, that sometimes includes humour and a less subjective over wrought take on art music.
maravilla... hermosa compenetración, alegría, vitalidad, locura divina.
If I only heard the audio I would have to assume that they took the most experienced jazz musician in the world and connected his brain to some sort of supercomputer piano-playing machine
ピアノでウッドベースの音を出すなんて、最高やな！
She's so unbelievable!
Absolutely out of this world !
Diffrent power, energy, feeling it is sooo perfect ⭐️
Il y a la musique et il y a Hiromi . Un beau jour, plus beau que les autres, elles se rencontrent, qui peut les comprendre ? On ne saisit pas tout mais on aime tout ♥
C'est vrai ! J'étais là pour ce concert, c'était incroyable !
Imagine being permanently unable to land a wrong note when you reach this kind of mastery over an instrument
Fantastic, passionate, impressive virtuos !!!
素晴らしい！日本人として有難い！上原さん、これからもご健康に留意され、更なるご活躍をと、お祈り致します。🙏
Goosebumps everywhere! Awesome
WOW!! Move over Chick Corea...there's a new legend in town. And that's saying a lot, considering Chick has been my favorite musician in the world for 40 years now.
There's footage of them playing together on here, both great artist in their own field.
Chick chose her when she was 16 to go in tournee with him soooo