1."Choux a la creme" (H. Uehara)
2."Old Castle, by the river, in the middle of a forest" (H. Uehara)
3."Velho Piano" (D.Caymmi)
4."Haze" (H. Uehara)
5."The Tom and Jerry Show" (H. Uehara)
6."Ue Wo Muite Aruko" (R. Ei, H. Nakamura)

Hiromi Uehara - piano

Hiromi is an in-demand jazz pianist capable of playing stride with blinding speed and deadly accuracy, but she's also a thoughtful, impressionistic composer. There's an absolute outpouring of energy to Hiromi's music, heard right from the get-go in this session with "Choux a la creme," her ode to cream puffs. Elements of Erroll Garner's piano swing, Stevie Wonder's funk and Lennie Tristano's dazzling compositions all add up to Hiromi's distinct sound. ---npr.org

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01 - Kung-Fu World Champion 
02 - If... 
03 - Wind Song 
04 - Brain 
05 - Desert on the Moon 
06 - Green Tea Farm 
07 - Keytalk 
08 - Legend of the Purple Valley 
09 - Another Mind

    Hiromi Uehara - Piano
    Tony Grey - Bass (1, 3, 4, 8)
    Anthony Jackson - Bass (2, 5, 7)
    Martin Valihora - Drums

Japanese pianist and composer Hiromi Uehara dazzled the jazz world with her 2003 debut, Another Mind. Its mash of keyboard pyrotechnics and range of compositional styles was multiplied exponentially by her irrepressible energy. On that set she used variously sized ensembles to articulate her compositions. On Brain, Hiromi strips it back to a trio and offers a more intimate look at her wide musical universe, utilizing drummer Martin Valihora, bassist Tony Grey (both fellow Berklee College of Music alums), and alternately bassist Anthony Jackson. The album opens with the wacky "Kung-Fu World Champion" with its mélange of sequenced keyboards. It's a fusion tune to be sure, but it's so kooky and funky that it transcends the label despite its reliance on staggering time signatures and stop-on-air turnarounds and changes. It's a careening tour de force where electronic keyboards and pianos are layered over a scattershot rhythm that pulls and pushes the deep pocket funk and strafes it with a post-bop sensibility. Grey's bassing here is so choice, so utterly fluid and physical. But it's back to jazz on "If..." with Jackson taking the bass chair. It's a strolling soul-jazz figure, bubbling over a series of chromatically arranged ostinati. Its beauty is crystalline despite all the activity. "Wind Song" is a mid-tempo ballad with beautiful ringing lines in the middle register. Its repetitive figure shifts and shapes an alternate melodic line in the solo. The knottiness of the title track offers a close, scrutinizing view of Hiromi's mad muse; using her piano to articulate a figure she creates a warped and angular counterpoint with electronic keyboards keeping the rhythm section striating in between, with precise interstitial motifs before the entire cut gives way to a blessed out of minor key prelude on the piano and her rhythm section dancing around the changes in hushed tones. The centerpiece of the set is a stunningly beautiful tune called "Green Tea Farm." A solo piece, it is pastoral. In sum, Hiromi has built upon her previous effort by stripping down her band and showcasing the less physical but no less ambitious side of her improvisational and compositional flair. Her sound might still be confounding to the purists, but who cares? Hiromi is a jazz pianist for the new century, one whose "yes" to the wealth of musical styles that are available to her is only eclipsed by her ability to work them into a unique whole that bears her signature. ---Thom Jurek, Rovi

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1. Spark
2. In a Trance
3. Take Me Away
4. Wonderland
5. Indulgence
6. Dilemma
7. What Will Be, Will Be
8. Wake Up and Dream
9. All's Well

Hiromi Uehara - piano, keyboards
Anthony Jackson - bass guitar
Simon Phillips – drums

I have been following Hiromi’s career for quite a while – I have always been in awe not only of her unique approach to jazz piano but also her fiery performances either as a bandleader or a side player with Stanley Clarke, which I was fortunate enough to hear not once but twice – at the Blue Note (with Lenny White on drums) and later that year at Central Park Summerstage.

When playing live, she becomes almost one with the music, using her entire body to deliver the music. She has incredible speed and her tunes mix more traditional contemporary jazz with electronic elements. When performing with her band, the sound is incredibly tight, and their chemistry is palpable.

On Spark (Telarc/Concord), Hiromi reunites with the trio project from 2010’s “Move” (Telarc/Concord), which is rounded out by Anthony Jackson (electric bass) and Simon Phillips (drums). The disc opens with the title track, a nine-minute tour-de-force that begins with a mellow, classically inflected piano solo that evolves into a progressive piece in which the bandleader exercises her creativity with a solid backbeat from the rhythm section.

“In a Trance” is a fast-paced in which Phillips doubles the entire piano’s notes with the drums – everything is played with incredible speed that it takes a few hearings to fully grasp everything, but just as you adjust the song changes pace into a Brazilian-like, laid-back feel before it goes back to the original melody. Things don’t quite slow down until “Wake Up and Dream,” a mellifluous solo piano ballad reminiscent of 2009’s “Place to Be,” her only solo piano album to date. “Spark” closes with “All’s Well,” a straight-ahead, bluesy tune that allows the band to stretch and showcase a more playful side.

With “Spark,” Hiromi has not veered from her path of musical exploration, and the tunes have welcome twists that surprise even fans familiar with her previous works. --- Ernest Barteldes, musicwhatever.wordpress.com

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1.Spiral	
2.Open Door - Tuning - Prologue	
3.Deja Vu	
4.Reverse	                    play
5.Edge	
6.Old Castle, By The River, In The Middle Of A Forest	
7.Love And Laughter	
8.Return Of Kung-Fu World Champion

Musicians: 
Hiromi Uehara, leader,composer, pianist. 
Tony Grey, bass. 
Martin Valera, drums

Hiromi Uehara is a brilliant jazz pianist and a highly creative composer. There are eight works in this CD collection. Each selection is a jazz masterpiece of its own. The selections are long, enjoyable and innovative. Selections include: "Spiral," "Music for three-Piece-Orchestra," "Old Castle, by the river, in the middle of a forest," "Love and Laughter" and "Return of Jung-FY World Champion."

"Music for Three-Piece-Orchestra" contains five parts. Among them is the intriguing and complex "Deja VI," a piece as enchanting as it is weird and absolutely precise in its unique delivery of interlocking jazz motifs. Musically, this jazz work taken as a whole will have people talking about it for a long time! These are long, imaginative jazz pieces.

"Love and Laughter" is dedicated to Ahmad Jamal. It is a rich, warm, and memorable listening experience, and one of the many highlights found in this remarkable CD jazz collection.

Hiromi Uehara is blessed with an abundance of jazz insight, readily revealed and shared with the listening audience. Her music is lively and full of positive energy! At age 26, Hiromi is a force to be reckoned with, and her amazing piano skills and techniques set her aside as one of the brightest young stars in the jazz world. Her keen sense of balance and verve allows her to combine many styles into a contemporary jazz setting that is totally unique and fresh.

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1.Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
2.Clair De Lune
3.Ue Wo Muite Aruko
4.I've Got Rhythm
5.Caravan
6.Time Out				play

Line-Up:
Hiromi Uehara (keyboards)
Tony Grey (bass)
Martin Valihora (drums)
David Fiuczynski (guitar)

Hiromi Uehara (born 26 March 1979), known as Hiromi, is a jazz composer and pianist born in Hamamatsu, Japan. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blend of musical genres such as jazz, progressive rock, classical and fusion in her compositions.

Hiromi started learning classical piano at age 6. She was introduced to jazz by her piano teacher Noriko Hakita when she was 8. At age 14, she played with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. When she was 17, she met Chick Corea by chance in Tokyo, and was invited to play with him at his concert the next day. After being a jingle writer for a few years for Japanese companies such as Nissan, she enrolled to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. There, she was mentored by Ahmad Jamal and had already signed with jazz label Telarc before her graduation.

Since her debut in 2003, Hiromi has toured the world and appeared in numerous jazz festivals. She performed live at the Newport Jazz Festival on August 8, 2009, and at the Paris Olympia in Paris on April 13, 2010 and toured in the summer of 2010 with the Stanley Clarke Band.

Hiromi's trio initially consisted of bassist Mitch Cohn and drummer Dave DiCenso. In 2004, she recorded her second album Brain with fellow Berklee alums bassist Tony Grey and drummer Martin Valihora and has been recording and touring with them ever since. Bassist Anthony Jackson was guest artist on two "Brain" tracks and is featured on her upcoming album "Voice."

Hiromi's Sonicbloom - on October 19, 2006, the trio added guitarist David Fiuczynski in a performance at the Jazz Factory in Louisville KY. He is also featured in the albums Time Control and Beyond Standard, and is currently touring with the group. Due to Fiuczynski's teaching commitments at Berklee College of Music, guitarist John Shannon performs with the group when Fiuczynski is unavailable.

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