Hiromi Uehara

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Hiromi Uehara 2013 at Jazz na Starówce in Warsaw

Hiromi Uehara ( Japanese 上原 ひ ろ み , Uehara Hiromi ; born March 26, 1979 in Hamamatsu ), stage name Hiromi , is a Japanese jazz pianist .

Live and act

Hiromi had been taking classical piano lessons since she was six, and her teacher also encouraged her understanding of jazz. When she was twelve she performed with an orchestra for the first time. At the age of 14 she played with the Czech Philharmonic . At 17 she met Chick Corea and played an improvisation for two pianos with him. After further experience, including composing commercial music for Nissan , she went to the United States in 1999 to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston . Among her mentors at Berklee College was Richard Evans , who teaches orchestral transcription. Her debut with the Telarc record company was promoted by Ahmad Jamal . Richard Evans co-produced her first record, which she made before graduation, which went gold in 2003 in Japan .

Since her second album, Brain, until 2009, the musician was usually accompanied on tour by Slovak drummer Martin Valihora and British bassist Tony Gray . She knows both musicians from her studies at Berklee. For the albums Time Control and Beyond Standard , she was accompanied by guitarist David “Fuze” Fiuczynski , known as the band leader of the group Screaming Headless Torsos . In 2009 she also performed a solo program on the classical grand piano. She has also made recordings as a duo with Chick Corea ( Duet , 2008) and with Stanley Clarke's trio (with Lenny White , Jazz in the Garden ). In recent years she has played with her newly cast trio, which includes Anthony Jackson and Simon Phillips .

Building on the achievements of George Antheil and Art Tatum, the pianist plays with extreme virtuosity; their compositions alternate between jazz, avant-garde and rock. According to the jazz newspaper (3/2009), the musician is “one of the world's best and most successful artists in the field of jazz-rock fusion , who brings some freshness to this genre, which is actually played dead, with her virtuosity, hair-raising energy and fun playing. Their music is technically very demanding, but the basis is usually easily accessible melodies or electrical grooves . "

In 2007 she married the Japanese fashion designer Yasuhiro Mihara , at whose fashion show in Paris she played live that year.

Appearance at the Night of the Proms 2013 in the Festhalle Frankfurt

Discography

As a leader / co-leader

year title Label Notes / cast
2003 Another Mind Telarc with Mitch Cohn (bass), Dave DiCenso (drums) and guests: Anthony Jackson (bass), Jim Odgren (alto saxophone), David Fiuczynski (guitar)
2004 Brain Telarc with Tony Gray (bass), Anthony Jackson (bass), Martin Valihora (drums)
2005 Spiral Telarc with Tony Gray (bass), Martin Valihora (drums)
2007 Time control Telarc as "Hiromi's Sonicbloom" with David Fiuczynski (guitar), Tony Gray (bass), Martin Valihora (drums)
2008 Beyond standard Telarc as "Hiromi's Sonicbloom" with David Fiuczynski (guitar), Tony Gray (bass), Martin Valihora (drums)
2008 Duet Stretch Records with Chick Corea (piano)
2009 Place to Be Telarc solo
2011 Voice Telarc as "The Trio Project" with Anthony Jackson (bass) and Simon Phillips (drums)
2011 Get Together - Live In Tokyo Telarc with Akiko Yano (piano)
2012 Move Telarc as "The Trio Project" with Anthony Jackson (bass) and Simon Phillips (drums)
2014 Alive Telarc as "The Trio Project" with Anthony Jackson (bass) and Simon Phillips (drums)
2016 Spark Telarc as "The Trio Project" with Anthony Jackson (bass) and Simon Phillips (drums)
2017 Live in Montreal Telarc with Edmar Castañeda (harp)
2019 Spectrum Telarc solo

As a sidewoman

year leader title Label
2009 The Stanley Clarke Trio Jazz In The Garden Heads Up International
2010 The Stanley Clarke Band The Stanley Clarke Band Heads Up International

Video

year title Label Notes / cast
2008 Hiromi - Live in Concert Telarc Live at Shinagawa Stellar Ball, December 2, 2005

with Tony Gray (bass), Martin Valihora (drums)

2008 Hiromi's Sonic Bloom - Live in Concert Telarc Live at Tokyo International Forum Hall A, December 9, 2007

with David Fiuczynski (guitar), Tony Gray (bass), Martin Valihora (drums)

2010 Hiromi Solo - Live at the Blue Note New York Telarc Live at the Blue Note New York , August 20 and 21, 2010
2011 The Trio Project - Live in Marciac Telarc Live in Marciac (France) on July 31, 2011

with Anthony Jackson (bass) and Simon Phillips (drums)

2014 The Trio Project - Move: Live in Tokyo Telarc Live in Tokyo

with Anthony Jackson (bass) and Simon Phillips (drums)

Web links

Commons : Hiromi Uehara  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Uehara, Hiromi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 上原 ひ ろ み (Japanese); Hiromi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamamatsu , Japan