Atomi Hamada: This is Atomi

Jazz of Japan #33 • Mar 20, 2018 • Brian McCrory

Jazz singer Atomi Hamada releases This is Atomi, a five-track debut featuring songs she has loved as jazz instrumental standards. Here, using her voice as an instrument, she adds a fresh dimension to songs that some listeners may have heard only instrumentally before.

This is intimate, close-quarters jazz, with piano and bass backing up the vocals for a soft mellow mood.

Starting with a quiet dynamic, Hamada sings a wistful “Round Midnight” before moving to a relaxed “Speak No Evil” and a cheery “All The Things You Are”. She wraps up the five-track album with a catchy “Ladies in Mercedes” and a reconstructed “Confirmation” to close the set on a bebop high.

This is Atomi by Atomi Hamada

• Atomi Hamada - vocal
• Momo Nonami - piano
• Hiroaki Mizutani - bass

Released in 2017 on Atomi Hamada as This is Atomi.

Japanese names: Atomi Hamada 浜田亜東実 Momo Nonami 野波桃 Hiroaki Mizutani 水谷浩章

Audio and Video

• Live performance of track #4, “Ladies in Mercedes”