宮脇裕子 on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory https://www.jazzofjapan.com/tags/%E5%AE%AE%E8%84%87%E8%A3%95%E5%AD%90/ Recent content in 宮脇裕子 on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory Hugo en-us Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Yuko Miyawaki: Song of Flower https://www.jazzofjapan.com/yuko-miyawaki-song-of-flower/ Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.jazzofjapan.com/yuko-miyawaki-song-of-flower/ <p>Japanese jazz musician Yuko Miyawaki’s debut album <em>Song of Flower</em> from 2011 brims with understated calm, burning steadily through original, mellow sounds and sparkling improvisation. Miyawaki’s trumpet and flugelhorn centers her core jazz quartet, adding a fifth member on tenor sax to embellish her jazz themes with sweet harmonies and cutting solos on four tracks.</p> <figure><a href="L1200337-1024.jpg"> <img loading="lazy" src="L1200337-1024.jpg"/> </a> </figure> <p>In addition to her compelling horn playing, Miyawaki’s contributions also include original songs and arrangements, all showing a creative style with modern themes calmly developing over sharp grooves with fascinating frameworks. The selected cover songs include a great modern jazz version of the Japanese folk song “Sakura”, the atmospheric latin tune “El Choclo”, “Summer Night” in uptempo swing, and a tender duo with guest pianist Junichiro Ohkuchi (joining on five songs) on the heartful ballad “I’m Glad There Is You”.</p> Japanese jazz musician Yuko Miyawaki’s debut album Song of Flower from 2011 brims with understated calm, burning steadily through original, mellow sounds and sparkling improvisation. Miyawaki’s trumpet and flugelhorn centers her core jazz quartet, adding a fifth member on tenor sax to embellish her jazz themes with sweet harmonies and cutting solos on four tracks.

In addition to her compelling horn playing, Miyawaki’s contributions also include original songs and arrangements, all showing a creative style with modern themes calmly developing over sharp grooves with fascinating frameworks. The selected cover songs include a great modern jazz version of the Japanese folk song “Sakura”, the atmospheric latin tune “El Choclo”, “Summer Night” in uptempo swing, and a tender duo with guest pianist Junichiro Ohkuchi (joining on five songs) on the heartful ballad “I’m Glad There Is You”.

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