siftasam Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Happy New Year everyone. Many thanks to all who have provided stimulating topics, discussion and often funny comments and jokes. I especially thank all those who have given me great (and free!) advice and support with my medical problems this year. I hope I can give something back to you in the form of the glorious Jazz (from Asia! - and why not Asia?) that I have discovered recently on YouTube. So much YouTube 'Jazz', especially 'Latin American' is appalling. Disgraceful 'musicianship' (or total lack of it!). No originality, no creativity, no wit, no understanding of not only jazz but of these wonderful tunes. Here is the Real Deal: I think you'll be surprised, perhaps even stunned. It's wonderful Jazz, completely contemporary, a trio which plays tunes and songs that many of us love, in an exciting, beautiful, characterful and really fun way. Yuka Yanagihara is a very fine pianist, the double bass players are highly talented musically and the drummer the best trio drummer of this style of Jazz I've heard in 65 years of listening to wonderful jazz music. Please go to the Osaka Jazz Channel on You Tube. It's a large channel, so be careful to choose THIS wonderfully symbiotic trio. Yuka Yanagihara on piano, (make sure it's her), either Yuu Miyano or Satsuki Kusui on double bass and the great young drummer Takashi Kage. The sound engineer is Takashi himself. The filming is great too. I've never seen better. A joyous masterclass in making music - and the performances are live. 20 stunning tracks. Enjoy! I Love You Close To You One Day I’ll Fly Away Englishman in New York Fly Me To The Moon In Walked Bud Saving All My Love For You What Kind Of Fool Am I Fantasy in D Black Orpheus Fragile How My Heart Sings All The Things You Are Francisca Autumn in New York Some Day My Prince Will Come Cantaloupe Island Sing (Sesame Street) Agua de Beber Autumn Leaves And if you love Latin Jazz (like me) and can't understand why on earth groups cannot maintain and sustain the marvellously happy Latin/Bossa beat, go to the group that operates out of a coffee shop in the Philippines (yes, I'm not kidding!). There are a few terrific tracks. Great fun, with a lovely and very talented lady singer. She's also a state registered nurse and a real estate manager. Wouldn't the world be a better place with more people like her? I think you'll love her (I do!) The group is called Fab Jazz. Live at Glasshouse Coffee. You'll see another title 'Black Davao' at the start when they make you a lovely cappuccino. The tracks I recommend are: 'Brigas Nunca Mais', 'Baubles, Bangles and Beads,' 'O Barquinho', 'So Danca Samba', and 'So Tinha de Ser'. Enjoy a great 2024 and thanks again! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Hiromi is the greatest Japanese pianist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY5dTBhRxOA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep Right Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Very nice, thanks for the recommendation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jing Joe Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Siftasam, please fast track me to your best suggested links to two songs on your list because as you say:- Osaka Jazz Channel on You Tube. It's a large channel, #1. the photographers song:- "Some day my prints will come". #2. that Thai astronaut song:- "Fry me to the moon" I'd only heard of two kinds of music before:- Country, and Western and because you say "Now you has Jazz", so please open our ears to the stuff you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffersLos Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Quote Don't Miss This Great Piano Trio Jazz - from Osaka! 19 hours ago in Chiang Mai Okay. When and where are they playing in Chiang Mai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Wow nice. Thanks for the recommendation. Will listen to it in full when I get some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siftasam Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 Hiromi is the greatest Japanese pianist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY5dTBhRxOA Thanks, Mr. proton. Interesting and full discussion of the merits and limitations of her playing on reddit/jazz/hiromi. I don't warm to her. The sound is too often like a mechanical player piano. Quite frankly, her improvisations tend to get on my box. I certainly wouldn't pay to watch her. It would drive me bonkers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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