BRAIN

The first Hiromi album as a trio with Valihora and Grey was a great artistic success. The album is as virtuosic as it is thought out compositionally and stylistically.

Brains is a suiting name as all three players (well, two bass players) deploy their brains and chops to create this brilliant mixture of modern fusion, jazz and funk. Hiromi reigns with synths, piano and the rhythm section is also young but phenomenally tight.

The first composition is indeed a kung-fu exercise in dynamics, a complex interplay and accelerating main motive. Contradictory to the first piece, the second "If..." is a melodic and more accessible yet distinctly modern sunny jazz with great piano. "Wind song" continues in the vein with a combination of 3/4 and straight rhythms. Hiromi can craft classically influenced motives a la Brad Mehldau yet they can get complex within a few seconds. After that, it's time for three lengthy tracks. "Desert on the moon" is the most traditionally sounding song but the beat is clearly modern while the piano and the acoustic bass remain conventional. "Keytalk" is a groovy track for Hiromi's synth experiments (the bass has some effect, too). It's quite a loose track apart from the main motive which is played with a variety of executions.

Despite versatility in its output, the album is easily recommended to all fusion and modern jazz bands.

Social review comments

Review related links

• Send comments to sgtpepper
• Report this review (#3198182)
• Buy HIROMI UEHARA music online with PA partners
• Show all HIROMI UEHARA MP3/Stream
• Go to HIROMI UEHARA page for videos, full discography with ratings, reviews and much more
• Go to Brain page for more details, where to buy and ratings/reviews
• Search the Forum for HIROMI UEHARA related discussions