Spiral
by Hiromi
- Type: Album
- Released: 17 January 2006
- Label: Telarc
- Country: Japan
- Length: 1:05:41
- Community rating: 3.66/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded with her established trio, 'Spiral' highlights pianist Hiromi Uehara's astonishing virtuosic capabilities and dynamic compositional skills. The post-bop arrangements effortlessly integrate intense jazz fusion speed with highly complex, uncommon time signatures, while never sacrificing their melodic core. The album is widely celebrated for its passionate improvisation and joyful, technically demanding instrumental interplay.
Genres
Descriptors: Fusion, technical, complex, uncommon-time-signatures, melodic, improvisation, instrumental, rhythmic
Tracklist
- Spiral (10:06)
- Music For Three-Piece-Orchestra: Open Door - Tuning - Prologue (10:16)
- Music For Three-Piece-Orchestra: D茅j脿 vu (7:45)
- Music For Three-Piece-Orchestra: Reverse (5:09)
- Music For Three-Piece-Orchestra: Edge (5:19)
- Old Castle, by the river, in the middle of a forest (8:20)
- Love And Laughter (9:02)
- Return Of Kung-Fu World Champion (9:41)
Credits
- Akira Maejima - film director [video director]
- Michael Bishop - producer, recorded by, mixed by, mastered by, engineer [mix]
- Anilda Carrasquillo - art direction, design
- Yamaha Music Foundation - booking [in japan]
- Wenig-LaMonica Associates - booking [north american and international booking representative]
- David Robinson - engineer [assistant]
- Lowell Reynolds - engineer [assistant]
- Ed Meitner - engineer [digital recording system]
- Gus Skinas - engineer [sonoma dsd]
- Robert Woods - executive-producer
- Eiji - hair [hair design]
- Frank Capri - photography by
- Max Michimoto - technician [piano]
- Kengo Kato - engineer [audio recording]