Baroque (Junko Onishi album)

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Baroque
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 18, 2010
RecordedMarch 24–29, 2010
Studio Sear Sound, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length74:46
Label Verve
UCCJ-2081
Producer Junko Onishi, Kuninori Tamamori
Junko Onishi chronology
Musical Moments
(2009)
Baroque
(2010)
Tea Times
(2016)

Baroque is an album by the jazz pianist Junko Onishi, recorded and released in 2010.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Not rated [1]

Matt Collar of Allmusic says, "Baroque features several Onishi originals as well as her unique interpretations of some 20th century classical pieces, including 'The Three Penny Opera.'" [2]

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Tutti" Junko Onishi 9:05
2."The Mother's (Where Johnny Is)"Junko Onishi5:49
3."The Threepenny Opera"Junko Onishi19:41
4."Stardust" Hoagy Carmichael 3:23
5."Meditations for a Pair of Wire Cutters" Charles Mingus 4:54
6."Flamingo"Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya 5:10
7."The Street Beat / 52nd Street Theme" Charlie Parker / Sir Charles Thompson, Thelonious Monk 8:35
8."Memories of You" Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf 8:35
Total length:74:46

Personnel

Production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
JapanJuly 28, 2010 Verve Universal Music LLC CD UCCJ-2081
EuropeAugust 25, 2010Verve Universal Music Group CDJZ100825-17

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References

  1. "AllMusic Review". Allmusic . Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. Collar, Matt. Junko Onishi – Baroque: Review at AllMusic