Spiral (Hiromi album)

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Spiral
Spiral (Hiromi album cover).jpg
Studio album by
Hiromi
ReleasedJanuary 16, 2006
RecordedMay 28–31, 2005
StudioBlackbird Studios, Studio D, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Jazz, jazz fusion
Length65:38 / 73:09 (incl. bonus track)
Label Telarc
Producer Hiromi Uehara, Michael Bishop
Hiromi chronology
Brain
(2004)		Spiral
(2006)		 Time Control
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
PopMatters 8/10 [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Spiral is a studio album by jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara with bassist Tony Grey and drummer Martin Valihora. NPR called the album "part classical, part jazz and part simply unclassifiable". [5]

Contents

Reception

Matt Cibula of PopMatters wrote, "Spiral is her third album... This record will be on many people's year-end lists, even if they are not jazz people. Dig it." [3] Paula Edelstein of AllMusic commented, "With the release of Spiral, the award-winning pianist/composer Hiromi Uehara stands at the threshold of limitless possibility." [2] Jim Santella of All About Jazz commented "Her piano cascades drive with simple elegance, and she resolves every phrase with a dynamic spirit. She enthralls her audience with powerful rhythmic strides that challenge the intellect. Meters change, moods shift, and her driving force keeps on going. Her improvised romps come alive with foot-tapping and head-bobbing energy that keeps the listener buoyed from start to finish." [1]

Track listing

  1. Spiral (10:40)
  2. Open Door - Tuning - Prologue (10:16)
  3. Déjà Vu (7:45)
  4. Reverse (5:09)
  5. Edge (5:19)
  6. Old Castle, by the River, in the Middle of the Forest (8:20)
  7. Love and Laughter (9:20)
  8. Return of the Kung-Fu World Champion (9:39)
  9. Big Chill (Japanese edition Bonus track) (7:30)

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Santella, Jim (10 January 2006). "Hiromi: Spiral". All About Jazz. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 Edelstein, Paula. "Spiral". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 Cibula, Matt (8 February 2006). "Hiromi: Spiral". PopMatters . Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1428. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ↑ "Japanese Jazz Prodigy Hiromi: 'Spiral'". NPR.org. 30 January 2006. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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