Hiromi: Voice – review

(Telarc) Hard on Gary Burton's heels into Ronnie Scott's next week comes the young Japanese pianist Hiromi, one of jazz's most remarkable keyboard virtuosi. Though she can't resist hurtling through a jaw-dropping obstacle race of swing, classical adaptations and thundering blues, it's hard to resist the childlike glee with which she does it all. Voice doesn't feature any vocals, but the theme is her journey towards a voice of her own. Her hard-grooving partners are bassist Anthony Jackson and dr...

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