Brain (album)

Brain
Studio album by
Hiromi
Released25 May 2004
RecordedDecember 9–11, 2003
StudioThe Sound Kitchen, "Big Boy", Franklin, Tennessee
Genre
Length61:44
LabelTelarc Distribution
ProducerMichael Bishop, Hiromi Uehara
Hiromi chronology
Another Mind
(2003) 		Brain
(2004) 		Spiral
(2006)

Brain is an album from Hiromi Uehara's first trio featuring bassist Tony Grey and drummer Martin Valihora.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Tom HullB+[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[6]

C. Michael Bailey of All About Jazz wrote "All of the pieces are pregnant with ideas, very well thought out ideas. In spite of my prejudice against electric elements in jazz, it is impossible for me to state anything other than that Brain is very likely to be a highlight recording of 2004."[7]

Andrew Lindemann Malone of JazzTimes commented "Hiromi doesn’t play jazz. Oh, sure, she plays piano in a jazz trio, which is why you are reading about her new album Brain in JazzTimes. But Hiromi also digs classical, funk, rock and a few other styles, and she can play in all of them. What’s more, she doesn’t draw lines between those musics when she composes."[8]

Reviewing for The Village Voice in September 2004, Tom Hull said of the album, "Eclectic postmodern piano trio, more or less, with a penchant for gadgets and kung fu."[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Hiromi Uehara.

  1. Kung-Fu World Champion (6:53)
  2. If... (7:11)
  3. Wind Song (5:43)
  4. Brain (9:05)
  5. Desert on the Moon (7:08)
  6. Green Tea Farm (4:38)
  7. Keytalk (10:02)
  8. Legend of the Purple Valley (10:47)
  9. Another Mind (Live, Japanese edition bonus track) (13:10)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "Jazz Consumer Guide (2): The Caribbean Tinge". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 25, 2020 – via tomhull.com.
  2. ^ "Hiromi - Alive and Kicking". JazzWise. June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "Hiromi* - Brain". Discogs. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. ^ Brain at AllMusic
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (September 28, 2004). "September 2004 Notebook". tomhull.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1428. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  7. ^ Bailey, C. Michael (April 24, 2004). "Hiromi: Brain". All About Jazz. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  8. ^ Lindeman Malone, Andrew (July 1, 2004). "Hiromi: Brain". JazzTimes. Retrieved 15 August 2019.