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Live at The Moment is a new album from pianist Takako Yamada’s jazz trio. The music was recorded during a live performance at The Moment in 2024 and released later that year. The Moment is a relatively new Tokyo jazz club, a polished recording studio-styled spot designed to produce and capture high-quality live audio, as was done with this album (jazz improv in the moment is a winning concept). Here, this sixty-one-minute set includes seven tracks, six jazz standards and one original song from the pianist. ...

Takako Yamada’s The Flow of Time features 11 original compositions from the pianist, a bold collection of exciting moods and modern compositions in adventurous style. Starting assertively with a modern jazz/rock feel, electric guitar and acoustic piano lay out high opening stakes for an album filled with dramatic creativity. The songs explore moments of musical sensitivity, relaxed swing, Monkish joy and freedom, and bluesy contemplation, with full sounds of crystal piano tones, warm electric guitar, bright drum work and deep, dark bass anchoring the group sound. ...