https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/tags/%E5%B7%A5%E8%97%A4%E6%82%A0/ Recent content in 工藤悠 on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory Hugo en Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/akiko-suda-flowers-on-the-hill/ Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/akiko-suda-flowers-on-the-hill/ <p><em>Flowers On The Hill</em> is a beautiful album of tender and impeccably delivered music from the vocalist Akiko Suda. The album features lovely original compositions together with jazz, bossa nova, and pop standards performed artistically with creative arrangements.</p> <figure><a href="../images/akiko-suda-flowers-on-the-hill/L1180460-1024.JPG"> <img loading="lazy" src="../images/akiko-suda-flowers-on-the-hill/L1180460-1024.JPG"/> </a> </figure> <p>The talented musicians play sensitively and at times sound like a Brad Mehldau-inspired modern jazz piano trio, creating a lush background for Suda’s masterful voice.</p> <p>The album starts strongly with four catchy and elaborate originals penned by Suda and pianist Yuichi Narita, then moves into jazz and pop territory. Novel versions of “Waters of March”, “Doralice”, Chick Corea’s “Crystal Silence”, and the jazz standards “How About You” and “What a Wonderful World” fill out the middle of the tracklist. The album closes sweetly with two pop songs, Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird” and Randy Newman’s “I Think It’s Going To Rain Today”, a pairing perfectly matched with the band’s modern, affectionate mood.</p>