https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/tags/greg-ruggiero/ Recent content in Greg Ruggiero on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory Hugo en Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/hiromi-miura-we-dont-know-yet/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/hiromi-miura-we-dont-know-yet/ <p>Modern jazz albums like saxophonist Hiromi Miura’s <em>We Don’t Know Yet</em> occupy a special place, offering original compositions with creative elements which remain in the mind and call for repeated listens. Performed with consummate skill from the New York- and Japan-based musicians, the album offers five of Miura’s songs and two cover songs, focusing on intricate modern compositions and interpretations.</p> <figure><a href="L1200268-1024.jpg"> <img loading="lazy" src="L1200268-1024.jpg"/> </a> </figure> <p>Miura’s creative songwriting takes on challenges like constructing sweet melodies over shadowy harmonic intervals, odd-metered rhythms, and subtle dynamic changes, also using less tangible influences from snowy weather to fantasy and space. The album was recorded at a time when reflecting on those uncertain moments between transitions, not knowing what will come next but bravely moving forward.</p>