https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/tags/makiko-sugawara/ Recent content in Makiko Sugawara on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory Hugo en Wed, 03 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/harumi-nomoto-trio-virgo/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/harumi-nomoto-trio-virgo/ <p>Pianist Harumi Nomoto’s 2014 release <em>Virgo</em> is a constellation of grooves, moods, and textures, boldly incorporating inter-genre approaches as piano jazz is woven with Eastern sounds, African rhythms, and hip-hop-influenced beats.</p> <figure><a href="L1210299-1024.jpg"> <img loading="lazy" src="L1210299-1024.jpg"/> </a> </figure> <p><em>Virgo</em> follows the pianist’s previous albums Another Ordinary Day (2002) and Belinda (2007) and completes a trio of records that progressively show an expansion of creative vision and songwriting tact. Through arrangements honed at Japanese jazz clubs through prior years, the music was released to eager fans with this album of seven originals plus an arrangement of Thelonious Monk’s “Green Chimneys”, which gets a unique slow-and-low groove treatment here.</p>