https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/tags/miwo/ Recent content in MIWO on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory Hugo en Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/miwo-tranquillo/ Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/miwo-tranquillo/ <p>Jazz singer MIWO’s first album is entitled <em>Tranquillo</em> from 2020. This fifty-one-minute album delivers a sincere and straightforward set of twelve jazz standards perfectly suited to the leader’s modestly beautiful voice. <em>Tranquillo</em> was produced by mentor Hiroko Williams, a well-known jazz singer in her own right, and the result is an album with an authentic approach to vocal-focused jazz albums.</p> <figure><a href="L1240810x-1200.jpeg"> <img loading="lazy" src="L1240810x-1200.jpeg"/> </a> </figure> <p>While some decorative intros, endings, and arrangements are subtly attached, the performances follow the original music closely to respectfully elevate the original compositions and allow the immediately felt vocals to shine.</p>