Comments on: Hiromi, Jazz Bakery, 4/12/07 http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:05:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ryan http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/comment-page-1/#comment-103775 Ryan Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:54:51 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/#comment-103775 The Latest From Netsol.... Congratulations! The following domains are available: thecapeofrickwakeman.com thecapeofrickwakeman.net The Latest From Netsol….

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]]> By: MFV http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/comment-page-1/#comment-103736 MFV Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:02:38 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/#comment-103736 I need to continue my Yessian dialogue with Sir Ryan, but in terms of Hiromi's fusion influences, did you know she performed onstage with Chick Corea when she was eleven? He kept asking her if she could play, then if she could improv, and finally he called her up at the end of his show to jam. I think she's more toward the Alan Holdsworth/Bruford school, at least with Sonic Boom. I need to continue my Yessian dialogue with Sir Ryan, but in terms of Hiromi’s fusion influences, did you know she performed onstage with Chick Corea when she was eleven? He kept asking her if she could play, then if she could improv, and finally he called her up at the end of his show to jam. I think she’s more toward the Alan Holdsworth/Bruford school, at least with Sonic Boom.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/comment-page-1/#comment-103725 Ryan Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:46:00 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/#comment-103725 Definitely picked up on the carl lewis influence. Definitely picked up on the carl lewis influence.

]]> By: godoggo http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/comment-page-1/#comment-103720 godoggo Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:36:30 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/#comment-103720 As a bit of a jazz snob, I just want to point out that Hiromi plays fusion, not prog rock. To my ears her most obvious influence would be Chick Corea, but on her <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=32084627" rel="nofollow">myspace page</a>, she says, “I love Bach, I love Oscar Peterson, I love Franz Liszt, I love Ahmad Jamal,” she says. “I also love people like Sly and the Family Stone, Dream Theatre and King Crimson. Also, I’m so much inspired by sports players like Carl Lewis and Michael Jordan. Basically, I’m inspired by anyone who has big, big energy. They really come straight to my heart.” As a bit of a jazz snob, I just want to point out that Hiromi plays fusion, not prog rock. To my ears her most obvious influence would be Chick Corea, but on her myspace page, she says, “I love Bach, I love Oscar Peterson, I love Franz Liszt, I love Ahmad Jamal,” she says. “I also love people like Sly and the Family Stone, Dream Theatre and King Crimson. Also, I’m so much inspired by sports players like Carl Lewis and Michael Jordan. Basically, I’m inspired by anyone who has big, big energy. They really come straight to my heart.”

]]> By: Ryan http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/comment-page-1/#comment-103698 Ryan Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:30:28 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/#comment-103698 ok, "leave it" i agree with your assessment. but "changes" is some serious pap, syncopation notwithstanding. It could just as easily be ASIA I'm listening to. Back to the greatest album they ever made, though. One of the reasons I like relayer may be the fact that moraz seamlessly replaced wakeman (sacrilige? discuss). Unless you're watching them live going "hey where the hell did the <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xql99I1VSdI" rel="nofollow">dude with the cape go?</a>" you would never hear the personnel change-up. Here you have a guy who's blowing the entire band's album advances on dozens of ludicrous organs and the like, meantime Jon Anderson continues to wheeze effortlessly about dragons and 20-sided die without spending an additional dime. I'd wager the whole band was shitting its collective pants while wakeman was amassing his walls of keyboards. He had that shit stacked so high he couldn't even reach the top equipment! I am unable to find the footage to back this up @ present. Give me time... ok, “leave it” i agree with your assessment. but “changes” is some serious pap, syncopation notwithstanding. It could just as easily be ASIA I’m listening to.

Back to the greatest album they ever made, though. One of the reasons I like relayer may be the fact that moraz seamlessly replaced wakeman (sacrilige? discuss). Unless you’re watching them live going “hey where the hell did the dude with the cape go?” you would never hear the personnel change-up. Here you have a guy who’s blowing the entire band’s album advances on dozens of ludicrous organs and the like, meantime Jon Anderson continues to wheeze effortlessly about dragons and 20-sided die without spending an additional dime. I’d wager the whole band was shitting its collective pants while wakeman was amassing his walls of keyboards. He had that shit stacked so high he couldn’t even reach the top equipment! I am unable to find the footage to back this up @ present. Give me time…

]]> By: MFV http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/comment-page-1/#comment-103677 MFV Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:07:05 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/#comment-103677 Will anyone stand up for Trevor Horn? Will no one have mercy on him! CHANGES is syncopated 18/8 before the trashy pop metal break. LEAVE IT is fine vocal precision however hokey. Do not underestimate their one pop album for it splashes the brainless glitz of early eightified hard rock against shoals of quarter-free JOUST games and the innovation of Disney's EPCOT. Just listen for it. I should write a defense of 90291. Will anyone stand up for Trevor Horn? Will no one have mercy on him! CHANGES is syncopated 18/8 before the trashy pop metal break. LEAVE IT is fine vocal precision however hokey. Do not underestimate their one pop album for it splashes the brainless glitz of early eightified hard rock against shoals of quarter-free JOUST games and the innovation of Disney’s EPCOT. Just listen for it.

I should write a defense of 90291.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/comment-page-1/#comment-103446 Ryan Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:49:57 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/#comment-103446 Dammit man you're forgetting 'soon' at the end of side A. You have to listen through 15+ minutes of seriously grueling shit to get to the good part of side A. Sort of a task/reward situation. Give it a go. Call your bro. Dammit man you’re forgetting ‘soon’ at the end of side A. You have to listen through 15+ minutes of seriously grueling shit to get to the good part of side A. Sort of a task/reward situation. Give it a go. Call your bro.

]]> By: Pete http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/comment-page-1/#comment-103442 Pete Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:45:56 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/#comment-103442 Ryan, my brother is a huge Yes fan, so I'm quite well acquainted with their discography. The B side of <i>Relayer</i> is actually pretty good. "Sound Chaser" is gloriously ugly, while "To Be Over" has some moments that are absolutely sublime. The sidelong epic on the A side, however, was boring to me even in the days when I loved sidelong epics. As long as we're talking about Yes, the first four studio albums are all great. The next five, except for a couple cuts on <i>Going for the One</i> and the aforementioned side B of <i>Relayer</i>, are the auditory avatar of a Trekkie with wispy facial hair, a fedora, a black trenchcoat, and a bookshelf full of O'Reilly programming manuals. Wait...you weren't one of those dudes, were you, Ryan? Ryan, my brother is a huge Yes fan, so I’m quite well acquainted with their discography. The B side of Relayer is actually pretty good. “Sound Chaser” is gloriously ugly, while “To Be Over” has some moments that are absolutely sublime. The sidelong epic on the A side, however, was boring to me even in the days when I loved sidelong epics.

As long as we’re talking about Yes, the first four studio albums are all great. The next five, except for a couple cuts on Going for the One and the aforementioned side B of Relayer, are the auditory avatar of a Trekkie with wispy facial hair, a fedora, a black trenchcoat, and a bookshelf full of O’Reilly programming manuals.

Wait…you weren’t one of those dudes, were you, Ryan?

]]> By: Ryan http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/comment-page-1/#comment-103440 Ryan Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:22:06 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/#comment-103440 MFV you need to revisit RELAYER if you're into yes... that album is the bomb Pete you go revisit it too. I said it. Hell, I said it! MFV you need to revisit RELAYER if you’re into yes…
that album is the bomb
Pete you go revisit it too.
I said it. Hell, I said it!

]]> By: MFV http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/comment-page-1/#comment-103421 MFV Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:50:09 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/2007/04/22/hiromi-jazz-bakery-41207/#comment-103421 She's highly extraordinary or prodigious, choose. No mistakes. A mistakeless set. Good of you to come clean, Pete. I have guilty pleasure for Yes, "Fragile" and Bill Bruford's Earthworks. (Shh!) She’s highly extraordinary or prodigious, choose. No mistakes. A mistakeless set. Good of you to come clean, Pete. I have guilty pleasure for Yes, “Fragile” and Bill Bruford’s Earthworks. (Shh!)

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