Hiromi — Music Videos

Hiromi is the performing name of Japanese pianist and composer Hiromi Uehara. Her music moves between jazz, classical influence, rock energy, and electronic keyboard sounds, with a particularly animated relationship between written material and improvisation.

Her debut album Another Mind appeared in 2003. Later projects include the trio recordings Voice, Move, Alive, and Spark, as well as solo piano and larger ensemble settings. Spark places her piano and keyboards alongside bassist Anthony Jackson and drummer Simon Phillips.

Her playing is often physically exuberant, but quieter passages reveal an equally careful attention to touch and pacing. Listen for how a short rhythmic idea travels between the hands or between the piano and rhythm section, becoming the basis for a much larger musical shape.