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Etcetra, I guess I don't think that nationality is really important. Great musicians can come from anywhere. Why should it matter if Tigran Hamasyan is from Europe or Kenny Wheeler is originally from Canada? I am with you on Hiromi, her music doesn't do it for me. I do like Masabumi Kikuchi though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88WQjom_jFU&feature=related and thanks for putting me onto Kei Akagi, from the few clips I heard he sounds like an interesting player.
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Esbjörn Svensson actually died last year in a tragic scuba diving accident in Stockholm. A great loss to the jazz world
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Kei Akagi used to play with Miles&Kenny Garrett back in the days, he is great player and I think he lives in California right now. Toshiko Akiyoshi is known for her big band stuff but she is a great piano player too.
I really don't think nationality/race has anything to do with how you play either, but I do think your cultural background does have an influence somewhat. For me Hiromi exemplifies what I don't like about Japanese jazz musicians..they have great chops but musically it doesn't move me. That is not to say all Japanese musician play that way, but I've been there and I understand why such stereotype exist.
It's also one thing that I kind of struggle with here. There are a lot of very well respected players here in Asia, but when I listen to them, I definitely hear the difference between the "real thing" , I definitely hear a difference in quality.. maybe not so much technically, but musically/creativity wise.
btw sorry for hijkacing the thread.. maybe i should start a new thread?
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Etcetra, I guess I don't think that nationality is really important. Great musicians can come from anywhere. Why should it matter if Tigran Hamasyan is from Europe or Kenny Wheeler is originally from Canada? I am with you on Hiromi, her music doesn't do it for me. I do like Masabumi Kikuchi though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88WQjom_jFU&feature=related and thanks for putting me onto Kei Akagi, from the few clips I heard he sounds like an interesting player. I love Masabumi Kikuchi. I bought an album a number of years ago where he plays Kurt Weil tunes with (i think) Gary Peacock and Paul Motian and listened to it many times. There are certainly great players everywhere. I guess the point I was originally making (just for my own clarification) is that in North America there are many many players who are pretty close to the very top players in Europe--maybe even as good but without the press. These are just the local 'working' musicians who aren't winning Downbeat polls.
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You don't have to come to Europe to check out John Taylor, Bobo Stenson, Martial Solal, Django Bates, Stefano Bollani, Enrico Pieranunzi, Michel Petrucciani... No, it will not do any good to go anywhere to check out Michel these days. (I met him a few times. He even came over to my house once.)
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i've bought the Koln Concert 2x - once with all the money i had in the world.
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You don't have to come to Europe to check out John Taylor, Bobo Stenson, Martial Solal, Django Bates, Stefano Bollani, Enrico Pieranunzi, Michel Petrucciani... No, it will not do any good to go anywhere to check out Michel these days. He still lives on in our hearts, and you can still check him out on cyberspace and vinyl wherever you live ;-) It must have been great to meet him, lucky you. I did see him play quite a few times back in the late 80's early 90's.
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I like this video about him. Such amazing locations and interesting personal story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzDS42wyHGw
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