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New video clips with Anthony Jackson bass and Simon Philips drums :

Just a word: A M A Z I N G!!!!!!!!!

Literally my favorite Pianist of any genre. Every note is colored and beautiful even at break neck speed. Would love to hear her playing some classical repertoire.

Elegant, soulful and playful. The way she can take an idea and weave it quite masterful.

Don't like it. She is a tremendous talent and rare piano master in many ways, love her stuff with Chick and her Sonicbloom stuff. Primary impression in listening to this is that she trying to sell records, too bad she has to be a star..Beethoven thing was horrible, funk stuff nicely played, but so what.

She's young, hopefully she will see through the music business demands, and be someday as great as it appears she can be. Won't be by making mom and pop appreciate her work, though.

I kind of have to agree with dave here. As much as I think she is incredibly talented, there are so many other young talents I prefer listening to. When I listen to Tigran Hamasyan, Taylor Eisgsti, , Aaron Parks,Fabian Almazan, Robert Glasper.. and millions of other great young pianist out there, I get so much sense of their musical vision/direction from their playing in everything thing they do, and their exploration of their own music becomes deeper as they get older.

Not that Hiromi doesn't have that, but I don't any sense of vision from those recordings. And a lot of times I can really connect to her music other than the fact that she plays really well.

Ah man. Have got to disagree. I agree that as a composer their are far greater talents out there- you mentioned some great examples and I love Taylor Eigsti. Harmonically their is far more inventiveness around.
However Hiromi's sheer mastery of the Piano is in my opinion hard to rival and she uses the instrument so inventively and spontaneously never faltering. Her technique is phenomenal in the complete sense as she creates such color and really understands the piano as "100 instruments". Her sense of Rhythm is also brilliant.
I think this is a better showcase of her talent as is Haze.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbjJI7qK-UA&feature=related

Just realised you did aknowledge her a little more than I first thought! I personally find Hiromi more inspiring than all the other great Jazz pianists out there because of the way the really makes the piano sing hearing everything in her head I think and such nuance...
Hopefully she'll get greater artistic vision in the future.

Here is an even better rendition of the "Old castle, by the river, in the middle of a forest." Her solo playing is quite amazing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VthJXuElaMU

Her originality is very unique!