Miwa, Yoko
Yoko Music, 2019, CD
Instrument: Piano
Issue: 25.4
Jazz Ruler Type: Bebop
Performance: 4
Sound: 3
Score: 81
O’s Notes: Yoko Mika is a Japanese pianist and composer leading a trio with bassist Will Slater and drummer Scott Goulding for her latest release“Keep Talkin’, the same team from the well regarded“Pathways“(76). They open with a cool groove on the title track setting the stage for a great set of freshly arranged classics and originals that places Yoko in the upper echelon of today’s jazz pianists. We enjoyed ‘In Walked Bud‘, ‘Secret Rendezvous‘, and ‘Sunset Lane‘ with a fine solo by Miwa.
Publicist: Braithwaite & Katz