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This work is the first studio recording by pianist Hatsune Hirakura, who has appeared like a comet in the Japanese jazz scene. She just graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2020, but she's already established herself as an undisputed top player. This work welcomes two maestros, Atsushi Ikeda (as) and Yosuke Inoue (b), who are about the same age as a parent and child, and performed American standards from the 1920s and 30s. She interpreted the standard with her youthful sensibility and her exceptional expressiveness. Recorded at Taro Okamoto's atelier in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo.

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Wheel of Time

iTunes Store • Jazz TOP ALBUMS • Japan • TOP 9 • 23 Mar 2023

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I Got Rhythm

Apple Music • Jazz Scene: Japan • 29 Jun 2023

Artist Profile

  • Hatsune Hirakura

    Professional Pianist, Hatsune HIrakura has had many performances with multiple bands in the Osaka and Tokyo area, including as a leader with her trio Hatsune Hirakura Trio. Pianist for Terri Lyne Carrington Berklee summer jazz workshop band in 2016. A Japan tour with her duo this December includes guest artists such as Takuya Kuroda on Trumpet. In April in 2019, 4 nights performance at the Bern jazz festival in Switzerland with drummer Ralph Peterson . In May in 2019, tour with Saxophonist Melissa Aldana in Boston, Connecticut, Philadelphia, and New York. Returned to Japan in 2020 and is active in the Japanese jazz scene based in Tokyo.After releasing her debut work 'Tears' (2022), she released 'Wheel of Time' (2023) and 'Moon and Venus' (2024) from <Days of Delight>. She is attracting attention as a talented young pianist.

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