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“From My Heart” is definitely the case for Miho Sasaki’s emotional and one-of-a-kind release, From My Heart. The artist has developed a really fluent and diverse vocabulary, spicing up her sound with some incredibly articulate vibes, which sets the bar higher in terms of exploring different genres and forming a unique sound. Miho is a very accomplished pianist, and each song on this album feels like a taste of her incredible skills and dynamic range. (Jazz Coner, 2021)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Miho Sasaki, a pianist, attracting a lot of attention in the jazz scene\u2026completed her first full-length album, “From My Heart.”\u2026Sasaki expressed her unique musical individuality with the past pianists’ traditional style\u2026With the release of this album, she has shown that she is a solid performer in the Japanese jazz scene\u2026her furthermore musical achievement should be of great interest to Japan. (Jazz Japan, 2021)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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With great respect for the giants, her style is in the center of mainstream jazz that has evolved a modern approach\u2026The piano of Miho Sasaki, whose sound is firmly and asserted from slow songs to contemporary ones, is at the center of the ensemble. As a result, a perfect musical triangle with Miho Sasaki as the center is completed. (Jazz Japan, 2021)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Sasaki’s music sounds American, as if the D.N.A. of the Great American Songbook, jazz standards and the blues are embedded deep down in her bones\u2026The Garland mention seems especially appropriate as”Room 81″ even includes\u2014to go along with Sasaki’s Garland-esque light touch and keyboard sparkle\u2026Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life” get a beautifully reverent treatment, with Sasaki sounding especially pensive, leading into “Struttin’ With Some Barbecue,” which was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1927, and sounding here, in 2021, like a rollicking good time down on Bourbon Street. (All About Jazz, 2021)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Sasaki received the honor of being awarded the highest award, “James Moody Jazz Scholarship,” which is given to only one person in a year at the university…She has appeared in famous jazz clubs such as Birdland…Miho toured Japan in a triumphant return in 2018 and won the silver medal at the 38th Asakusa Jazz Contest, which she participated in during the tour\u2026recorded the first album in two days this spring. The first leader album…is a good board where you can enjoy Sasaki’s delicate touch and melodic and abundant phrases, from the number reminiscent of the evergreen “Bebop era” 1950s. The contents are enriched to the one where you can listen to a groovy interplay full of live feeling as if the three players were playing at the moment brilliantly. (Nishitama-Shinbum, 2021)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“From My Heart” is definitely the case for Miho Sasaki’s emotional and one-of-a-kind release, From My Heart. The artist has developed a really fluent and diverse vocabulary, spicing up her sound with some incredibly articulate vibes, which sets the bar higher in terms of exploring different genres and forming a unique sound. Miho is a … <\/p>\n

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