Album Description
* Though preceded by four trio releases, the years 2007-2008 marked
Eri Yamamoto's rise into the consciousness of astute music listeners outside of NYC. Her essential appearance on
William Parker's eternal Corn Meal Dance was followed by a pair of her own luminous and widely acclaimed albums, Duologue and Redwoods (all on
AUM Fidelity). * This new studio album of compositions/songs are, as part of her recent three-album string, nigh unmatched by her pianistic (or otherwise) peers in music. A handful of these songs could be new jazz standards, or covered by the more gifted in the rock realm, and all are brought to life with ebullience and deep sensitivity by her long-running trio partners, bassist
David Ambrosio and drummer
Ikuo Takeuchi. * Half of these songs were composed as a new "internal" soundtrack suite to the 1932 B&W silent film I Was Born, But... by Japanese director
Yasujiro Ozu, one of the most important filmmakers in cinema history. While Ozu's film is serious and sometimes heartbreaking, it also has lightness and humor; Yamamoto's compositions accentuate this emotional complexity. The other half of the songs, equally compelling and far-ranging in mood, were composed through capturing Yamamoto's experiences living in NYC and her touring around the world.
