What's The Story?
Hiromi Uehara is a Japanese fusion jazz pianist. Dancando No Paraiso is the standout track from her 2003 debut album Another Mind.
Who's To Blame?
A Dutch internet friend from Mozambique who speaks 6 languages. I don't know if any of that is true (or if the language count is still accurate), but he gave me no reason not to believe him.
Why ♥ It?
The guy who first recommended this track & album to me told me that if I liked Jordan Rudess, I'd certainly like Hiromi's style. He was right. Another lede that might help here is that I particularly enjoy muting the music on Katamari Damacy games and playing this instead because I find it suits the scenario better.
This song grabs right from the intro; those piano chords give the feel that something grand is on the way, and it's not long coming. The main riff causes finger-snapping in an indeterminate time signature, and the cymbal beat present is addictive once you pay attention to it just once.
The solo swell starting around 2:48 is impressive and goes on forever in a good way, swelling to an awesome piano line around 3:42 that's easily my favorite part of the song.
Oh yeah, there's a sweet drum solo in there, too.
I don't think there's a way to sell a fusion jazz song on words, either you'll love it or won't. But you won't know unless you try!
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