Quiet Passion by YUKO FUJIYAMA – GRAHAM HAYNES – IKUE MORI

Intakt CD 387

With Quiet Passion, pianist Yuko Fujiyama finally releases another album as a leader after a long break from publishing. For this eagerly awaited addition to her sparse discography, Yuko invites the great innovators Graham Haynes on cornet and Ikue Mori on electronics. The album is a mix of piano solos, duets and extraordinarily imaginative densely woven miniatures. Quiet Passion suggests a dual intention in both the title and the music – a cross-pollination of emotions that the three musicians impressively create. Regarding the instrumentation, Yuko says: "Good musicians listening to one another. I like totally free, because - I'm free, and anything I hear at that moment is allowed." Laurence Donohue-Greene writes in the liner notes: "It may have taken 17 years of woodshedding – in essence shedding off layers and decades of influences ranging from Cecil Taylor and Marilyn Crispell to Beethoven and Japanese composer- Takemitsu – but she has gotten to the core of a very personal style, as if discovering within herself a finely cut diamond." A defining characteristic of Quiet Passion is keeping the listener in suspense, with each piece developing a magical appeal.

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Tracklist

1.	Prologue	3:43

2.	Leggiero	2:56

3.	Kurikaesu	8:02
4.	Whispering Universe	2:58
5.	Agitato	1:36
6.	Dialogue	2:02
7.	Piano Solo I	4:50
8.	Improvisational Suite	3:59
9.	Sadness Is	6:31
10.	Piano Solo II	1:24
11.	Quiet Passion I	2:45
12.	Quiet Passion II	3:30
13.	Quiet Passion III	7:58

Credits

released April 22, 2022

Yuko Fujiyama: Piano, Voice
Graham Haynes: Cornet, Electronics
Ikue Mori: Electronics

All compositions by Yuko Fujiyama. Poems “Kurikaesu” and “Sadness Is” by Shuntaro Tanikawa (translated by Yuko Fujiyama). Recorded December 19, 2019, at Samurai Hotel Recording Studio, Queens NYC, by David Stoller. Mixed and mastered October 10, 2020, at Silent Sound, Brooklyn NYC by Hiroyuki Sanada. Cover art and graphic design: Paul Bieri. Liner notes: Laurence Donohue-Greene. Produced by Yuko Fujiyama and Intakt Records. Published by Intakt Records.

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