Keiko Matsui - Ring
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Artist: Keiko MatsuiEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2002-10-01
Music Label: Narada
Soundtracks:
- Steps Of Maya
- Venus Of The Sea
- Moon Circle
- Prism
- The Next Plateau
- Messenger
- Deity In The Silence
- The Ring
- White Owl
- Prescious Time
Music reviews of Ring
Music Review: I admit: In Many Ways an improvement
Rating: 4 Stars
Anyone who initially read this review would know that "The Ring" was given 2 stars by yours truly. To set the record straight, I gave this CD more time in the player to see if my initial inclination was right on. I was wrong. "The Ring" has turned out to be one of the best CD's of Keiko's collection. For those of you (like me) who associated Keiko's music with saxophones and straight jazz rythms, this new Cd may well be recieved as a disappointment. GIVE IT TIME! Starting on track one, using 3 or 4 basic notes, she weaves those notes into a cacaphony of rythms and melodies that will sweep you into the following 9 tracks. My personal favorite tracks are #1, #2, certified radio hit,Venus of the Sea, which should be copied by Segio Mendes, great back beat, to #4, funky, awsome pauses, great piano riffs, and HORNS!, #5 earnest piano, heart rendering melody, #6 "Messenger" certified hit, better than "White Gate", should be a top 10 hit easily, #7 pure piano, great samba rythms, violin back up, I'd love to hear track 7 with the BSO or Navy Band Orchestra as a back up, and #10, which reminds me a lot of #5. You can have tracks 3 and 8. Not my cup of Ginseng. This CD really does take us on an auditory adventure. I must admit,I had given up on Ms. Matsui and her highly disappointing transition from smooth jazz to quiet piano, but this Cd shows that she is moving back in the right direction. I must admit I still miss the jazzy percussions and Paul Taylor-esque style of horns that made her such a success in this country, but change is difficult, and if dealt with appropriately, can be rewarding. In summary, buy it and give it a chance. You won't be disappointed.
Description of Ring
The involving music of Tokyo-born pianist Keiko Matsui occupies a satin-lined cloud that floats among smooth jazz, traditional jazz, crossover classical, and New Age territory, sometimes radiating a winsome beneficence, sometimes thundering with complex, ominous beauty. With each successive track, the music acquires interesting new shapes, and it's possible that no two listeners will arrive at the same interpretation of the imagery it evokes.Matsui's works--for piano, small ensemble, and, on occasion, flamenco guitar and small orchestra--are lovely and gentle in spirit. She uses an inviting mélange of styles to articulate her wish for a soothed human condition (the title refers to a symbol for power and its inherent misapplications). These range from an animated jazz piano workout ("Prism") to the cascading, flamenco-tinged "White Owl." By blending improvisation and graceful melody with unexpectedly bold flourishes and surprising textural turns, Matsui effectively strings together 10 tracks that are unpredictable yet attractively cohesive, arranged in storytelling fashion. The result is a 14th career album that yields one of Matsui's most intriguing efforts. --Terry Wood
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