Hiromi winding down Trio Project?

[Man In The Mountain]

I just noticed Hiromi's Trio Project show in Chicago the description has changed removing Anthony Jackson on bass, to feature Hadrien Feraud on bass. Still with Simon on drums, but it seems Hadrien has been filling the bass role since December.

Then 2 dates after Chicago no more Trio shows are listed. Instead Hiromi is touring several months with Harp virtuoso Edmar Castaneda.

Not sure what the harp shows will sound like or if I'll like it, but I'm kind of glad she's moving away from the Trio Project as I think it's run it's course. Last years show was my least favorite of the many times I've seen her, as was her album Spark.

[Scott Bails]

Hmm....Hope not. The Trio stuff is my fave among her works.

[proggosaurus]

I'm not sure what happened but he's been out of the lineup since July due to a medical emergency

[adap2it]

Hmm....Hope not. The Trio stuff is my fave among her works.

I preferred the Sonic Bloom project...

[Man In The Mountain]

I preferred the Sonic Bloom project...

Me as well. Her first 5 albums all had a different flavor to them, and were pretty experimental. Then she did 4 albums with the Trio Project that all sounded the same. It wore out it's welcome after the 2nd one, for me. Same formula on each one, though I do enjoy MOVE quite a bit.

[proggosaurus]

Me as well. Her first 5 albums all had a different flavor to them, and were pretty experimental. Then she did 4 albums with the Trio Project that all sounded the same. It wore out it's welcome after the 2nd one, for me. Same formula on each one, though I do enjoy MOVE quite a bit.

I wish she would have stayed with Tony and Martin but I doubt she'll ever be grounded long enough for anything to stick to her

[Old Boy]

I just noticed Hiromi's Trio Project show in Chicago the description has changed removing Anthony Jackson on bass, to feature Hadrien Feraud on bass. Still with Simon on drums, but it seems Hadrien has been filling the bass role since December.

Not to derail this thread, but this makes sense for the Chicago show. Hadrien has been playing with pianist Greg Spero (Halsey) in Chicago with a band called Polyrhythmic that includes drummer Mike Mitchell (Stanley Clarke). If you like piano driven fusion with lots of room for stretching out....

[Man In The Mountain]

The Fuze (David Fluczynski), former guitarist for Hiromi's Sonic Bloom, has now teased TWICE on Facebook that Hiromi may be joining his band (Screaming Headless Torsos) as "Hiromi Headless Torsos." He's said no more than put out a band name like this, but he's done it twice now within a couple weeks.

[Man In The Mountain]

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It's official "Screaming Headless Torsos, featuring HIROMI".

[NogbadTheBad]

Will be interested to check this out.

[Scott Bails]

Definitely.

[Facelift]

I just noticed Hiromi's Trio Project show in Chicago the description has changed removing Anthony Jackson on bass, to feature Hadrien Feraud on bass. Still with Simon on drums, but it seems Hadrien has been filling the bass role since December.

Then 2 dates after Chicago no more Trio shows are listed. Instead Hiromi is touring several months with Harp virtuoso Edmar Castaneda.

Not sure what the harp shows will sound like or if I'll like it, but I'm kind of glad she's moving away from the Trio Project as I think it's run it's course. Last years show was my least favorite of the many times I've seen her, as was her album Spark.

I saw the harp duo last month in NY and it was great. There are clips on Youtube of the shows at the Blue Note.