Hiromi - Old Castle, by the River, in the Middle of a Forest (live)

[DerDa15]

the 6 people who disliked are blind and deaf... and they missed the like button

[broggsey]

she has a personality to rival jaco

[DonBartholomeo89]

@broggsey she has a personality to rival jesus or mohammed

[Passion4musique]

who is the drummer?

[KadlecSvk]

@Passion4musique Martin Valihora

[ThePhodut]

..................

[goska1325]

It's rather a castel in the clouds

[MrJohnpdoe]

i think she needs to show more emotion.lol

[matamata1990]

Jazz beats war.

[DonBartholomeo89]

@matamata1990 she beats war

[matamata1990]

Thank you for response.

Peace.

[Percsandperks]

her playing literally brings tears to my eyes. especially this song. she has more spirit passion in her fingertips than most people have throughout their whole body after a lifetime of searching.for it.

[MrBathMatt]

There is nothing more I want right now than to see her perform live.

Actually that's a lie, there is one thing I want more - for everyone else to see her perform live. Everyone who has never heard of Hiromi, and everyone who refuses to listen to jazz simply because it's jazz. Everyone should experience this, and it makes me a little sad that not everyone will.

[asd21141]

Yes She is the most beautiful woman on this planet, Thank you God for making Hiromi.

[hemidesign]

This is freaking AWESOMEE!!! The best from Hiromi! WOW

[phlanxsmurf]

I'm about to go make another account so i can "like" this again. fantastic.

[LueKey23]

the timing is sensational!

[applejus1]

@AkaMouTinn

i thought jazz is based on the music, not the organization of the melody, jazz is feeling the flow of the music, classical is organized and thats what separates the twp but i love them both

[ZanderPodraza]

@applejus1 Jazz is also incredibly organised, it's just improvised stuff is organised in a split second. Are you trying to say the big band music isn't organised? In classical it can take up to 3 months to write a moment of music, in jazz it takes a moment to write a moment of music (a quote from Bill Evans)

[DonBartholomeo89]

the most beautiful woman on this world

[hoddle90]

1:33 - 1:35 she's soooooooooooooo lovely there

just look at her face

apart from that amazing musician too

[AkaMouTinn]

for example from 3:30 to 3:45 she plays about 24 times ! same 4 notes pattern. You feel like the CD has blocked and repeating same notes. Also her phrases lack a lot of fantasy in developing melodies.

[DonBartholomeo89]

@AkaMouTinn

than you need to see a concert. you'll disagree after 2 minutes if not earlier

[LaB00mDeluxe]

@AkaMouTinn well i think thats exactly what makes it cool :) She lets the pattern work over the chords... it builds up tension untill she releases the tension in another phrase. But nvm everyone has a different taste.. For me she stays brilliant :). Greets

[filtecuk]

@AkaMouTinn You could always drop Chick Corea and Ahmad Jamal a line, they'll sort her out for you....

[AkaMouTinn]

this is the only one that really has good touch. Hiromi has great technique but must learn to organize and develop it in deeper melodic variations. Not just simple scales. Some times i feel i am listening to Jazz Czerny. This song is an exemption.

[OZRIC1985]

Hiromi is a brilliant player and gorgeous too!!!

[razvan616]

her hair looks like a bonsai.

[isawjet]

This gave me a high

[thejampaps]

I personally believe that It would take my whole remaining lifetime just to achieve this level of musicality. Well, at least i'm giving it a shot.

[Akiroto]

SEX WITH PIANOS.

[avanderlingen]

Amazing talent. Amazing technique. Amazing musicality. Doesn't get any better than that.

Terrific drummer and bass to complement it all.

[iguanalunar]

Only 2 people pressed the button dislike by mistake. We forgive you!

[capazusa]

esta mujer es fuera de lo comun... es una extraterreste!!!!!!!

[itariajinabautodesu]

Yes. Oh, yes. Always yes, my love.

[ErnestoASecas]

I´m in love with this girl, I really am. Does anybody have her cellphone?

[emilgrundstrom]

@ErnestoASecas Why would anyone steal her cell? It would be another thing if someone would have her cell number, though.

[Machetazo1]

4:17 THAT...type of echoie sound takes PRECISION to make sound like that!

[musingineer]

@Machetazo1 i know, i tried...unsuccessfully

[Ominislasher]

I fucking love this asian girl !

[marcmy]

The fact that there is even a dislike button available for this video is an insult. This is simply amazing.

[steveg2223]

I heard Joe Pass, and stopped playing guitar....thank god I never invested much time in piano.

[UncleRob199]

@steveg2223 it's actually worth trying, if you have the time and love for the instrument.

[junichitai]

She made me cry. Keith Jarrett did it to me too some 30 years ago.

[ruholy2000]

This young lady is awesome! Thank you for the introduction to her music!

[drjohndorianwins]

Two people tripped on and fell on their mouse, which accidentely hit the dislike button.

[Sco22]

Hiromi is one of the few women I've seen who's talent put her on a whole other level of attraction compared to other women.

[themadman026]

kakoi, desu ne?

[nimer42]

it like spain in 2:57

[valvehead]

Hiromi is AWESoME!!!!!

[aliceabbott]

Musical Genius !!!!!!! I want everything she has ever done

[GerardRebours]

From the very first note to the last one, there is a striking musicality, a never-ending inspiration; everything is deeply felt, thought, and easily communicated to our soul.

She is an angel who had the good idea to come down on earth, and the excellent drums and bass players are in perfect harmony with her.

[MightyMerold]

love that smile at the end



[xvfc9394]

the one person that disliked this probably got lost in an old castle,by the river, in the middle of a forest once......

[lenroc6]

@xvfc9394 ...and he was raped by a wild hog while a wolf was chewing his right leg.

[xvfc9394]

@lenroc6 *sigh* poor guy...no wonder he's so musically deprived!



[enzo275]

@xvfc9394 Have you ever played Amnesia: The Dark Descent?

[siencore]

Very high in the sky...

[1wayne12345]

Jeez, everything I watch from her (them) is outstanding!

She has always delivered and never disappointed.

[nickcanon]

whose the douche that clicked the dislike button

[VedranOdGradista]

@nickcanon Probably someone who dislikes the Like button. :)

[cricket6347]

5 minutes? exceleeeeeeeentttttttttt t:-)

[MomSaysImCool]

Did anybody else hear the 007 theme pop up? Hiromi would make an awesome bond girl.

[ZhenyaFanatic]

шальная мадам--охуительно!

просто нет слов.

[AimStarKKU]

How can I download or buy sheet scores this one!

I very need it.

tell me plzzzzzzz.

[fenderakos]

just perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!

[feandin]

I wonder where's this one dislike comming from.>?

[ketoksound]

JE SUIS ABSOLUMENT FAN!!! Sensibilité, virtuosité, amusement, groove, innovation, tradition, NRJ, beauté, équilibre, .... IL Y A TOUT CE QUE J'AIME!!!

[XxxXDeamon]

Wonderful ! Hiromi is the future like Brad Melhdau and Geoff Keezer and few others !

Listen what she play with Chick Corea on the album "Duet". Wonderful!

[seseon]

I jazzed in my pants

[JamesCamien]

Technically, this playing isn't phenomenally difficult. I mean, if you compare it to Liszt or Kapustin or something. You could become this good even if you took up piano late in life; although where you'd find the time if you had a job and so on (kids have so much time to practice!) I don't know. What makes this exceptional, if anything, is the soul, which is less like something you can teach. (But it's probably not totally unteachable.)

[cricrousofia]

@JamesCamien are you able to play just a 1/10 she can ? it is extremely difficult to reach this level

[KadlecSvk]

@cricrousofia tons of people are techinically capable of learning this, probably even I would, but her greatness is that it would take me months of practice, and she's capable of improvising in the high technique level, or in other words, she can apply what she learned on the piano to her feelings and she has no borders and she plays whatever she wants :-D

[lightning571]

@KadlecSvk That's called, "Awesomeness."

[CasAyOhIcidhe]

@JamesCamien This also isn't the most difficult thing I've seen her do. Watch her attention here... there's spots where she's more into what everyone else is doing. She could play this song and do both of our tax returns at the same time. Ok, I'll be real, in 8 minutes she could START our tax returns. I started playing piano at a very young age, and I'm not sure I could become this good. With dedicated practice and a gun to my head, I could play 1/4 of Hiromi's stuff 1/4 as well as she plays it.

[neimaD11]

This kind of talent cannot be taught. You either have it or you don't.

[Peabody6517]

@neimaD11 actually with lots of practice, it can be attained. theres nothing supernatural or mystical about it. she had excellent teachers and hours and hours of practice a day.

[neimaD11]

@Peabody6517 How do you feel about talent such as Mozart?

[ZMcKowen]

@Peabody6517 It's not supernatural of course, but you do need to be born with a predisposition. Few people could ever be this good, especially when it comes to live improvisation; great musicians (like Ms. Uehara) just have amazing, musically-oriented minds constantly flowing with creativity. That's unfortunately not something you can learn. :(

[adrianwallinga]

@ZMcKowen You have to be born with a gift, I agree, but you can still learn to get creative, and have LOTS of fun with that. But to get THIS good you have to be born with a freakin piano in your hands :P

[ddscott12]

@adrianwallinga THAT would have been a difficult delivery for her poor mother . . . 

[adrianwallinga]

@ddscott12 haha, indeed!

[dmsonly]

6:50 - 7:20

[SCordeliaB]

During the slow part she should solo more with her left hand

[neerod87]

man.....she's a genius! prodigy!!

[tehopumppu]

That was quite wonderful piece of music!

[superman321132231]

i want to mary hiromi and i promise i won't take drugs again

[lite1up420]

i'd love to see her and Page McConnel in a piano duel

[Peabody6517]

@lite1up420 actually me too! that would be a lot of fun to listen to!!!!

[aufbakhandleitung]

Damn, I listened to this song a hundred times in a few weeks. It is sooo beautifull and it just doesn't stop boring me! Except the 4:55 - 7:20 part I'm sorry to say, that I skip.

[boroboroyan]

You know one of those songs where you listen, you enjoy and then it ends and you look up and think; "Wow, it's been 8 minutes already?"

[MsFedoruk]

просто SUPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[kinoaiki]

it is the key of real life

[kinoaiki]

so few things you get bored of....but this piece here, one could hear it on and and on and on...

[SeitoNick]

Man I am just imagining myself running through a long castle and diving across rivers while holding a maiden's hand trying to keep her from slowing down. lol

[leetheviolet]

latin swing ???

[ValenBlueNote]

yes, its nothing

[ValenBlueNote]

1 dislake = idiot without ear

[SeitoNick]

@ValenBlueNote actually for the average youtube video, 1 dislike is unheard of. but nonetheless without an ear.

[ValenBlueNote]

i cant belive that i am listened

[uradragon]

Oh wow I'm in love again! thanks for the post so fine music Hiromi make

[pauloduque57]

Não posso acreditar!

Não é possível tanta sinergia, tanta beleza junta.

Vocês não são bons, nem muito bons.

Talvez seja pouco dizer que são excelentes.

Obrigado pela vossa performance.

Bem hajam.

[INA101a]

My fave of all Hiromi's pieces....

[GwiezdnyWilk]

Watashi wa sore o konomu:))

[P4u1yB0805]

aw her cute lil smile at 1.33

nice music (Y)

[GwiezdnyWilk]

This is brilliant! how to not love her?

[ValenBlueNote]

she don't play jazz like standard, reading of real book. they use their ear , they make music with ambientace

[nelsland]

hiromi does not play piano, piano plays with her

[uradragon]

Oh do I love it! I long to see her in concert. I sure wish you came through Spokane WA. USA real soon. Ok how about Seattle?

[jodrasim]

asians playing with a latin feel... whats this world coming to.

LOVE it

[gamnub405]

lol one dislike

prob a misclick

[samupotamo]

Increíble, Hiromi es realmente una de las mejores pianistas de jazz.

Es elegante y apasionada

[diego0o10]

who was the idiot who didnt like this vid?

[tobyz1]

Such a pleasure to see the performer's enjoyment!

[reyoko1]

The drummer can't take his eyes off of her... :)

[UltravioletShanghai]

@reyoko1 haha, nice comment... it's called "playing in a band together".. But I bet there's plenty of people who can't take their eyes of her for other reasons...... :)

[mintia100ringo]

天才　や。



[merlinzen]

I don't know whether to drop everything and get practicing, or, never play another note as long as I live...

[MySuperstar09]

@merlinzen hahaha, beautifully put.... touche!!!!!

[pmngks]

@merlinzen hahahahaaha..im so agggreeee

[dippoman]

@merlinzen Oh god! I know! I feel that every time I hear her.

[ankhaton]

@merlinzen - FDon't drop - This is rather easy to learn - It's just 4 chords

and you have years to perfect the right hand

For me it's a little to fast but she is younger and really fast

It's beautifully done f i 02:00 etc

[Spudbass]

@merlinzen The former

[IvetaCs]

@merlinzen I feel the same sometimes...

[singsingit]

@merlinzen I feel that way everytime I hear this woman play. So ridiculously awesome.

[beonthewall1]

@merlinzen My thoughts exactly.

[TheEdgarvarese12]

@merlinzen practice

[merlinzen]

I don't know whether to drop everything and get practicing, or, never play another note as long as I live...

[muuuuzyk]

ooo jebana!

[onosson]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamazing

[SmashedUpFetus]

maybe the best piece from spiral....

[musingineer]

I here we three kings in there

[CotValkyries]

Simply I love you Hiromi.

[divingduckful]

nothing to add, nothing to reduce, perfect sound

one thing to add is a big round of applause after all

[Intrikit]

that was insane!

[kentman86]

this is the FUCKING BOMB.

[lucaseugenioquintao]

She is a jazz monster. Absolutely amazing!!!!

[longtallsallie08]

shes so free with her playing. she just does whatever she wants. no limits

[SCordeliaB]

yeah soon as i buy the dvd everything goes RIGHT back on youtube

[asdfasdfasdf444]

man this girl never ceases to blow my mind.

[JazzyZenBrotha]

@asdfasdfasdf444 - I know man, she is a very talented woman. She plays with so much fire and energy.

[Prof3ssrBrando]

Man, I just do not see how the audience can sit through this piece, or really any of Hiromi's work, without gettin' down! I'm not even there and I want to jam out to these tunes.

I would love to find a killer pianist, I'm a bassist and I have a sweet drummer, but I know no pianist! Well, a jazz pianist.

[kmurphy1527]

i have the same problem!!!! i play bass and i would love to endlessly jam with a keyboardist if they knew what was up (jazz) ... its hard finding good musicians out here in the middle of the woods....I LOVE HIROMI

[Prof3ssrBrando]

@kmurphy1527

Haha, I know exactly how you feel.

I play with some blues people, but they

aren't the incredibly passionate blues players. :/

[longtallsallie08]

@Prof3ssrBrando

where you live? im pretty killer *breathes on finger nails. cleans them on my shirt*

[Prof3ssrBrando]

@longtallsallie08

What do you play primarily??

[SCordeliaB]

@Prof3ssrBrando

piano

[SCordeliaB]

@Prof3ssrBrando

right now, jazz and hip hop. i'm also preparing a few classical peices for grad school auditions

[KonstantPan]

Вэри вэлл!!

[TheBluePianist]

2:10 reminded me how much i miss the trio, better get the albums out again xP

[blackaries]

beautiful

[HalTuberman]

Undeniable talent on the keys, but I'm sorry, I do not like the singing.

[fluidjazz]

@HalTuberman

Quote 'I do not like the singing'

er....what singing??

[HalTuberman]

Very good question... I posted the comment to the wrong vid ;P

[blackaries]

lol

[longtallsallie08]

@fluidjazz

lol

[ch3jko]

@fluidjazz

mb he meant her facial expressions dunno ^^

[SCordeliaB]

@HalTuberman

hahahaha wat?

[Citta]

fantastic!

[64basses]

non ho parole, la amo alla follia!

[SimonBak90]

It seems to be really hard to find this DVD. I have the Spiral CD + Bonus DVD, but that DVD only contains one track. (Kung Fu World Champion)

Where did you find the full DVD? Thanks in advance.

[Flemmingdoerken]

@SimonBak90 Try concordmusicgroup [dot] com [slash] albums [slash] Hiromi-Live-in-Concert/

Or look on Amazon, that's where I bought mine.

[vivisisilou]

if you have this dvd, can you posted another video, it's so beautiful music !!

[matireywoods]

totalmente increible! genial!

[kostor1991]

this is no doubt one of the most beautiful song I have ever heard!!!! five stars :PP

[Flemmingdoerken]

This video (it was on youtube once before) is the reason I fell in love with Hiromi's music. When I first discovered it, I listened to the video on repeat all day (literally for hours and hours) for 4-5 days

[quint555]

dude, I have been doing the same thing for the last 3 days :)

[Flemmingdoerken]

You're well on your way then. It just doesn't get old. I stopped listening several times daily (and after I bought it on iTunes) but it's still great.

[ihsuyoon]

dude, I can not concentrate on my work for watching this video over and over again...