Keiko Matsui - White Owl
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Free Music Review: Great Music
Hit: 5 Stars
Amazing live concert. The band that plays with Keiko was also fabulous. I love the dvd & and the cd. I seriously recommend this.
Good job Keiko
Free Music Review: Great CD/DVD!
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD/DVD was my first encounter with Keiko and I loved it! She is such an amazing musician/composer. Her beautiful music makes me so happy. I love every music in this CD/DVD. After getting this CD/DVD, I got her sheet music book for piano and enjoy playing some of her music. "Forever, Forever" is my No. 1 favorite! I am moved to learn that Keiko is enthusiastically involved in some charity activities. She is a beatufiul person inside out. I think that is why she can compose such beatiful music one after another. Keiko, thank you for your music!Free Music Review: great
Hit: 5 Stars
If you like piano, and electeric piano you will love this dvd and cd, I waited to long to get this one.Free Music Review: This lady is at the TOP of her game. . .
Hit: 5 Stars
I have been a Keiko Matsui fan for a long time and have seen her in concert. This CD is fabulous, not your typical "live" recording, this has very muted background applause (see a review below). If you're a fan, buy it, if not, buy it and you will be.Free Music Review: Keiko Matsui, live in concert, with bonus DVD!
Hit: 5 Stars
"White Owl" is a special two-disc set (CD & DVD) of pianist Keiko Matsui performing live in concert at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo, 2002. As always, most of her compositions are grand, sweeping and evocatively poignant, carrying the listener along in a swift, darkly luscious current of intensity, emotion and spirited improvisation. There is growth, direction and carefully crafted purpose to her music that is blessedly welcome in a day and age when so much new music seems either banal, derivative, or just plain unmusical. Matsui is joined in this performance by Michael Ghegan on a wickedly wailing saxophone, Mel Brown on some pretty lively bass, Jonathan Dresel on drums, Alberto De Almar on some impressive flamenco guitar, and husband and producer Kazu Matsui on the wonderfully mysterious shakuhachi. I am not certain if audiences in Japan are just quietly respectful, or if the cheers and shouts normally heard in live recordings were edited out of the CD, but aside from a smattering of applause at the end of selections, there is no crowd noise to mar or otherwise interrupt the audio performances. I recognize at least some of the songs on "White Owl" as being from previous releases. But the DVD, at a generous 105 minutes, not only contains all the songs heard on the CD, but one extra performance piece ("Mystic Dance"), selections from tours in four different countries, and a promotional video as well. Keiko Matsui's music is a bargain at any price, but this two-disc set is particularly worthwhile, and a good introduction to her work for those not familiar with it. For other spirited live performances, albeit in different musical styles, try also "Live in Montreal" by Jesse Cook (neo-flamenco), "Live in Spain" by Skyedance (modern Celtic), and "Live Wizardry" by Silly Wizard (traditional Celtic).