About two years ago I came across a video of Hiromi Uehara and Akiko Yano playing an AMAZING piano duet at an outdoor music festival, but the video has since been removed. I wish I knew more details, but I never bothered to learn the name of the song or where the performance happened. If anyone knows what I'm talking about and has the video available to upload, I'd be so happy to see it back on RU-vid.
Two giants of jazz! Akiko is the perfect counterpoint to Hiromi. They should both be required to wear seat belts while playing. Akiko is just so nuts...and Hiromi is just so intense. They play perfectly against each other. Let me be on record that Akiko was all that was good in Yellow Magic Orchestra.
Holy sh-... Fuck me RUNNING that girl can PLAY ... >_> I gotta tell ya, had I ever crossed paths with a tiny Japanese woman like Hiromi Uehara walking down a random street somewhere, the LAST thing I'd assume in my ignorance was that she was capable of the kind of mind-shattering, finger-breaking virtuosity that would make Art Tatum proud ... Truly an impressive Jazz Pianist. The other broad's a little difficult to warm up to, vocally speaking ^^;
