By delarue, New York Music Daily Today’s Halloween installment concerns vibraphonist and pianist Miki Yamanaka’s Human Dust Suite album, streaming at Bandcamp. She takes inspiration for the record’s five-part centerpiece from Agnes Denes’ famous 1969 black-and-white photograph, which shows what’s left of a corpse after it’s been cremated. Read this review here.
DownBeat Magazine The November 2020 Issue of DownBeat magazine includes reviews of Miki Yamanaka’s Human Dust Suite, Teodross Avery’s Harlem Stories: The Music Of Thelonious Monk, Geof Bradfield’s General Semantics, Derrick Gardner & The Big dig! Band’s Still I Rise, John Minnock’s Herring Cove, and a feature story on Lakecia Benjamin. Read the issue out now.
From Textura It takes but a moment for the stylistic character of Miki Yamanaka’s Human Dust Suite to assert itself when “Pre-School” positions itself firmly within a lithe, post-bop universe. The New York-based pianist and vibraphonist drew for inspiration for the opener from Lee Konitz, and truth be told there’s a strong hint of the … Read More
By Mike Jurkovic, All About Jazz Becoming increasingly known for her light, expressive touch, her solidly crafted, mainstream approach, and residencies at New York clubs like Smalls and Mezzrow, Kobe-born, New York-based pianist Miki Yamanaka brings a decisively more leavened gravity and a growing harmonic interest and prowess on vibes to Human Dust Suite, a … Read More
By Jim Hynes, Making A Scene! You could say the centerpiece for this album by New York-based musician and composer Miki Yamanaka is based on a rather strange and alarming subject but then again, you’ve probably had your own experience of wandering through an art museum, only to be totally stunned by a particular work of … Read More
By Chris Spector, Midwest Records REGINA CARTER FREEDOM BAND/Swing States Harmony in the Battleground: Chop wise, Carter is a player you can’t argue with. The resume is too long to reprint when you can Google it. Politically, she’s a force of nature that power’s a Republican’s worst nightmare. Read all this reviews here.
Miki Yamanaka’s Powerful New Album Human Dust Suite will be released on September 18, 2020 via Outside in Music New York-based musician and composer Miki Yamanaka’s dynamic new album Human Dust Suite will be released on Outside in Music on September 18th, 2020. A follow up to her critically acclaimed debut Miki (Cellar Live, 2018), … Read More
