Hiromi Uehara - Viva! Vegas (LIVE)

Viva！ Vegas ： Show City, Show Girl - Daytime In Las Vegas - The Gambler

[@bruzmob1]

You can't play piano any "better" than Hiromi because she has an absolutely unfettered pipeline from her soul to her fingertips.

[@rocketpost1]

Hiromi just has crazy ability on the piano and this was a rollercoaster of a performance. You never know what she's going to play next from crashing chords to soft lyrical passages but technically she's got it all and more besides. Her playing is full of contrast and rhythmic surprises. Sheer brilliance.

[@masanorimatsuda4462]

ピアノちゃんも さぞかし　嬉しいことだろう こんな素晴らしい　 真の演奏家に弾いてもらえて 音が生き生きしていて 躍動感に満ち満ち溢れている 会場の拍手も物語っている

[@yukaisuzuki1]

基本と個性。創造と破壊。遊びと理性。それらの融合の連続です。

[@tkatsu888]

Her playing reminds me what freedom we were born to be is...

[@DrunkenMaster61]

I play piano, I've been to Japan, I've been studying Japanese for about a year and a half and have listened to countless Japanese musicians. Yet somehow this beautiful little insane orchid slipped through my fingers. After I stopped convulsing on the floor after hearing this I thought to myself, I need a cigarrete. Then all I could muster was a "Fucken A".

[@aaronharnett]

When I watch this I worry about repetitive strain injury in the years to come....and I can't bear the idea of a future without her playing the soundtrack to me life.

[@MrJdsenior]

The way she plays, she could induce repetitive strain injury in about 10 seconds. ;-P But she's STILL going strong (stronger, actually) eight years later! ;-) Hopefully it will continue for many many more years. Hell, the backs of MY arms are cramped by the time she gets done with ONE of these pieces, and I'm just watching.

[@jimeccles8954]

Just got back from seeing her trio at the Saratoga Jazz Festival and was blown away. What a dynamic performer! Virtually every song got a standing ovation and watching these You Tube videos only confirms that what I saw was real.

[@flyingvyon]

彼女は日本の誇りです。 ドリカムをバカにするつもりはありませんが 共通点があるとは到底思えません。

[@user-we2pq4ws1y]

それな

[@DanielRojasSinger]

3:09 Smoke on the Water! I just love her musical quotations!

[@ggoocchhaann]

José Daniel Rojas Arias Merry agrees to your impressions.

[@MrJdsenior]

Can't BELIEVE I missed that, good catch.

[@aquamarine99911]

Yes, that is the first version of the riff, dating from around 1965. Who knows if Blackmore stole it, or just came up with his riff independently in 1970 (it's pretty easy to play on guitar). But Hiromi's song is a trilogy about gambling/Vegas. I assumed she stuck that in (and it's on the album version too) because SOTW is the most famous song about a gambling house burning down.

[@MrYgor44]

Космическая скорость! Невероятно музыкальная, до сумасшествия. Браво! Её никто никогда не переиграет!

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

I love this lady with all the unbelievable music flowing from her fingertips.

[@booksellers]

I love her so much

[@aquamarine99911]

To me, this is the essential Hiromi. She's a show girl herself, quoting stuff all over the place. The perfect blend of entertainment and creative genius.

[@asakofukuyama1210]

昨日、ライブで聴き、、、最高でした。 うたい、おどり、豊かな感性と表現は、天才です ありがとう

[@cimmik]

She is really so original. I don't remember I've heard anything like her music.

[@misignal]

I cannot get enough of her. She's fantastic.

[@ViRrOorR]

love it close to the end when she literally beats the piano with her arm and closed fist just like "bam!" ansolutely fantastic.

[@MrJdsenior]

Yeah, I wonder what that looks like on a score? ;-)

[@theblueflat]

she absorbed in her playing all the history of jazz piano!

[@davidballestrino4270]

it must feel awesome to be the most talented musician in the world.

[@ggoocchhaann]

David Ballestrino I can agree to your opinion!

[@MrJdsenior]

For jazz piano, anyway, no freakin doubt. I think guys like Jacob Collier might give her a fair run for her money as an overall musician, though. I have NEVER seen someone produce this kind of technical display on a piano, I can tell you that...beyond words. Take a look at Yuja Wang, if you haven't seen her play...from the classical side, she's pretty darned impressive too, especially on the more demanding keywork. I think she plays the flight of the bumblebee in about three seconds (kidding, but it's DARN fast).

[@heartvalais]

John Sikes not only is her technique impressive but her improvisation is like no other musician I’ve heard.

[@normanklein3155]

Did Keith Jarrett pass away and no one told me? I love Hiromi, but she still has a long way to go to reach his rarified stratosphere.

[@aquamarine99911]

@@normanklein3155 No, but unfortunately Keith had a stroke which prevents him from playing publicly any more. So we're left with Hiromi.

[@Msdaisycane]

I've never heard the Gambler before, it's evocative as 'Hall of the Mountain King' for me, but with stylish leavings and elements of dark creeps.

[@tedreinhardtdrums]

i cant stop downloading hiromi vids. the level she plays at ALL of the time is unbelieveable. imagine her playing in 20 years...i hope ime here to hear it....this one is great!!! thanks

[@herbayum76]

Its almost scaring to see and hear this divine/ insane talented lady

[@S0ulinth3machin3]

yep, she never takes a song off. It's wild, how good she is. I've been playing the piano for 50 years and she boggles my mind.

[@Msdaisycane]

the film editor has given me so much of this performance, such camera too. my love to all

[@jeanschaerer4830]

C' est un bonheur absolu de vous écouter et voir jouer.Je suis subjugué par votre talent.MERCI pour ce que vous nous donnez.

[@panjialu]

Fantastic, she makes me understand what other pianists are trying to get at, with ease and clarity, I find her absolutely "state of the art", pure joy.

[@gywns031591]

I am literally feeling art from her performance.

[@GirlDreamer90210]

None of the artists I have seen make it THIS hard for me to take my eyes out of the screen

[@MrJdsenior]

Especially when you realize the recorded video frame rate isn't NEARLY fast enough to see her actually pressing individual keys, it's just a total blur.

[@user-cx6ej8lq7n]

She is my best pianist ^_^

[@HumbleBasse]

me 2

[@user-gq3ul5wf1p]

Eu estou sem palavras,para tanta perfeição eu assisto os vídeos dela jas se faz uns 13 anos,meu sonho ainda e ve-la tocando ao vivo,antes de morrer ainda Deus vai me dar essa oportunidade se Deus quiser em nome de Jesus,ela e perfeita ,sou do Brasil

[@milon5378]

I m really lucky , I saw her 4 times 😅

[@user-pj4oq1uc3k]

3:10位のsmoke on the water みたいなのかっこいい

[@marqy007]

...couldn't have expressed it better....I want to marry her !!

[@Cannabissssh]

she physically and mentally makes love with the piano. Resulting in the birth of phenominal harmonious song.

[@pierrev3658]

Leah DeMartinez I named hier « an octave, an orgasm »

[@fotojazzeando]

Like it very much, such a great jazz musician!

[@user-du5sr3ue4x]

❤素晴らしい最高

[@javiervivanco919]

Técnica impecable

[@looshin9495]

i have to say, her face is just epic.

[@ferchisimom]

so technicol so powaaaaaaaaaaaa beautiful

[@RoundMidnight111]

she´s amazing, fabulous :)

[@user-hx5pv4cm9p]

4:45〜I like it. My heart was relaxed.

[@inraid]

extraordinary!

[@marqy007]

Such a beautiful gal..such great attitube..stunning skill...love her........

[@TheStefanogaetani]

She's a beast for lots of reasons :)

[@user-ee7dr1gc5b]

она просто чудо...13 минут такого мощного драйва...это уникум

[@nezkeys79]

13:12 - the end what a fucking kick ass ending. no fucks were given

[@changlfl]

Incredible!!!!!!! Love it!

[@WKYanks]

Just love listening to this gal.

[@user-sv2zt3km7p]

すごごごごご... ぜひ生演奏が聞きたい!！(꒦ິ⌑꒦ີ)

[@paolimper]

emozione pura ogni passaggio

[@OG_Mereles]

she is great! ...also, smoke on the water at 03:10 : )

[@romainsoulier1938]

Amazing

[@MrJdsenior]

31 people either hit the wrong key for likes, or they are "sour grape" idiots. I'd be willing to bet that there has NEVER lived a pianist who can play like that, and I'm including the Van Clyburns, the Wangs, the Bachs, Beethovens, and Mozarts, and all the rest of them. This girl CANNOT be human, she almost HAS to be from another plane of existence. That was literally mind boggling, I have NEVER heard sounds like that come out of a piano. I don't know how the backs of her arms don't resemble a macrame wall hanging when she walks away from that, if you get my drift. UN BE LIEV ABLE, truly a phenom.

[@ymtsm215]

Bravo!!

[@frankotten8994]

I never meant japanese musicians such great.but then i heared toshinori kondo(trumpet) in the 80's.since then it is increasing genious !

[@marqy007]

Wow Aaron...my sentiments exactly...thx

[@fredericmilgram4883]

I feel so good this morning, what about U????!!!!!!!YESSSS?(((!!

[@fredericmilgram4883]

ah merde alors i failed you miss mystère???

[@goldensleeves]

Nice "Smoke on the Water" at 3:08

[@LaPlantationculturalmanagement]

And smoke on the water came from her fingers … rock girl !

[@lucypatrick9550]

👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤ very happy que du bonheur

[@AdamD2012]

Easily the best female pianist that has ever lived.......

[@PianistSeb]

I want a girl like her.

[@marqy007]

I love her also...just hooked onto her 2 momths ago and fell in love....!

[@saxfish]

!!! A L I E N !!!

[@seungjulee6163]

Wow best and fast

[@Zeecarver]

Did you notice the video time is 13:37? She's a beast!

[@aquamarine99911]

Buy her "Live at the Blue Note" video to see her joking around with "The Gambler". I wouldn't spoil it, but she's one funny girl. On top of everything else. Hiromi wouldn't be Hiromi without her sense of humour (and her flashes of anger for that matter). It's odd to watch her in a big hall like here and the Marciac videos, and then in a room like the Blue Note. She seems more suited for the big hall. Her energy is too much for a small room.

[@eduardoinke2943]

She could sell a few of the fast finger passages as ringtones. I would buy some...

[@marqy007]

UUUUMPH!!!!!

[@rizzabadudu]

The gambler - Well that escalated quickly

[@SyncopatedProgress]

Yeah, you're right. I don't really remember why I thought otherwise. Maybe I was just trying to draw some attention to Maria Quiet, since I like it. Anyway.

[@Pianoninja924]

I almost had a mini-heart attack when I accidentally hit the "dislike" button after favoriting the video. I thought I was going to be that guy, but luckily you can hit the "like" button and it changes it. Lucky me!

[@MrJdsenior]

Kills my first theory on the first 31 dislikes. Even out of 17,000 that's WAY too many...should be zero, at the most. Maybe just sour grapes???

[@demondarg]

12:31 brass?? Master play n sound!!

[@CLONfb]

3:10 DEEP PURPLE!!!

[@mamamijaletmego]

We have one word for this: rasfak! I don't think it's in any dictionary. But we use this word sometimes when somebody really really really, I mean REALLY REALLY REALLY RULES

[@christianduerig2720]

I just feel like a "puppet on a string". Hiromi controls all my senses ! What will happen next ?

[@simonlawrie9215]

Christian Duerig . Just let her take you that place , you know float

[@CarloRodio]

mai sentito niente di meglio nei soli swing & jazz

[@MikeJamesMedia]

Mind blown... Somebody call 911.

[@SyncopatedProgress]

@goldensleeves No, it's not Smoke on the water; it's Maria Quiet. Feel free to check out the version with Astrud Gilberto here on youtube watch?v=cgIls71_Gmo The original is often the best.

[@Jbern1991]

@junhax I suggest Hiromi's Sonicbloom! It's the best 15$ I ever spent.

[@theshreksons8017]

I'm scared

[@Crunkmastaflexx]

Does anyone know if this vid was performed in Vegas?

[@peblohabla]

first time I end up a video clapping 8 D

[@SunZenHeadHomonid]

Someone please tell me what dvd this is >_

[@Carlx6]

I see two empty seats at 13:33. Now that is so wrong.

[@bad2mx]

3:10 Deep Purple, Smoke on the water?

[@svenlima]

There are so many quotations in this performance that I have a blasphemic thought: Would it be possible that everything she plays is a endless row of quotations? Who can tell, as nobody knows every tune existing?

[@ISolveThis]

My humble version of the Gambler (she plays that at 8:20) watch?v=taT6lq7cbKo Gosh, i love Hiromi ^_^

[@lewismartiniello9441]

I'm inspired to play better but most guys just want to quite playing altogether.

[@Zeecarver]

@steveg2223 sounds like she lost a bit of money

[@levinshon7]

eres muy buena tocando ese piano yo tambien toco piano deverias ver mi video dl blue bosa jejeje hola un saludo hiromi aunque seq ue es imposible que veas mi comentario jejeje :)

[@moshebenabraham8872]

Art Tatum improved.

[@louisbrillon]

heard Beethoven from 0:42-0:45 pathetic sonata isn't ?

[@clubron]

これは実際に見に行ったし、その後表参道ヒルズの握手会と生演奏にも行きましたが、この人とドリカムには共通点がある。 それはボレロのメロディのように人を扇動することができるパワーと才能をもっていることだろう。 そして、私は上記の２人なら喜んで扇動されたいと願う。

[@user-jg3oj6bo3u]

全く共通点は見出せない。ドリカムとは大昔同じ番組に出た事があるけど 学生バンドの延長という印象しかなかった。その後売れてプロらしく なったが、少しパワーがあるVo.がいるそこらにいる日本のユニットにしか 見えなかった。

[@user-we1ln6vu5i]

b/

[@user-pc4tw2oc9x]

곡이 열정을 못따라가네

[@user-iw6cz8bm6g]

всё испортила... после Хироми уже других джазовых пианистов слушать не хочется