Hiromi Suda
Woodside, New York, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2008 | SELF
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“Suda’s uniquely clear, unaffected voice glides, honoring the lines and emphases that characterize Brazilian jazz. Suda’s time spent in Rio learning Brazilian instruments like the pandeiro can be heard in her vocal blend. There are subtle tilts in new kindred directions on the album, as Japanese folk inflections are woven with contemporary swing edges.” - The New York City Jazz Record
Discography
Still working on that hot first release.
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Hiromi Suda (vocal)
Anne Drummond (flute)
Julian Shore (Piano)
Tatsuya Sakurai (Guitar)
Yasushi Nakamura (Bass)
Keita Ogawa (Drums & Percussion)
HIROMI SUDA NY based vocalist-composer.
Hiromi Suda group performs Brazilian music such as Samba, Bossa Nova and MPB and her original compositions. They performed at Blue note NY, Zinc bar, Cornelia street cafe, nuble, shape shifter. They also toured in Japan and featured on the radio shows, TV and the magazines.
Her second album, Sou is Produced by Brazilian jazz guitarist Romero Lubambo, the recording is a collection of Brazilian songs by notable Brazilian composer, such as Djavan, Milton Nascimento and Helmeto Pascoal and her original compositions. Lubambo is featured on Sou (guitar and cavaquinho), along with pianist Julian Shore, flutist Anne Drummond, bassist Yasushi Nakamura and drummer/percussionist Keita Ogawa.
Not only as a vocalist but as a songwriter, her song Mizu no Utsuwa won an honorable mention award at the 18th Annual USA Songwriting Competition 2013.
A Berklee School of Music alumni, Hiromi Suda developed a keen interest in Brazilian music while studying there. During the summer of 2007, she spent 3 months in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, honing her skills in Brazilian music styles and instruments. Her experience in Brazil was highly rewarding, not only musically, but it gave a historical and cultural context to her passion for the music. Suda attended a choro school, Escola Portatil de Musica, studying the pandeiro (hand frame drum) with pandeiro players Jorginho Silva and Celsinho Silva, and MPB vocal style with singer-songwriter Suely Mesquita.
Hiromi Suda combines the classical qualities of intricate phrasing and attention to emphasis and timing, with a melodic and harmonic complexity that reminds of Bossa Nova.
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