Ayako Shirasaki: Falling Leaves, Live in Hamburg

Edward Blanco reviewed Falling Leaves, a solo live album by Japanese pianist Ayako Shirasaki, recorded at the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg. Shirasaki began playing in Tokyo jazz clubs at 12 and moved to New York in 1997.

Blanco described her versions of standards including Charlie Parker's Confirmation, Duke Ellington's In a Sentimental Mood and Sonny Rollins's Airegin and St. Thomas, and the waltz Mirror, Mirror.

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