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    Win The New Ayako Shirasaki CD Set For Release September 7th

    “Falling Leaves - Live in Hamburg”, the stunning new solo jazz piano album from frequent finalist in major U.S. jazz piano competitions Ayako Shirasaki, will be released by Jan Matthies Records on September 7, 2010.
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- Joel Roberts in AllAboutJazz-New York - September 2010 | No. 101 on page 28.
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“Mathias Claus was the first to take the stage performing on the Steinway Model D Grand Piano where he opened the short set with an especially charged original piece in “Hymn For The Lost Souls,” attacking the keys with blazing speed and shifting the mood in the end to finish on the light side to […]

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CD Review - “Falling Leaves - Live in Hamburg” - AllAboutJazz-New York - September 2010 | No. 101

- Joel Roberts in AllAboutJazz-New York - September 2010 | No. 101 on page 28.
Click here to go directly to this review in AllAboutJazz-New York (pdf download)

“A former jazz piano prodigy in her native Japan (she transcribed Bud Powell solos at the age of five and was performing regularly at Tokyo jazz clubs by 12), […]