Archive for December 2009

Ayako Shirasaki on Marian McPartland’s new “Swing Into The Holidays” show on Piano Jazz

Dec 19th, 2009 | By Jan Matthies | Category: Ayako Shirasaki, Jazz Pianist, JP

Ayako’s solo version of “Sleigh ride” is featured in Marian McPartland’s new Piano Jazz Holiday Special show from the 18th Dec. 2009.
Marian McPartland: “She played one of the most accelerating versions of this tune that I ever heard.”
Click here to give Ayako a listen, “Sleigh ride” starts at: 41:55 min.
Happy Holidays!


“World class” - Concert Review - CD Release Tour for “Best of 1st International Jazz Solo Piano Festival 2009″

Dec 19th, 2009 | By Jan Matthies | Category: Press Ayako Shirasaki, JP

 Nabil Atassi about Ayako Shirasaki’s concerts in Hamburg for the German Jazz Magazine Jazzthetik, Dec. 2009, page 66
“Improvisation, interpretation or composition? This question arises from the possibility of being able to experience the jazz pianist Ayako Shirasaki on two consecutive evenings with completely different formations. The conditions of the two concerts in Hamburg could not […]