{"id":3364,"date":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/hiroshima-the-bridge\/"},"modified":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","slug":"hiroshima-the-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=3364","title":{"rendered":"Hiroshima – The Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hiroshima
<\/font>The Bridge
<\/font><\/b>(Heads Up – 2003)
by Ricky Miller<\/p>\n

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Straight from East L.A. with a touch of the far east, Hiroshima comes strong with The Bridge<\/b>. Eternal Phoenix<\/i> starts it off from the far east, this smooth jazz track has intricate percussions and funky beat sliced with eastern flutes, reminiscent of Was Not Was<\/b>. The next track covers the Isley Brother’s hit Caravan of Love<\/i> and is perhaps even better than the original. With a strong vocal performance by Terry Steele<\/b> it’s sure to hit the Urban and R&B charts hard. Shaka Phonk<\/i> goes back to the lilting, airy groove Hiroshima is known for, spiced up with some T.O.P.-like horns. Believe<\/i>, my favorite on the CD, features Steele’s soulful vocals again beautifully accompanied by Danny and June Kuramoto<\/b> on flute and Koto. That and I Just Wanna Hang Around You<\/i> are the only covers on the CD, and both are rendered in Hiroshima’s inimitable, airy style.<\/p>\n

Starting out faintly reminiscent of an old War<\/i> track, Revelation<\/i> evolves into it’s own funkiness, all aultry horns and saxy keyboards and soulful vocalizations. Manzanar<\/i> sounds a little too familiar, too<\/i> Hiroshima. I liken it to ‘cookie cutter’ tracks that sound good and have the trademark style, but are not exceptional. Viven<\/i> has some interesting sax work as well as having a very ‘world’ feel to it. Sanju<\/i> slips back into the groove that started the CD off, mellow and sweet. Seven Rivers<\/i> closes things with a funky poetry thing that builds and climbs until it’s a cacaphony of percussion and voices that pound and thrump all around you. Very Powerful.<\/p>\n

Overall this release ranks among<\/i> Hiroshima’s best, combining their jazz flavor with eastern stylings and R&B drive to create their own interesting blend of music. This is a keeper. <\/font> <\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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