Live at the Village Vanguard (Junko Onishi album)

Live at the Village Vanguard was the third and first live album by Japanese Pianist Junko Onishi, released on September 21, 1994 in Japan. It was released on May 2, 1995 by Blue Note Records.

This album is the first live record of the Japanese jazz musician in the Village Vanguard.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated, " This is a memorable set. When pianist Junko Onishi performs songs from the likes of Charles Mingus ("So Long Eric"), John Lewis ("Concorde"), and Ornette Coleman ("Congeniality"), she interprets each of the tunes as much as possible within the intent and style of its composer. "So Long Eric," although performed by her trio, gives one the impression at times that several horns are soloing together; in addition, polyrhythms are utilized part of the time, Ornette's "Congeniality" has a strong pulse but fairly free improvising, while "Concorde" sounds both distinguished and full of blues feeling, like John Lewis himself. Onishi's exploration of "Blue Skies" uplifts the warhorse through the use of colorful vamps and an altered melody, she takes the slow ballad "Darn That Dream" as a medium-tempo stomp, and her original, "How Long Has This Been Goin' On," is brooding but not downbeat and swings hard without losing its serious nature. There is not a weak selection in the bunch and the interplay between Onishi, bassist Reginald Veal, and drummer Herlin Riley is quite impressive.".^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"So Long Eric"	Charles Mingus	8:27
2.	"Blue Skies"	Irving Berlin	9:16
3.	"Concorde"	John Lewis	6:32
4.	"How Long Has This Been Going On?"	Junko Onishi	10:45
5.	"Darn That Dream"	Jimmy Van Heusen	6:31
6.	"Congeniality"	Ornette Coleman	14:02

Personnel

Junko Onishi - Piano
Reginald Veal - Bass
Herlin Reiley - Drums

Production

Executive Producer - Hitoshi Namekata
Co-Producer - Junko Onishi
Recording and Mixing Engineer - Jim Anderson
Assistant Engineer - Brian Kingman, James Biggs, Mark Shane
Mixing Engineer - Masuzo Iida
Mastering engineer - Yoshio Okazuki
Cover Photograph - Norman Saito
Art director - Kaoru Taku
A&R - Yoshiko Tsuge

References

1 2 Scott Yanow Allmusic Review accessed November 11, 2015

External links

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