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Jimmy Smith made in Japan? Yes, Midori plays in the tradition of the Jazz Organ Master, but also
in that of Jack McDuff. She lays a typical female component, like the one of Shirley Scott, over
her playing. So, surely she adapts several aspects of jazz organ music as we know them since the
1960's and 1970's. You won't hardly find any "far eastern" influences which is a pity, as it could have
given Midori's music a new touch, a new direction off the long walked paths. At the end, "this recording
is truely indicative of a rising star in the midst of our current Jazz Organ Renaissance", as Pete
Fallico says.
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