Place to Be

Place to Be
Studio album by Hiromi
Released	September 5, 2009 (JPN)[1] January 26, 2010 (USA)
Recorded	March 20–21, 2009
Genre	Jazz, post-bop
Length	65:02
Label	Telarc Jazz, UCJ Japan
Hiromi chronology
Beyond Standard (2008) Place to Be (2009) Voice (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Place to Be is a solo album by jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara. The album features eight original compositions plus two covers which are intended to musically describe Hiromi's travels around the world.

Music

Although most of the album is played in a post-bop style, it has classical and ragtime influences. She has been acclaimed for her technique “as the album confirms her audacious self-assurance and technical command”.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Hiromi Uehara, except "Berne, Baby, Berne!" (written and composed by Louie Bellson and Remo Palmier), and "Pachelbel's Canon" (written and composed by Johann Pachelbel).

1. BQE (5:57)
2. Choux à la Crème (5:30)
3. Sicilian Blue (8:27)
4. Berne, Baby, Berne! (2:57)
5. Somewhere (5:39)
6. Cape Cod Chips (5:42)
7. Island Azores (4:30)
8. Pachelbel's Canon (5:23)
9. Viva! Vegas: Show City, Show Girl (3:57)
10. Viva! Vegas: Daytime in Las Vegas (4:30)
11. Viva! Vegas: The Gambler (5:38)
12. Place to Be (6:42)
13. Green Tea Farm (4:08) (Bonus track)

Personnel

• Hiromi Uehara - Piano
• Akiko Yano - Voice (Track 13)

References

1. "上原ひろみ / プレイス・トゥ・ビー". CDJournal.com (in Japanese). 音楽出版社. Retrieved 14 Feb 2015.
2. AllMusic review
3. Chinen, Nate (2010-01-30). "A Whirligig of Jazz, Generating Electricity". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 Jun 2011.