€🌟🎹 'Eurostar' & Riyoko Takagi (

Riyoko's channel:    / @riyopiano   website: https://riyoko.jp

0:00 'Eurostar' - solo piano
5:28 'Eurostar' - piano & saxophone duo
11:25 'Eurostar' - piano & guitar duo
19:16 'Eurostar' - Riyoko's 2023 trio line-up feat. Hiroyuki Noritake - version 1
25:50 'Eurostar' - Riyoko's 2023 trio line-up feat. Hiroyuki Noritake - version 2
32:59 'Eurostar' - T-SQUARE - intro to T-SQUARE
39:45 'Fightman' - T-SQUARE & Casiopea - Casiopea original - intro to both bands
47:25 'Truth' - T-SQUARE & Casiopea - T-SQUARE original - intro to both bands
53:13 Photo slideshow & 'Infinity' - Riyoko's original from her 'Celebrity Standards' (2021) album
58:12 'LunaSol' intro improvisation - insane!
1:00:22 'LunaSol' - Riyoko's original
1:05:22 'LunaSol' - improvised mellow solo after atonal shred solo
1:06:18 'LunaSol' - finale
1:07:36 'On Green Dolphin Street' - intro improvisation - amazing!
1:10:58 'On Green Dolphin Street' - Riyoko's arrangement (Bronislaw Kaper)
1:15:20 'On Green Dolphin Street' - improvisation before finale - cool!
1:17:20 'On Green Dolphin Street' - finale
1:18:06 'Rainbow Voyage' - Riyoko's original
1:22:26 'Rainbow Voyage' - awesome finale that concluded the show

Other notable timestamps:

19:27 info about Riyoko's 2023 trio line-up
31:56 Yosuke's (bass) joyful reaction after he hears unexpected embellished run by Riyoko
50:35 Hirotaka Izumi (RIP) spinning his hair while playing piano & incredible solos by all the leads (here's Riyoko playing 'Twilight in Upper West' by Hirotaka Izumi    • 「Twilight in Upper West」 和泉宏隆 / ピアノ 高...   to honor him)
53:13 photo slideshow & more info
53:43 Riyoko drawing huge crowds and performing unheard of feats live at a huge multi-level Tower Records Shibuya store (only in Japan) - Riyoko makes up songs on the spot using random audience inputs in various styles, to give you a better idea about what she does there, watch this (turn CC on for English subtitles):    • CC►on Live perfect pitch demo & impro...  
59:06 Yosuke's (bass) surprised reaction after he hears that crazy run by Riyoko
1:01:58 another fast run by Riyoko during a fast solo in her original 'LunaSol'
1:20:43 and 1:22:12 Riyoko playing and dancing while Hiroyuki Noritake blasting drums before the finale of Riyoko's original 'Rainbow Voyage' from her 1st 2023 album 'The Piano Story' (Riyoko's 2nd 2023 album is 'Midnight in Blue')

Here Riyoko is performing 'Eurostar' by Hiroyuki Noritake (T-SQUARE / THE SQUARE) live at MZES Tokyo recorded on 4 July 2023 playing a restored World War II era one-of-a-kind Kawai "Majestic" grand piano prototype. You can follow Riyoko live with me here    / @riyo-live  

After that, this video becomes a little different and kind of like musical documentary, first there are a few more version of 'Eurostar' including one by T-SQUARE as introduction to T-SQUARE, followed by introduction to the two legendary Japanese jazz-fusion bands together, T-SQUARE & Casiopea, first Casiopea's 'Fightman', then T-SQUARE's 'Truth', followed by a slideshow updating about Riyoko's 2023 trio line-up, then tucked away toward the end there are 3 more performances by Riyoko and her new trio. There's a lot of music to listen to and a lot to unpack but it explains Riyoko's T-SQUARE connection in 2023 and what she's been up to with her new trio featuring Hiroyuki Noritake (drummer from legendary J-Fusion band T-SQUARE) and Yosuke Inoue (bassist from Spirit of Chick Corea band). Also here's the link to full 2-hour joint live show of T-SQUARE & Casiopea:    • CASIOPEA vs THE SQUARE Full LIVE   and in my opinion this performance will never be matched.

Riyoko is a world-class Japanese Jazz pianist and composer who isn't bound by a single genre or style and has crossed classical, traditional Japanese, pop, EDM, and anime genre boundaries and styles in her compositions, arrangements, and performances. She's a classically trained prodigy and has been playing piano since age 4 and for well over 3 decades, latter 2 of which she dedicated to Jazz. She's renowned for her musicality, deep harmonic understanding, live performances full of energy with fluent improvisations, and delicate touch on the keys. Together with her talent and charming character she continues to proliferate Jazz and attract many fans from all over the world.

You can learn more about Riyoko and her music here (introductory guide):    • World-class Japanese jazz pianist-com...  

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