Brain (2004)

Tweede album van Hiromi Uehara, uit 2004, met bassist Tony Grey drummer Martin Valihora en bassist Anthony Jackson als "special guest". "I've been performing a lot on tour, pretty much every day. I'm just really trying to explore the new sound of the trio. I see the three instruments not just as piano and two side instruments, but as a three-piece orchestra. That's how I see the music. When I write the music I try to write the bass part [and] the drum part as if I'm scoring a big band piece. (...) With the second album, I wanted to do something like a short film soundtrack. So, these tunes have a story plot, sort of like a play. That was the biggest change from the first album. I really wanted to have a visual image; I'm the soundtrack maker and I want the listener to be a movie director." (Bron: interview met Kevin J. Cox, All About Jazz, augustus 2004).