Music Monday: Hiromi

This week has been pretty hectic and I’ve not had the time to really sit down and listen to music much. 

I did, however, make time to listen to a couple albums by the Japanese pianist Hiromi. This was inspired by this little NPR playlist.

While Christian McBride tells you almost everything you need to know about Hiromi to dig into her impressive catalogue, I would encourage you to check out here two recent-ish albums with her band Sonicwonder (featuring the spectacular Adam O’Farrill on trumpet!). Here’s Sonicwonderland (2023):

And Out There (2025):

And if you’ve never heard it, her debut album from 2003, is worth a listen: