Moyo (Heart & Soul)
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- BH Studio, Los Angeles, California
- Bonayuma Recording Studio, New York, New York
- Bright Music Studios, Castle Rock, Colorado
- CSR Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Firehouse Studios, Pasadena, California
- MCJ Studios, Japan
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| Released | April 24, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | September 12, 2006 - January 4, 2007 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz, smooth jazz | |||
| Length | 52:39 | |||
| Label | Shout! Factory | |||
| Producer | Keiko Matsui | |||
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Moyo (Heart & Soul) is the nineteenth studio album by jazz keyboardist Keiko Matsui, released in 2007 on Shout! Factory.[1][2] The album peaked at No. 4 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[3]
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| All About Jazz | [5] |
Brian Soergel of Jazz Times wrote "Keiko Matsui’s new project feels like it’s very much a new direction for the veteran artist, who made her debut 20 years ago and now blossoms with a new record label. The CD is also the first she’s produced by herself after her divorce from husband Kazu Matsui, who had produced her previous CDs. Keiko Matsui’s elegant acoustic piano melodies are still front and center (never more so than on the simply beautiful “When I Close My Eyes”), but much of the orchestral sweep of previous compositions has given way to an organic, less-is-more direction. She's also added a dash of world music, as she recorded Moyo (Swahili for “heart and soul”) on location with musicians in South Africa, the U.S. and her native Japan."[6]
AllMusic gave Moyo a 4/5 star rating.[4] Jeff Winbush of All About Jazz, in a 4/5 star review remarked, "All the familiar elements of Matsui's music are here. There's new age, world beat, light classical and contemporary jazz all presented in the East-meets-West fashion that has been a constant since she entered the scene with A Drop of Water. (Shout! Factory, 1987)...Moyo is a fascinating next step in Matsui's growth and advancement as a musician of depth, range, grace and talent."[5]