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Yuka Aikawa
Yuka Aikawa: All Beings in the Whole Universe
by Rob Cline
Pianist Yuka Aikawa gets great support from The New York Jazz Gentlemen on All Beings in the Whole Universe, a disc that features seven originals and three covers recorded mostly in 1999 with one track harkening back to 1977. Though the disc bogs down a bit in the middle, it is a very listenable effort driven by a band that can instill palpable energy in a piece of any tempo. That ability gets the disc off to ...
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