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Kimiko Itoh: An Evening with Kimiko Itoh

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It sounds strange, a Japanese singer doing great Jazz songs, but it WORKS. Great voice, great songs. The experience is certainly enhanced on this excellent DVD. Great quality sound, good picture, and a few obligatory DVD extras thrown in make this a wise choice for music lovers.

Kimiko Itoh is a hidden Japanese jazz treasure........This girl can really sing. With an able Japanese/american trio she makes beautiful music. Buying this Dvd will not disappoint if you are a lover of jazz vocalizing like this writer..........

I LOVE Kimiko! I wrote to her in Japan and got an autographed picture back in 1994! She's awesome and has such a creamy and beautiful voice! I first discovered her on an old Columbia Jazz sampler from 1987. Her version of Jobim's "Dindi" appears on that compilation. I was so blown away by the beauty of her voice that I bought her first two American releases on CBS/Sony, "For Lovers Only" and "Follow Me." After that, she disappeared but resurfaced again in 1994 with "Sophisticated Lady." She is billed as the "#1 Female Jazz Vocalist in Japan," but I suspect she's probably the ONLY ONE, which is a GOOD THING! After watching this DVD, I feel that much more connected to the face/voice behind the music that touched my heart twenty years ago. She reminds me of Barbra Steisand meets Nancy Wilson. She's great and I can't believe she's 62 years old! THAT does NOT seem possible at ALL! She's stunningly beautiful!