Visions

Visions

An Introduction to "Visions" Visions is the remarkable family band in Fukuoka, Japan, which was formed by the pianist Miki Tsukamoto and the bassist Kiyoshi Mamura in 2000. The cute and talented vocalist Hinako joined in 2009, when she was 8 years old. They create the unique sound by combining jazz and traditional Japanese music or folk ballads. They adopt characteristics from jazz played by Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Their album Homage (2005) includes messages that show appreciation for nature. Hinako sang Hope for the World's Future on the album Beautiful, released in 2009. They have performed in concert tours both in Japan and South Korea where Hinako has achieved acclaim from mass media as a singer with the voice of an angel. Hinako was born in 2001. She started singing, dancing and playing the piano at the age of 5. She made her debut as a singer in 2009 and sang on the recording of the CD album, Beautiful. She performed on stage with a popular storyteller, singing Vision's original songs between the storytelling. The performance was greatly appreciated by the media. She sang in Visions' Pusan, Korea 2010 concert, which attracted an audience of more than 400 people. Miki Tsukamoto started playing as a professional pianist during her college days and has been playing in New York on and off since 1992. She joined the Japan Tour of the Percy Faith Orchestra (world-famous in easy-listening music) in 1999. She formed Visions in 2000. The collaboration of her music and numerous kinds of art has frequently been the center of attention in Japan. (and ?) Kiyoshi Mamura was deeply impressed by the jazz bassist Jimmy Garrison and started his career as a bassist when he was in college. An accomplished musician Kiyoshi plays the base in Visions. He is also a member of another group, Rhythm-A-Ning, where he plays base with a drummer, Hiroshi Maruta.