Flora by Sayaka Uenami

SAYAKA UENAMI is a jazz pianist and composer from Tokyo, Japan.Her music is influenced by a mixture of various elements of Israeli jazz and South American music.
Her debut album as bandleader and composer, Flora, was released on October 19th, 2022 through Brilliant Works! The group members include several of the current best-known [young] performers on Japan's jazz scene. The instrumentation is entirely acoustic, with the occasional addition of the voice to give the music a warmer, more human sound.

Each song has a theme, a thought, and a prayer, reflecting her diverse life experiences, and the many different people and places she has learned from. Among these, the song Nadia is particularly important to her. She wrote it in the hope that people throughout the world will be treated equally, living in peace and happiness. It is dedicated to Ms. Nadia Murad, Yazīdī human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Her songs are employs straightforward, lyrical melodies set to a bittersweet harmonic background to evoke a scene in our minds.

In ancient Roman mythology, Flora is the goddess of flowers, plants, and spring’s fertility. She is said to have made flowers bloom throughout the earth, and to have given the seeds of all flowers to mankind. Sayaka explains, “In our lives, as flowers enrich the heart, I hope I can make flowers bloom in the hearts of all those who listen to this album.”


Flora / Sayaka Uenami

1. Prelude
2. Morning Bird
3. Moonlight
4. Dog Walk
5. White Lily
6. 灯り　
7. Nadia (Innocent ver.)
8. Nadia
9. Park Slope

All compositions by Sayaka Uenami

Pianist, Composer

▼Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/sayauenami/

▼Official website
https://www.sayakauenami.com/

Instagram