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New Moon is nothing if not an international advertisement for the hungry virtues of virginity and young people can’t get enough of it
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Theatre
A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion
Cock
Restaurants
Kitchen W8 is a bargain for this area, if such sophistication is what you crave
Kitchen W8
Too long and drawn out but very entertaining with excellent special effects
This is a peculiar play and does not work for me. Some of it is very funny but there are real flaws
Alex has a strong powerful voice and was faultless, she is far better now than she was on the X-Factor
London,
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Description: The Japanese pianist blends classical, fusion, rock and jazz.
Phone: 0207439 0747
Website: www.ronniescotts.co.uk
Email: ronniescotts@ronniescotts.co.uk
Trains: Tube: Leicester Square 
Extra info: Air Conditioning, Pub, Party Hire
Charmingly disorganised: Mina Agossi is free-spirited
Hiromi Uehara is a tiny figure at the piano but her talent is massive. Her deft leadership kept a tough jazz-rock rhythm section at full stretch last night.
Grooving hard were a brilliant Bratislavan drummer, Martin Valihora, a Geordie six-string bass-guitar genie, Tony Grey, and US heavy-metal hero Dave Fiuszinski on a mean-looking double-necked guitar. The Fuze is noted for his hard-edged timbre and fast fretmanship, but Hiromi’s keyboard brilliance matched him comfortably as they swapped eight-bar breaks.
Later the classically trained Hiromi quoted from Claire de Lune, crowning Debussy’s melody with an apt Bill Evans chord, before demonstrating her grip on jazz keyboard history by building Softly as in a Morning Sunrise from a stride-piano solo into a modal McCoy Tynerish vamp.
Opposite her is Mina Agossi, a charmingly disorganised Parisienne whose throaty African timbre and free-spirited charisma compensated for her technical shortcomings. Bassist Eric Jacot and drummer Ichiro Onoe worked hard to cover the absence of chordwork on The Very Thought of You and It’s All Right With Me. Simple Things, title track of her next album, worked better.
Indeed, this stimulating double bill offers an unusually wide spectrum of feminine wiles.
Until tomorrow (020 7439 0767).
Details are correct at the time of publication - please check with venue before booking.
