Full Moon and the Shrine


Full Moon and the Shrine is the seventeenth studio album by jazz keyboardist Keiko Matsui, released in 1998 on Narada Records. The album peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.

Critical reception

Jonathan Widran of AllMusic, in a 4/5-star review exclaimed, "Over the course of her last few albums, Matsui's Lindsey Buckingham -- always at her side, pushing her performance harder and higher -- has been seductive saxman Paul Taylor. On this ethereal mind trip, Full Moon and the Shrine, she doesn't let Taylor stray too far. He's there matching her note for note, dancing skyward like Fred and Ginger under the swirling synth orchestral flavors and snappy hip-hop loops of Derek Nakamoto."

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