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Hiromi Uehara (上原 ひろみ, Uehara Hiromi, born 26 March 1979), known professionally as Hiromi, is a Japanese jazz composer and pianist. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blending of musical genres such as stride, post-bop, progressive rock, classical, nu jazz and fusion in her compositions.
Japanese women jazz pianists (11 P) Pages in category "Japanese jazz pianists" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
Yōsuke Yamashita (山下 洋輔, Yamashita Yōsuke, born 26 February 1942) [1] is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer and writer. His piano style is influenced by free jazz, modal jazz and soul jazz. [2] [3] Since the late 1980s, Yamashita's main performing group has consisted of Cecil McBee (bass), Pheeroan akLaff (drums), and often Joe Lovano ...
Keiko Matsui was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her mother, Emiko, took her to her first piano lesson in the June following her sixth birthday. Japanese tradition holds that a child who is introduced to something at this time will continue in those studies for a long time. The tradition held true for Matsui, who studied piano throughout her school years.
Japanese jazz pianists (1 C, 44 P) R. Japanese rock pianists (3 P) Pages in category "Japanese pianists" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
In April, her fourth jazz piano trio album, The Piano Story, featuring the Japanese rhythm section players Hiroyuki Noritake and Yosuke Inoue was released by Steelpan Records, featuring 60-40 split of her original compositions and her interpretations of popular jazz standards and her jazz arrangement of Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 by Chopin.
Masabumi Kikuchi (菊地 雅章, Kikuchi Masabumi, 19 October 1939 – 6 July 2015) was a Japanese jazz pianist and composer known for his unique playing style. [1] He worked with many diverse musicians, including Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Gary Peacock and Paul Motian, and collaborated with Gil Evans and Tōru Takemitsu.
Yamamoto was largely self-taught as a pianist, although he did have piano lessons as a child. [1] He attended Nihon University. [1] As a student there, he played professionally, first as an accompanist to pop singer Micky Curtis; they toured Europe in 1967. [1] In 1974, he became house pianist at Misty, a Tokyo jazz club. [1]