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Japanese jazz musician (born 1990)
Miki Yamanaka山中みき
Born1990
Kyoto
OriginKobe, Japan
GenresJazz
Instrument(s)Piano, organ
SpouseJimmy Macbride
Alma materQueens College
Websitemikiyamanaka.com
Musical artist

Miki Yamanaka (Japanese: 山中みき) (born 1990) is a Japanese jazz musician currently living in New York City.

Miki Yamanaka lived in Kyoto until she was 10, when she moved to Kobe. She became interested in jazz while playing in her junior high school big band. She moved to New York in 2012 and took a compositional residency at the Kennedy Center in 2015. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she recorded the album Stairway to the Stars in her living room with Mark Turner and Orlando le Fleming. For her first gig after the pandemic, Yamanaka wore a kimono outfit to honor her mother; since then she has dressed in one every time she plays.

Discography

As leader

  • Miki (2018, Cellar Live)
  • Human Dust Suite (2020, Outside In Music)
  • Stairway to the Stars (2021, Outside In Music)
  • Shades of Rainbow (2023, Cellar Music)
  • Chance (2024, Cellar Music)

As guest

  • Adi Meyerson - I Want To Sing My Heart Out in Praise of Life (2021, Independent)

References

  1. ^ "Miki Yamanaka - BIO". miki-yamanaka. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  2. ^ Smith, David (March 3, 2022). "David and Art - Finding a New Favorite". KWBU. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  3. ^ "Miki Yamanaka". Jazz Generation. 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  4. Enos, Morgan (April 19, 2023). "10 Emerging Jazz Artists To Watch: Simon Moullier, Mali Obomsawin, Julieta Eugenio, Jeremy Dutton & More | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  5. Duersken, Sam (2023-01-30). "Kimono-clad pianist set to light up Victoria stage - Monday Magazine". www.mondaymag.com. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  6. Meyerson, Adi (August 6, 2021). "I Want To Sing My Heart Out in Praise of Life". Bandcamp. Retrieved October 9, 2024.

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