Results for "Chiemi Nakai"

Chiemi Nakai

Ascendant

By Chiemi Nakai

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Your Spirit in the Sky with Hawks: I will Meet You Again; Ascendant; Volver; Monk's Mood; You Don't Know What Love Is; Noche Especial.

Chiemi Nakai: Ascendant

by Edward Blanco
August 23, 2019

Unleashing her third album as leader, pianist/composer and arranger Chiemi Nakai delivers her best outing to date, melding jazz, the Latin sound and elements of Japanese pop. Containing mostly original compositions from the artist, Nakai also includes a couple of fresh re-arranged jazz standards from Thelonious Monk and Gene De Paul. The Latin ...

Mari Koga: Perfect Blue

by Edward Blanco
April 21, 2015

Japanese-born vocalist Mari Koga has been living in New York for some time now, performing in the City's most prestige's jazz clubs and making a name for herself in one of the most vibrant jazz scenes around. With the help of long-time friend and fellow Japanese artist, pianist Chiemi Nakai, Koga now presents her astonishing debut ...

Transformation

By Chiemi Nakai

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Track listing: Volver; The Flying Gray Cat; I Will Meet You Again; Transformation 1; Heaven Is Here.

Chiemi Nakai: Transformation

by Edward Blanco
June 4, 2014

New York-based pianist Chiemi Nakai is a native of Japan who began her musical journey in training as a classical pianist but preferred the sounds of Afro-Cuban and other Latin music. Moving to the Big Apple in 1998, Nakai began her professional career performing and touring with international Latin music stars, formed her own group, Chiemi ...

Yuka Mito: Time After Time

by Edward Blanco
February 7, 2012

Time After Time, Yuka Mito's second solo album, shines new light on oft-recorded songs from The Great American Songbook, adding three pop tunes and one original for a tasteful project from a Japanese vocalist with a love for jazz. Now based in New York, Mito divides her performance time between the Tokyo and New York jazz ...