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RINA placed second in the Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition and also won the Nu Jazz Agency’s Chico & Lupe O’Farrill Award for Best Original Composition (2018). She was awarded third place in the 7 Virtual Jazz Club Contest (2019) , and nominated as "Jazz Artist Of The Year" by Boston Music Awards amongst Grammy award winner Terri Lyne Carrington and Grammy-award nominee Tia Fuller (2018) .
RINA has performed the lead keyboard position during a three-day residency with the nationally broadcasted American TV show "Late Show With Stephen Colbert" produced by Spartina Productions and CBS Television Studio in 2018. She was selected to perform by music director and also jury member of the Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition, Jon Batiste. The band played for former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, American actor and comedian, David Alan Grier, actor and Canada's first prime minister, Eric McCormack, two times grammy-award winner, Garth Brooks, and actor and writer Tim Meadows. RINA has appeared in world-renowned jazz events, including, the Bern Jazz Festival in Bern, Switzerland, San Jose jazz festival in California, USA, Nancy Jazz Pulsations in Nancy, France and Japanese New York jazz festivals in New York, USA. She also performed at internationally famous venues such as Blue Note Tokyo, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Blues Alley, SMOKE jazz club, Smalls and more.
In 2019, RINA signed a worldwide exclusive contract with Yamaha Music Entertainment Holding Inc, and later became a Yamaha Artist, joining an exquisite circle of renowned artists such as Chick Corea, Monty Alexander and Eddie Palmieri.
Awards
Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition Second Place); Nu Jazz Agency's Chico & Lupe O'Farrill award for Best Original Composition (at the EMIJPC)
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Rina Yamazaki: Conversations with a Rising Star
by Hrayr Attarian
Born in Japan, up and coming pianist Rina Yamazaki has lived in in the USA since she was accepted at Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship in 2015. Both before moving to the US and after Yamazaki has earned a number of well-deserved accolades for her high-level musicianship. From receiving the Jazz Performance Award soon after arriving in Boston to placing second in the Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition in 2018 Yamazaki has amassed several ...
read moreFor Your Grammy Consideration: The Metropolitan Jazz Octet and vocalist Paul Marinaro presents: 'The Bowie Project'
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Michael Ricci
In the vast landscape of musical reinventions, few dare to juxtapose the realm of rock royalty with the intricate artistry of jazz. But the Metropolitan Jazz Octet (MJO), known for its innovative 'chamber jazz' brilliance, has undertaken such an endeavor with their album, The Bowie Project, released on January 16, 2023, on the Origin Records imprint. The MJO's legacy, rooted in the golden age of the 1950s, is no stranger to ambitious projects. Their exquisite blend of big band resonance ...
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Caterina Valente and Michel Legrand in Concert, 1972
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Caterina Valente is one of the most prolific and exceptional all-around entertainers in the second half of the last century. An Italian who was born in France in 1931, Valente grew up in a musical family. She played guitar, was well versed in jazz, danced and spoke six languages and sang in 11, which helped her become one of the most recorded global vocalists and most in-demand performers in Europe. Michel Legrand, of course, was one of the finest composer-pianists ...
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Russian Poet Marina Tsvetaeva Reimagined In A New Song Cycle By Lena Bloch
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Acclaimed saxophonist/composer Lena Bloch reimagines work of Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva in a new jazz suite, commissioned by Chamber Music America Premieres of My Name Is Marina for jazz ensemble and voice on Sunday, October 2 in Manhattan and Sunday, October 16 in Brooklyn, both at 7 PM On the 130th anniversary of the birth of Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva, during a time when immigrants, women and artists face increasing struggle in the United States, acclaimed Russian-born saxophonist and composer ...
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Exotic International Singer Patrina Morris Released 'Up So Close' Featuring Brian Jackson
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Patrina Morris brings a romantic summer dance feeling this month with the release of an upbeat single “Up So Close” the original 1966 vibe mix featuring Brian Jackson. Brazil meets a touch of Ibiza in this duet. Recorded in home studios, Brooklyn, Portugal, London and Brazil come together for the first time. Patrina: “We made this in an “old skool” way, before I had even met Brian in person and never released the original version, only an Ibiza remix. ...
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Vocalist Patrina Morris New Single - 'It's Like Sunshine' - Bossa Jazz From Portugal With Love!
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Patrina Morris was born in India to Anglo-Indian parents and moved to England when she was just six months old. She was brought up in North London and lived there until as a teenager she was spotted by a model agent while working in a restaurant to pay for Art School. Soon she was living in Paris, Milan, Tokyo and New York and making her way in the world of fashion working for some of the most prestigious clients and ...
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Dominick Farinacci Debuts Songbook Watch Party: A Live Online Streaming Show to Showcase Jazz Artists and Musical Collaborations
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All About Jazz
Internationally acclaimed trumpeter Dominick Farinacci debuts Songbook Watch Party, an interactive online music experience boasting newly filmed collaborations with musical artists from around the world. Beginning May 3, 2020 Songbook Watch Party will simulcast every Sunday night at 7PM EST on multiple streaming platforms such as ZOOM, Facebook and YouTube. “The goal of Songbook Watch Party,” states Farinacci, “is simple: to generate income for the artists, and to create for the audience that sound of surprise and fun that is ...
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Chet Baker + Caterina Valente
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
As the summer of 1955 began to dissolve into pre-autumn, Chet Baker made plans to head off to Europe to perform with a new rhythm section: Dick Twardzik (p), Jimmy Bond (b) and Peter Littman (d). Their first stop was in the Netherlands in mid-September followed by Germany and France. But a month into the tour, Twardzik died of a heroin overdose in Paris at age 24. Baker continued on, employing local pianists along the way. He also became friendly ...
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Katerina Brown Places Songs Of Her Native Russia Alongside Pieces From The Jazz Repertoire On Her Debut, "Mirror," Due Oct. 18
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Vocalist Katerina Brown explores her recently minted identity as a Russian immigrant to the United States with the October 18 release of Mirror, her remarkable debut album, on Mellowtone Music. Accompanied by a band of jny: San Francisco Bay Area musicians that includes her husband, bassist Gary Brown (who also produced the album), pianist Adam Shulman, and drummers Akira Tana and Timothy Angulo along with a number of special guests, Brown offers interpretations of three classic Russian songs (first in ...
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Stephanie Jordan Sings "Home" From The Wiz At Katrina 10 Commemorative At Smoothie King Center
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Sylvain Music Notes
jny: New Orleans jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan is honored to have been requested by Mayor Mitch Landrieu to sing a big band with strings version of the classic tune “Home" from the Broadway musical The Wiz during Saturday's August 29th Katrina 10 Commemoration: The Power of Community at the Smoothie King Center. President Bill Clinton, New Orleans residents, faith leaders, and advocates who over the last ten years helped the City recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, will take ...
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Ximena Sariñana Announces New Album, U.S. Tour With Juanes
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Matt Gross
XIMENA SARIÑANA, ACCLAIMED MEXICAN RECORDING ARTIST AND ACTRESS, TO RELEASE DELUXE EDITION OF NEW ALBUM, NO TODO LO PUEDES DAR, IN THE U.S. ON APRIL 14; ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR WITH JUANES Sariñana’s Artistry Continues to Evolve on Third Album, Following GRAMMY-Nominated Debut, Mediocre (2008), and Acclaimed Self-Titled, English-Language Album on Warner Brothers (2011) Even though she is still just 29, Ximena Sariñana is a remarkably mature artist. With her debut album, Mediocre (2008), she not only became one of the ...
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