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Chie Imaizumi

This CD is representative of the best of current large ensemble recordings. - Ed Trefzger - JazzWeek

After listening to one night of her vital, creative and engaging music..... Imaizumi was on my short list of new composer/arrangers to watch. - Norman Provisor - Rocky Mountain News One of the most well-received and up-and-coming musicians of her generation, Composer/Arranger/Conductor/Pianist Chie Imaizumi's music has been received with standing ovations by audiences and accolades from the press. Her new CD "Unfailing Kindness"(Capri Records) is produced by world-renowned trumpet recording artist Greg Gisbert who is also featured on the date

Interviews with Chie Imazumi and Tenia Nelson

by Steven Roby
September 22, 2023

One of the most well-received musicians of her generation, composer, and arranger Chie Imaizumi (pronounced Chee-ay Ee-my-zu-me) has won many awards as an ambitious and active voice in the jazz community. She received the Herb Pomeroy Award, The Rocky Mountain Jazz Artist of the Year, and was recognized by DownBeat Critics Poll as a “Rising Star ...

Ladder Is High, Women Keep Climbing

by Jack Bowers
August 5, 2012

Unlike college sports, there is no Title IX program for women in jazz. Those who wish to pursue that line of endeavor have to elbow their way into what remains essentially a male-dominated profession (or art) and keep climbing the ladder one rung at a time. True, women have made notable inroads in recent years and ...

Rodger Fox's Wellington Jazz Orchestra / Sammy Nestico-SWR Big Band / Gran Canaria Big Band

by Jack Bowers
October 11, 2011

Rodger Fox's Wellington Jazz OrchestraJourney HomeTbone Records2011 Alan Broadbent and Rodger Fox's Wellington Jazz Orchestra: a rendezvous that took many years to bring about and is clearly long overdue--but as the saying goes, better late than never (in this case, much better!). Broadbent, a Grammy-winning composer / arranger ...

Chie Imaizumi: A Time of New Beginnings

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 22, 2011

Dal natio Giappone alla Berklee School of Music: è la via di Chie Umaizumi, compositrice, direttrice ed arrangiatrice, alla guida di un gruppo “tutte stelle," che con A Time of New Beginnings arriva al suo secondo album (dopo Unfailing Kindness sempre per la Capri Records) nella nuova patria. Il suo è un mainstream che si fa ...

A Time Of New Beginnings

By Chie Imaizumi

Label: Capri Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: My Heartfelt Gratitude; Information Overload; Fear of the Unknown; A Time of New Beginnings; Run for Your Life; Today; Sharing the Freedom; Many Happy Days Ahead; Fun & Stupid Song.

Tops in '10: The Best Big Band Albums of the Year

by Jack Bowers
December 3, 2010

The holiday season is upon us, which means it's a perfect time to name my choices for the best big band albums of 2010. Looking back, this was a better year for large ensembles than memory envisaged, and narrowing the list of candidates to 10 wasn't as easy as I thought it might be. Nevertheless, the ...

Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchesta / Vaughn Wiester / Chie Imaizumi

by Jack Bowers
October 7, 2010

Buselli--Wallarab Jazz OrchestraMezzanineOwl Studios2010 After veering slightly off-course recently with several albums devoted in part to backing singers, the outstanding Indianapolis-based Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra is back in a more pleasing instrumental groove on Mezzanine, profiling the compositions and arrangements of co-leader / trombonist Brent Wallarab. The first ...

Recent Releases For Running

by Chris Lawhorn
October 3, 2010

[Editor's Note: Working Out to Jazz is a new All About Jazz column, devoted to providing jazz playlists for the purpose of working out. For his second installment, Chris Lawhorn's emphasis is on largely up-tempo tracks from a handful of recent releases. Check in with Working Out to Jazz regularly, for new workout music suggestions, as ...

Chie Imaizumi: A Time of New Beginnings

by Woodrow Wilkins
September 27, 2010

Two coasts and the Mile High City--therein lies the talent pool from which composer and arranger Chie Imaizumi selected her team. Soloists and leaders themselves, they form the orchestra for A Time of New Beginnings. Imaizumi scored DownBeat Magazine's Rising Star Composer honor for her 2007 debut, Unfailing Kindness (Capri Records). That same year, ...