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Miki Hayama

Miki Hayama is a GRAMMY Nominated piano/keyboard player, arranger and musical director, born in Kyoto, Japan, lives in NYC.

She graduated from Osaka College of Music where majored in classical piano, and studied jazz piano with renowned jazz pianist Sadayasu Fujii in Kyoto. After graduated from College, she started to work at many Jazz clubs in Kansai area. Her ambition to pursue Jazz didn't stop her but made her move to New York. Since 2003, Ms. Hayama has been busy making quite a respected name for herself on New York's jazz scene. She has toured and shared the stage with many greats —Kenny Garrett, Ralph Peterson, Sean Jones, Tia Fuller, Michael Dease, Vincent Herring, Bruce Williams, Roy Hargrove, JD Allen, Greg Osby, Cindy Blackman-Santana, Nnenna Freelon, Jazzmeia Horn, Christian McBride, Eric Harland, Gary Thomas, and even the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin to name a few. Her own 2006 sophomore release "Prelude to a Kiss" received a five-star rating in Swing Journal. Her 3rd studio album "Wide Angle" got Swing Journal's Gold Disc Award in March 2009, Best Production Award in January, 2010. She plays on many recordings as a side person includes on Tia Fuller's "Pillar of Strength" and "Healing Space", Sharel Casity's "Evolve", Mimi Jones's "A New Day" and "Balance", Michael Dease Big Band's "Relentless", Nnenna Freelon's "Christmas". She worked as a musical director as well as an arranger and keyboardists on Nnenna Freelon's new studio album " Time Traveler " which was released on May 21, 2021, and won the Grammy nomination.

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Steps Taken

By Eli Howell

Label: D Clef
Released: 2026
Track listing: One For Steve; I Remember Al; For Garrison; A Clear Sky; One For Steve; Reimagined; Alone Together; Say When; Dear Helen; A Vontade Mesmo

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The Sistering

By Lenora Zenzalai Helm

Label: Zenzalai Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: River Song; A Brother Just Like You; Dying Season; The Circle; Begin Again; Origins; Combat Boots and Glass Slippers; Follow the Stream; Dreaming Arms; Tribal Download; It Had to be You; River Song Reprise.

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We Dream

By Lakecia Benjamin

Label: Artwork Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: First Light; Beyond the Dawn; My Only; Mi Gente; Ascension; DreamBreaker; We Dream; Flamekeeper; Hiromi Jam; Right Now; New World.

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Bright Dawn

By Harvie S

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Ghosts of Havana; Devil May Care; Waltz for Vartan; Navalny; I've Got Rhythm and Blues; Yukimi's Song; Humpty Dumpty; The Truth; Voice in the Sky; Swithering.

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One For Steve

June 26, 2026

Album: Steps Taken
By Eli Howell
Label: D Clef
Released: 2026
Duration: 05:49

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Eli Howell: Steps Taken

Read "Steps Taken" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
June 4, 2026

Picture this: Having assembled a supporting cast, finalized the playlist and booked a studio, you are ready to make the debut recording as leader of your own ensemble, only to learn that, hours earlier, said studio in East Lansing, Michigan, had been devastated by a tornado. That is exactly what happened to trombonist Eli Howell in ...

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Harvie S: Bright Dawn

Read "Bright Dawn" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
June 3, 2026

At a time when economics often dictates the size and scope of a jazz group, adding a guitarist to a typical piano-bass-drums trio makes a world of difference. And when said guitarist is Peter Bernstein, the difference is even more pronounced. That gives bassist Harvie S a clear headstart on Bright Dawn, a modest studio date ...

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Lakecia Benjamin: We Dream

Read "We Dream" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
May 28, 2026

Lakecia Benjamin is clearly pulling no punches on We Dream. Not that she ever has, given a discography that includes 2020's Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope Records); 2012's intoxicating, groove-crazy Retox (Motema) or the spellbinding sister releases Phoenix (Whirlwind, 2023) and the super stoked Phoenix ReImagined (Live) (Ropeadope Records, 2024). We Dream drops the mic and leaves ...

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