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Noriko Ueda

Originally from Hyogo, Japan, Noriko Ueda began studying piano at age four and electric bass at sixteen, later switching to acoustic bass to pursue her passion for jazz. She studied jazz composition at Berklee College of Music and after graduating, moved to New York City where she built her career as a performer, composer and arranger. Ueda tours internationally with the supergroup Artemis, which was named “Jazz Group of the Year” by the Downbeat Readers Poll for three consecutive years (2023–2025). Their third album, Arboresque (Blue Note Records, 2025) topped the JazzWeek national radio chart for five consecutive weeks and the band was featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts

Picc Pocket

By Erica von Kleist

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: We Know How to Picc ‘Em; Let Me Picc Your Brain; Bone 2 Picc; Picc and Choose; Picc Up Lines; Picc a Peck.

The Good Old Days

By Ted Rosenthal

Label: TMR Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: From This Moment On; Hot Sauce; Back Home in Okayama; Two Sleepy People; Maple Leaf Rag; The Good Old Days; Sultry Sweetie; Sunny Side Up; Autumn in New York; Schmatta Rag.

Erica von Kleist: Picc Pocket

by Jack Bowers
April 22, 2026

Those who favor puns and clever wordplay should get their kicks from the song titles alone on Picc Pocket, a splendid new recording by piccolo guru Erica von Kleist 's hand-picced--and fun-loving-- quartet and its spicc-tacular guest artists, trombonist Jennifer Krupa and tenor saxophonist John Ellis. The piccolo (a close cousin of the flute) ...

New Music From Brian Lynch, Diane Marino, Anthony Branker, Jenny Hill & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
March 23, 2026

This broadcast continues the celebration of Women's History Month with new music from Brian Lynch, Diane Marino, Anthony Branker a single from Jenny Hill}, nods to the Oscars and Bistro Award winners plus birthday shoutouts to {{m: Shirley Scott, Keely Smith, Bobby McFerrin, Arooj Aftab, Noriko Ueda, Marilyn Harris, Mark Murphy, Idit Shner, Al Jarreau among ...

Arboresque

By Artemis

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Smile of the Snake; Komorebi; SIghts Unseen; Petrichor; Footprints; Olive Branch; What The World Needs Now Is Love; Little Cranberry.

Storybook: The Music of Mark Miller

By David DeJesus

Label: Birdland Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Storybook; Water Lily; Tenderly; Chorale and Alleluia; Sail Away; WTF; Close Your Eyes; Concierto de Aranjuez/Spain; The Doubledown; Nonsense.

The Birdland Big Band: Storybook: The Music of Mark Miller

by Jack Bowers
October 7, 2025

Storybook, the third recording by the New York City-based Birdland Big Band, is subtitled “the music of Mark Miller" and is designed to showcase compositions and arrangements by that multi-talented artist who doubles (triples) as the band's lead trombonist. Miller wrote or co-wrote half of the album's 10 colorful and impressive numbers (11 if one counts ...

Artemis: Arboresque

by Mike Jurkovic
March 15, 2025

The virtuoso musicians of Artemis--pianist Renee Rosnes trumpeter Ingrid Jensen saxophonist Nicole Glover bassist Noriko Ueda, and drummer Allison Miller --get down to business quick on their third for Blue Note Arboresque. A testament to collaborative intuition and instinct,  Arboresque may vary more in tempo and mood than its acclaimed predecessors--2023's ringing In Real Time and 2020's standard-setting debut Artemis--but it ...

This Christmas

By Lizzie Thomas

Label: Dot Time Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: This Christmas; Christmas Time is Here; It's Magic; Jingle Bells; Wonderful Christmastime; Star of Wonder.