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Sakura Jazz Orchestra

Two award-winning female Japanese jazz composers, Asuka Kakitani and Noriko Ueda, have joined forces to form Sakura Jazz Orchestra. Named for Japan’s most iconic flower, the cherry blossom, Sakura Jazz Orchestra celebrates the two women’s similar histories and their unique voices in modern jazz composition. Although they wouldn’t meet for long time, Asuka Kakitani and Noriko Ueda shared many of the same experiences while growing up. Born a few years apart, they were both raised in the Kansai area of Japan and started piano lessons at a young age. Becoming interested in jazz in their late teens, both women attended a local music college before playing professionally in Japan (Asuka as a pianist and Noriko as an acoustic bassist)