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山中千尋
Chihiro (*1974 in Kiryū) is a jazz pianist and composer. At age four she began formal piano studies. While she began with classical music and still practices it, she shifted her focus to jazz studies in high school. After graduation she attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston as part of the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead residency program. She has played and recorded with the New York-based DIVA Jazz Orchestra, led by Sherrie Maricle, but is best known for her small group recordings, which are typically trios and have featured bassists such as Larry Grenadier and Robert Hurst, and drummers such as Jeff Ballard and Jeff "Tain" Watts.
(Chihiro Yamanaka) Yamanaka has toured Europe, the United States and Japan, and has played at several festivals, including the Umbria Jazz Festival in 2011, the Bologna Jazz Festival and Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival the following year. In 2011 and 2012 Yamanaka played Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with symphony orchestras in Japan. As of 2012, she was based in New York City. In 2014, she moved from Verve Records to the Blue Note label. In 2017, she released a remarkable album, playing Monk on piano and Hammond B-3 organ. partially from Wkikipedia and allmusic.com |
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Reminiscence Verve Records UCCJ-2090 recorded June 2011 |
Chihiro Yamanaka, piano, organ, Fender Rhodes Larry Grenadier, bass Yoshi Waki, bass John Davis, drums Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums |
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Still Working Verve Records UCCJ-2096 recorded June 2011 |
Chihiro Yamanaka, Fender Rhodes, piano, Hammond B-3 organ Larry Grenadier, bass Yoshi Waki, bass John Davis, drums Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, drums |
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Because Verve Records UCCJ-2102 recorded May 2012 |
Chihiro Yamanaka, guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, ukulele, harmonica John Nollen, tabla Yasushi Nakamura, bass John Davis, drums |
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Guilty Pleasure Blue Note UCCQ-1064 recorded March 2016 |
Chihiro Yamanaka, Hammond B-3 organ, Fender Rhodes, piano Yoshi Waki, bass John Davis, drums |
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Monk Studies Blue Note UCCQ-1070 recorded March/April 2017 in Brooklyn, NY/USA |
Chihiro Yamanaka, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthsizer, Fender Rhodes Mark Kelley, bass Deantoni Parks, drums |
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Utopia Blue Note UCCJ-2157 recorded March/April 2018 |
Chihiro Yamanaka, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer, Fender Rhodes Yoshi Waki, bass John Davis, drums |
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Prima Del Tramonto Blue Note UCCJ-2167 recorded April 2019 |
Chihiro Yamanaka, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Fender Rhodes Vicente Archer, bass Yoshi Waki, bass John Davis, drums Damion Reid, drums |
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Dolce Vita Blue Note UCCJ-2227 
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Chihiro Yamanaka, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ Jennifer Vincent, bass Yoshi Waki, bass John Davis, drums LaFrae Olivia Sci, drums |
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