Thursday, September 13, 2018

Japanese-born/NYC Jazz Pianist Miki Yamanaka

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist Miki Yamanaka.. She gre up in Kobe, Japan and moved to New York City in 2012 to study Piano with Jason Lindner, Jeb Patton, and Fred Hersch, and Organ with Sam Yahel and Larry Goldings. In 2015 she was one of three pianists selected to participate in “Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead” and recently earned her Master of Music degree from Queens College, receiving the Sir Roland Hanna Award. She is promoting her newest album simply called Miki and has much to say ..

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