Miki Yamanaka

Miki Yamanaka
山中みき
Born1990
Kyoto
OriginKobe, Japan
GenresJazz
Instrument(s)Piano, organ[1]
SpouseJimmy Macbride[1]
Alma materQueens College
Websitemikiyamanaka.com

Miki Yamanaka (Japanese: 山中みき) (born 1990) is a Japanese jazz musician currently living in New York City.[2]

Miki Yamanaka lived in Kyoto until she was 10, when she moved to Kobe.[3] She became interested in jazz while playing in her junior high school big band.[3] She moved to New York in 2012 and took a compositional residency at the Kennedy Center in 2015.[2] In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she recorded the album Stairway to the Stars in her living room with Mark Turner and Orlando le Fleming.[4] For her first gig after the pandemic, Yamanaka wore a kimono outfit to honor her mother; since then she has dressed in one every time she plays.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Miki Yamanaka - BIO". miki-yamanaka. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  2. ^ a b Smith, David (March 3, 2022). "David and Art - Finding a New Favorite". KWBU. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  3. ^ a b "Miki Yamanaka". Jazz Generation. 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  4. ^ Enos, Morgan (April 19, 2023). "10 Emerging Jazz Artists To Watch: Simon Moullier, Mali Obomsawin, Julieta Eugenio, Jeremy Dutton & More | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  5. ^ Duersken, Sam (2023-01-30). "Kimono-clad pianist set to light up Victoria stage - Monday Magazine". www.mondaymag.com. Retrieved 2024-01-21.