When the album written to memorialize your mother becomes your calling card, where do you turn for your second act? For Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner, it involved diving deeper into herself to ...

Masabumi "Poo" Kikuchi was a Japanese jazz pianist of legendary stature with a vast discography ... Around this time, the pianist also entered a contest for overseas musicians sponsored by Down Beat ...

Akiyoshi’s classical roots and Japanese heritage are evident in her music, setting her apart from other jazz musicians. She composed using Japanese themes, harmonies and instruments, but her music ...

The reason I think there are more Japanese jazz musicians who are doing really well these days is because they love America, and they love Western culture, and they infuse that stuff into their ...

The energy and emotions at concerts…in front of a real audience,” said international Japanese Jazz pianist ... Beasley were some of my favorite Jazz musicians and she said, “I was invited ...

With this year's International Jazz Day concert taking place in Osaka ... that's the reason they became so adept at it. Some of the Japanese musicians say the first time they ever heard anybody ...

Dulcet vocals, dynamic saxophone solos and lively marching pieces reminiscent of New Orleans were just a sampling of the genres on display at Yokosuka Tomodachi Jazz 2024 and Yokosuka Jazz Rock ...