One night in a Japanese jazz kissa changed music listening for me forever. My love for the jazz piano trio began in the most unique way possible. Every now and then, a listening session turns into ...

Jazz enthusiasts will be treated to a month-long series of Japanese Jazz Piano entitled, “Love Letter From Japan,” at Klavierhaus, New York City's premier fine piano showroom at 790 11th Avenue at ...

“It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that blues and swing," states Junko Onishi, one of Japan's most prominent jazz pianists. And swing she does on her Verve debut, Baroque, set for release ...

Hiromi knows how to make a first impression. An utterly original improviser and composer, the Japanese-born jazz pianist has emerged in the past few years as one of the most exciting young players on ...

In the more than 75-year career of pianist-composer-bandleader Toshiko Akiyoshi, there was a period when she felt at a disadvantage being a Japanese immigrant rather than a native-born American ...

Scholarspeak postponed, a blast of word music opens Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan (Duke University Press). It’s nighttime in Yokohama and E. Taylor Atkins riffs loose and free on Mix ...