chiemi nakai latin jazz pianist Chiemi Nakai NYC Following her stints with the Japanese groups “Mamborama” and “La Orquesta de la Luz” (the most famous Salsa band in Japan), Chiemi Nakai moved from Osaka to New York City to study at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, where she graduated in 2002 with a Master of Arts in Jazz Performance. Since then, she had toured Europe with the "New York All Stars Band" (2002) including famous Latin music stars Jimmy Bosch (trombone), Giovanni Hidalgo (congas), Dave Valentin (flute), Jose Alberto “El Canario” (vocal) and Alfredo de la Fe (violin), and played with her own groups in venues including Carnegie Hall, Birdland, Blue Note, Subrosa, Jazz at Kitano, Nuyorican Poet Cafe, and others. Meanwhile, she continues to tour Japan every year, playing concert halls and clubs in Osaka, Tokyo, Kobe, and Yonago Chiemi’s first album “bridges” was released in March 2008 and received the Best Latin Jazz of Award for that year by Latin Jazz Corner. It was also selected as one of the top six Latin Jazz CDs of Diskunion Japan /Union Award 2008. Her second CD “Transformation” was released in 2013. chiemi nakai latin jazz pianist’s tracks I will meet you again by chiemi nakai latin jazz pianist published on 2017/03/21 21:34:08 +0000 Azul by chiemi nakai latin jazz pianist published on 2017/03/21 21:30:22 +0000 The flying gray cat by chiemi nakai latin jazz pianist published on 2017/03/21 21:24:59 +0000 Nueva Vision 2 by chiemi nakai latin jazz pianist published on 2017/03/21 21:17:13 +0000
