Ayumi Tanaka | |
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![]() Ayumi Tanaka performing in 2018 | |
Background information | |
Born | 1986 |
Origin | Japan |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instrument | Piano |
Website | https://www.ayumitanakamusic.com |
Ayumi Tanaka (born 1986) is a Japanese pianist and composer, known for numerous albums with Norwegian and international jazz musicians.[1][2]
Education
[edit]Tanaka moved to Norway in 2011, and got her education at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where she finished her master's degree as a performing jazz musician, after studies with Misha Alperin, Ivar Antonsen, Helge Lien and others.
Career
[edit]Tanaka is acclaimed for her own trio with the bass player Christian Meaas Svendsen and the drummer Per Oddvar Johansen.[3][1][2] The group released their debut album Memento in January 2016.[1][2][3] With the trio Tanaka/Lindvall/Wallumrød, with Johan Lindvall and Christian Wallumrød, she released the album 3 Pianos i 2016. She has also recorded with Nakama, Mongrel, and with Thomas Strønen's acclaimed Time is A blind Guide on ECM.
Discography
[edit]As band leader
[edit]Ayumi Tanaka Trio with Christian Meaas Svendsen and Per Oddvar Johansen
- 2016: Memento (AMP Music & Records)
Tanaka/Lindvall/Wallumrød with Johan Lindvall and Christian Wallumrød
- 2016: 3 pianos (Nakama Records)
Collaborations
[edit]With Thomas Strønen's Time is A blind Guide
- 2018: Lucus (ECM)
With Nakama
- 2015: Before The Storm (Nakama Records)
- 2016:Grand line (Nakama Records)
- 2016:Most Intimate (Nakama Records)
- 2017:Worst Generation (Nakama Records)
With Mongrel
- 2016: Thick As Thieves (Losen Records)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ayumi Tanaka Trio". JazzEvidence.no. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ a b c "Ayumi Tanaka Trio (JP/N)". Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ a b "Ayumi Tanaka Trio". OsloJazzforum.no. Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2015-05-31.