Chiaki Ogasawara
Chiaki Ogasawara ( Japanese 小 笠原 千秋 , Ogasawara Chiaki ; born October 19, 1963 in Tomakomai , Hokkaido ) is a Japanese jazz singer , stylistically connected to mainstream jazz .
Chiaki Ogasawara, who has been active in the Japanese jazz scene since the 1980s, recorded her debut album Luxurious Pockets for Denon Records in 1987 . In the beginning of 1995 Ogasawara's second album Invitation was created , on which she performed by Eric Miyashiro (trumpet), Yohichi Murata (posanne), Seiji Tada (alto saxophone), Tatsuya Satō (tenor saxophone), Masatoshi Koi (baritone saxophone), Takashi Ohi (vibraphone), Naoki Nishi (Piano), Kohichiro Ono (drums). She then sang well-known standards such as Bob Dorough's “ Comin 'Home Baby ”, Gershwin's “ Love Is Here to Stay ”, “ My Favorite Things ”, “ Nature Boy ”, “ Round About Midnight ” and “ Will You Still Be Mine? ". In 1999 she presented the album Standards & My Songs (SONY / Columbia).
Web links
- Web presence
- Chiaki Ogasawara at Discogs (English)
- Chiaki Ogasawara at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical information on Anime News Network
- ↑ She was in various line-ups of Shin Kazuhara (trumpet), Toshiyuki Daitoku , Daisuke Iwasaki (keyboards), Kunihiro Tsuji (guitar), Masatoshi Mizuno , Gregg Lee (bass), Shigeo Hirayama , Hideo Yamaki , Jun Moriya (drums) and Eiji Narushima (percussion) accompanied.
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 16, 2017)
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| SURNAME | Ogasawara, Chiaki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 小 笠原 千秋 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tomakomai , Hokkaido |