Junko Ōnishi (musician)

Junko Ōnishi ( Japanese 大西 潤 子 , Ōnishi Junko ; born April 16, 1967 in Jōyō , Kyoto Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz pianist .

Live and act

Ōnishi grew up in Tokyo and had a classical piano training. After studying jazz, she studied for three years at Berklee College of Music in Boston . She then worked in New York with artists such as Betty Carter , Joe Henderson , Kenny Garrett , Phil Woods ( Cool Woods 1999), Shigeharu Mukai and in the Mingus Dynasty . She has also performed with her own bands in clubs such as the Village Vanguard and Sweet Basil . In 1993 she presented her debut album, followed by a series of productions for Blue Note Records in the 1990s . In 1995 Hat Trick was created with Jackie McLean . On her album Baroque ( Verve 2010) she plays both original compositions and standards by Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus . She is currently working in a trio with Yosuke Inoue (double bass) and Eric McPherson (drums), with whom she also appeared in the framework program of the Paris exhibition Jazz en Japon .

Discographic notes

• Junko Onishi Trio - Wow (Somethin 'Else, 1993), with Tomoyuki Shima (bass), Dairiki Hara (drums)
• Cruisin ' (Blue Note, 1993)
• Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 1994)
• Piano Quintet Suite (Blue Note, 1995), with Tony Rabeson
• Jackie McLean Meets Junko Onishi - Hat Trick (Toshiba EMI, 1996), with Nat Reeves , Lewis Nash
• Fragile (Blue Note, 1999)
• Musical Moments (2009)

Web links

• Portrait at Blue Note Records (English)
• Portrait at EMI Music Japan (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 大西 順子 . In: HMV Online. Retrieved February 24, 2012 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ Junko Ōnishi at Allmusic (English)
3. ↑ Junko Ōnishi at Discogs (English)
4. ↑ Maison de la Culture du Japon - Jazz in Japan ( Memento of the original of February 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.