Kiyoko Ami
Kiyoko Ami ( Japanese 阿 見 紀 代 子 , Ami Kiyoko ; * around 1955) is a Japanese jazz musician ( vibraphone , vocals ).
Kiyoko Ami first learned classical piano and then switched to vibraphone; against the opposition of her parents she became a jazz musician. Around 1980 she led a quartet with the pianist Sakurako Ogyu , which also included Yasuhisa Akutsu (double bass) and Takaaki Nishikawa (drums) ( Message from a Sheep , 1981). As a singer, she recorded the album Rhapsody in NY in 1991 in New York City, accompanied by Shinpei Inoue , Fujio Honda , Tsutomu Okada , Carl Allen and Rudy Bird . In 2001 the live album Dream More Dreams was created , which Ami recorded (vibraphone) with Q. Ishikawa , Yoshiki Uta , Brian Nova , Buddy Catlett and Greg Williamson . She also gave concerts in Germany, Italy and Canada.
She has been running the Ami's Bar nightclub in Tokyo's Ginza district since 1995, where her idol Lionel Hampton has also performed.
Discographic notes
- Kiyoko Ami & Elmer Gill : Ami & Elmer: Powerful Night II - Come Rain or Come Shine (1998), with Q. Ishikawa, Shungo Sawada , Stan Gilbert , Bison Katayama
Web links
- Web presence
- Entry (swissjazzorama)
- Kiyoko Ami at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c William Minor Jazz Journeys to Japan: The Heart Within University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2004, p. 63
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 16, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ami, Kiyoko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 阿 見 紀 代 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1955 |