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Chihiro Yamanaka at Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Courtesy of Bennett Jackson | Posted on February 6, 2013
Where
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA
Map
831-427-2227
When
Thu, March 28, 2013
7pm
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Musicians
Chihiro Yamanaka
pianoAbout
Since graduating with top honors from Berklee College of Music, Japanese pianist Chihiro Yamanaka has been racking up the accolades as a top-shelf musician and composer. Beginning her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in England, she continued stateside at Berklee, and has since worked alongside George Benson, Nancy Wilson and Herbie Hancock. Her newest release Reminiscence (2012, Universal/Decca) reached #1 on the Japanese charts and proves to American audiences what Japanese audiences have known for a long time: that Yamanaka is a fierce talent with robust chops, plenty of soul, and a seemingly endless imagination for the musical possibilities of the piano trio....