Miho Nobuzane Biography

Miho Nobuzane - Pianist, Vocalist, Composer, Arranger

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Miho Nobuzane hails from Osaka, Japan and began study on classical piano at YAMAHA at the age of 4. She graduated from"Kobe Yamate Woman's Junior College"as a classical piano major. After graduation, she was inspired by Jazz, studying and soon performing in clubs throughout Japan. She arrived in New York in 1996, where she began playing in every imaginable stylistic situation, including jazz, Brazilian, and other forms of popular music. Now several years later you can find her in major New York City venues and touring the world.

On March.2007, Miho produced her debut album MAKE YOU HAPPY: Super grooving Brazilian Jazz for making everyone happy! Nobuzane's music has been played radio stations in Australia, Latin America, Europe, and the United States (includes WBGO 88.3FM-The world's premier jazz radio station, covering NYC & NJ).
"La gua gua" radiomix 89.1FM in Buenos Aires, Argentina had the Miho Nobuzane Brazilian jazz special and played Miho's music for 30 minutes (seven tunes).

In December 2007, MAKE YOU HAPPY was named one of top 10 of the best CDs of 2007 by Saul Zavarce, the on-air presenter and producer of "Fiesta Jazz"(PBS FM106.7 in Australia), and by New York jazz writer Joe Bendel on the blog, J.B. Spins.

Jazz Improv magazine's March 2008 issue reviewed her CD, with jazz critic Clive Griffin writing: "MAKE YOU HAPPY is an impressive release, in which Nobuzane deftly demonstrates well-horned skills as a pianist, composer, and arranger. No doubt she would be a powerful contributor as soloist and accompanist in almost any situation. With the wealth of well-crafted music on this album... the door has been opened ... we can look optimistically toward the abundance of music yet to come from Miho Nobuzane." In the same issue, her upcoming Blue Note show was also selected by the magazine as the noteworthy performance of the month.

She has played and/or recorded with the legendary drummer Bernard "pretty" Purdie, COLOR PURPLE Tony Award nominee and a Blue Note record lebel artist Elisabeth Withers, award winner Brazilian group Grupo Saveiro, Sergio Brandao, Cafe, Meia Noite, and many others.

Venues;
Blue Note NY, Flushing Town Hall, Kitano, Joe's Pub, Jazz at Lincoln Center, B.B.King, S.O.B's, Zinc Bar, Cipriani Wall st, Cachaca, Sweet Rhythm, and much more.

As a Transcriber;
Miho prepared the music sheets for Elisabeth Withers, the Rhythm Nation band, Jerry Elcock, Abdou Mboup & Waakaw, Raquel Lima, Nanny Assis, Brilho de Luz band, Velly Bahia, Katende, and many more.