Birth name Junko Onishi Role Jazz Pianist Occupation(s) Musician | Instruments Piano Genres Jazz Name Junko Onishi | |
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Born April 16, 1967 (age 57)
Kyoto, Japan ( 1967-04-16 ) Albums Baroque, Hat Trick, Live at the Village V, Fragile, Self Portrait Similar People Jackie McLean, Reginald Veal, Chihiro Yamanaka, Herlin Riley | ||
Education Berklee College of Music | ||
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Junko Onishi (大西 順子, Onishi Junko, born April 16, 1967 in Kyoto) is a Japanese jazz pianist; she plays in the post-bop genre.
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- Junko onishi trio so long eric
- The pace report baroque calling the junko onishi interview
- Early career
- Hiatus and later career
- References
The pace report baroque calling the junko onishi interview
Early career
After studying at Berklee College of Music, Onishi moved to New York City, where she played with Joe Henderson, Betty Carter, Kenny Garrett, and Mingus Dynasty. She has also worked with Jackie McLean, Holly Cole, and Billy Higgins, among others, and recorded eight CDs for Blue Note (Somethin' Else in Japan) as a leader.
Although she lists Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, and Ornette Coleman as her primary influences, her playing is also reminiscent of McCoy Tyner and contemporaries such as Kenny Kirkland and Mulgrew Miller.
Onishi appeared in the documentary Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz (1997), playing the song "Trinity" ("Quick") from her album Play, Piano, Play.
Hiatus and later career
Onishi stopped performing in the late 1990s, having chosen to study and practise. When Jaki Byard, her mentor at that time, died in 1999, she stopped playing completely for two years: "I felt like I lost everything; I felt like I didn't have any more mentors". She had to redevelop her technique when she decided to return, and started going to a gym to help her cope with the physical demands of playing.
Blue Note released her trio album, Musical Moments in 2009. Baroque (Verve), with Onishi leading a much larger group, followed a year later.