Albums Meg Okura's Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble Nominations Independent Music Award for Best Album - New Age Members Meg Okura, Helen Sung, Anne Drummond, E J Strickland, Willard Dyson Similar Sam Newsome, Asian Youth Orchestra, Pharaoh's Daughter, FLUX Quartet, Steve Swallow | ||
Meg okura the pan asian chamber jazz ensemble live at the kl international jazz festival ftmf
Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble is a world chamber jazz ensemble based in New York City, founded in 2006 by jazz violinist and composer, Meg Okura.
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Music of ryuichi sakamoto by pan asian chamber jazz ensemble
Discography
Awards and honors
Reception
"PACJE (Meg Okura & the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble) have no peer in melding classical and jazz within an ethnically informed chamber setting."
"...breathtaking...shivers of emotion down the spine...flawless technique...Okura has established herself as a complete musician and a major one."
"Meg has created what surely must someday become a Jazz standard. Meg Okura has given a stunning reintroduction to the music from the genius of Ryuichi Sakamoto."
"...(Meg Okura) is equally comfortable playing classical chamber music, rock and everything in between."
"...a stunning improvisation on top of an impressionistic backdrop."
"...chamber jazz has found its queen in Meg Okura."
"Naima is the magnificent new release from violin virtuoso Meg Okura and the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble. Captivating, exciting and refreshing are just one way to describe the track offerings that are featured. Aptly named after one of John Coltrane's famous compositions, Naima is marvelously diverse mixing the past, present and future."
"Okura has made a bold statement with Naima, ensuring her place among the top names playing chamber jazz."
"Meg Okura offers a clear sense of vision of her world of music. Okura's Naima goes to many places, speaks in many voices, and is often rich with surprises and admirable in its aspirations."
"Ms. Okura's vibrant, Eastern-influenced, jazzy score and the playing of her musicians were the most sophisticated parts of the work"
"...(some of) the best jazz New York has to offer."
"...mixes a classically trained mastery of strings, piano and drums with quick-witted compositional twist performed with high energy."
"The group delivers exactly what its name promises...the group found a common ground in '60s-style modality, occasionally reminiscent of John Coltrane and McCoy Tyner's Eastern explorations."
"...elegantly intertwine(s) elements of classical, jazz and world folk into a new sound...by presenting precisely played ethnically inspired original compositions in an exciting modern jazz context."