Ayumi Tanaka

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Ayumi Tanaka
Ayumi Tanaka performing in 2018
Ayumi Tanaka performing in 2018
Background information
Born1986
OriginJapan
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Piano
Websitehttps://www.ayumitanakamusic.com

Ayumi Tanaka (born 1986) is a Japanese pianist and composer, known for numerous albums with Norwegian and international jazz musicians.[1][2]

Education[edit]

Tanaka moved to Norway in 2011, and got her education at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where she finished her master's degree as a performing jazz musician, after studies with Misha Alperin, Ivar Antonsen, Helge Lien and others.

Career[edit]

Tanaka is acclaimed for her own trio with the bass player Christian Meaas Svendsen and the drummer Per Oddvar Johansen.[3][1][2] The group released their debut album Memento in January 2016.[1][2][3] With the trio Tanaka/Lindvall/Wallumrød, with Johan Lindvall and Christian Wallumrød, she released the album 3 Pianos i 2016. She has also recorded with Nakama, Mongrel, and with Thomas Strønen's acclaimed Time is A blind Guide on ECM.

Discography[edit]

As band leader[edit]

Ayumi Tanaka Trio with Christian Meaas Svendsen and Per Oddvar Johansen

Tanaka/Lindvall/Wallumrød with Johan Lindvall and Christian Wallumrød

Collaborations[edit]

With Thomas Strønen's Time is A blind Guide

  • 2018: Lucus (ECM)

With Nakama

With Mongrel

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Ayumi Tanaka Trio". JazzEvidence.no. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Ayumi Tanaka Trio (JP/N)". Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  3. ^ a b "Ayumi Tanaka Trio". OsloJazzforum.no. Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
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