Noriko Ueda

Biography

b. 14 March 1972, Osaka, Japan. From age 14, Ueda examined traditional piano and 2 yrs later began using electric powered bass. Her piano research continuing until she was 20, and for the time being she got also started to compose. Over the last two years of the research, she concurrently researched classical performing at Osaka University of Music. It had been at the moment that she produced the modification to playing the acoustic dual bass, which thereafter became her primary instrument. After departing Osaka University early in 1992, Ueda started playing on the town’s jazz night clubs, work that supplied a chance to accompany going to jazz musicians such as for example Kenny Barron, Joe Chambers, Benny Green, Roy Hargrove, Jimmy Smith and Grady Tate. In 1994, she became a member of pianist Kiyoshi Takeshita to get a year and went to the united states to study on the Berklee University Of Music, where she majored in jazz structure. While at Berklee, she made an appearance for the 1997 BMG discharge Summa Cum Jazz: THE VERY BEST Of Berklee University Of Music. From 1996, she led an all-Japanese, all-female trio, Groovin’ Women, which has documented in the studio room and also made an appearance on Dark Entertainment Tv’s Jazz Central. With her within the group are pianist Takana Miyamoto and drummer Masumi Inaba. Ueda provides composed extensively, frequently for big rings. Many of her items were applied to Live At TUC, a 2001 radio broadcast on FM Tokyo. In 2000, 2002 and 2003 her compositions had been performed in the BMI Annual Display Concerts. Her ‘Castle WITHIN THE North’ received her the 2002 BMI Basis’s Charlie Parker Jazz Structure Prize and the next 12 months her ‘Power Of Planting season’ was performed in the BMI Annual Display Concert. This same structure was chosen for the BMI Jazz Composer’s Workshop and was performed in the IAJE (International Association for Jazz Education) Annual Meeting in January 2004. Ueda is usually an associate of DIVA, the all-female big music group, led by drummer Sherrie Maricle, and she also takes on as an associate from the DIVA little group, Five Play.

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