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Akiko Yano Trio to perform live @ Joe’s Pub in NYC
Akiko Yano Trio will be performing live in New York City for the first time in four years at Joe’s Pub. The live show will take place on Sunday, October 22 at 6:00 pm ET.
Akiko Yano Trio features Akiko Yano on piano & lead vocals, Will Lee on bass & vocals, and Chris Parker on the drums.
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater is located at 425 Lafayette Street (between East 4th and Astor Place), New York, NY. Doors will open at 5:30 pm ET. Tickets are listed at $35 dollars.
Akiko Yano Trio – Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater. NYC flyer. Art provided courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Japan (SMEJ)
About Akiko Yano – Bio:
“A NYC resident, Japan’s beloved pianist/composer/singer-songwriter Akiko Yano is back in town for the first time in four years with Will Lee (The Fab Faux, The Brecker Brothers, The 24th Street Band, Paul Shaffer and The World’s Most Dangerous Band etc.) and Chris Parker (Stuff, The Brecker Brothers, Quincy Jones, Donald Fagen etc.).
Since the debut album Japanese Girl (1976) which was recorded with Little Feet in LA, she has been collaborating with numerous renowned musicians, including Yellow Magic Orchestra a.k.a. YMO, Pat Metheny, Thomas Dolby, The Chieftains, Toninho Horta, Marc Ribot and more.
She recorded and toured with Anthony Jackson (bass) and Cliff Almond (drs) as a trio for years. The duo with the electronica artist, late Rei Harakami, and the piano-duo with Hiromi showed us Akiko’s artistry and musicianship are always genre-free creative and pleasantly adventurous.
The latest duo unit is with Tsugaru Shamisen’s virtuoso, Hiromitsu Agatsuma.
Akiko has composed the music and contributed as a voiceover actor for the number of films created by Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli.
3 albums are released on Nonesuch Records, AKIKO YANO, LOVE LIFE, and PIANO NIGHTLY. Her 27th original album akiko (2008) was produced by T Bone Burnett.
Recently, a French record label Wewantsounds has reissued the first album, JAPANESE GIRL (1976), and other early works.
The latest album I Want to See You So Badly (2023) has collaborated with Soichi Noguchi, the sixth Japanese astronaut to fly in space.”
– You can listen to the music video below to hear Akiko on lead vocals:
– You can also listen to more Akiko Yano singles via her official website.
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