“It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that blues and swing," states Junko Onishi, one of Japan's most prominent jazz pianists. And swing she does on her Verve debut, Baroque, set for release ...

A Japanese jazz pianist who was brutally attacked by a group of youths in New York in late September 2020 shared how he has found the will to return to music. Tadataka Unno, 42, was exiting a subway ...

Whether reworking standards with Afro-Cuban grooves or infusing Japanese folk melodies with post-bop harmony, Inoue doesn’t just play jazz; she reinvents it. Inoue's musical signature lies in her ...

New York City-based, Japanese pianist and composer Ittetsu Nasuda’s debut album, “Tailwind,” is to be released in October. The 12-track set of original compositions is the start of a new chapter in ...

A Square Enix collaboration with the pianist Marasy resulted in piano arrangements of Balan Wonderworld music. The pianist made a piano performance of one of the game’s tracks, titled “Hurray!” ...

FORT WORTH, Texas A blind pianist from Japan and a teenager from China won gold medals Sunday at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, making history as the first winners from any ...

Sumino is an exceptional artistic phenomenon: Known as ‘Cateen’, he has garnered over 1.5 million followers globally across his social platforms and amassed nearly 200 million views on YouTube to date ...