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| Noriko Ueda Jazz Orchestra |
FEATURING:
Noriko Ueda, bass & bandleader
Ben Kono, alto & sop. sax/flute
Jon Gordon, alto sax/flute
Dan Pratt, tenor sax & clarinet
Janelle Reichan, tenor sax & clarinet
Frank Basile, bari sax & bass clarinet
Sam Hoyt, trumpet, flugelhorn
Scott Harrell, trumpet, flugelhorn
Andy Gravish, trumpet, flugelhorn
Carol Morgan, trumpet, flugelhorn
Alan Ferber, trombone
Matt Musselman, trombone
Matt McDnonald, trombone
James Rogers, bass trombone
Art Hirahara, piano
Chris Benham, drums |
Noriko Ueda is originally from Hyogo, Japan. Her musical background consists of studying classical piano since the age of 4, playing electric bass since the age of 16, studying classical voice at the Osaka College of Music where she received a diploma, and at age 19, learning the double bass, which is currently her main instrument.
Noriko was a B.E.S.T. scholarship recipient and majored in Jazz Composition at the Berklee College of Music in Boston where she graduated in 1997, relocated to Brooklyn, New York in 1998.
Noriko Currently performs and tours with various groups including the legendary singer Grady Tate Quintet, Ted Rosenthal Trio, Satoshi Inoue quartet, the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, DIVA Jazz Trio and Five Play.
Some of the venues that she has appeared include Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Apollo Theatre, BlueNote, Dizzy's Coca Cola and Birdland.
She has also performed with Kenny Barron, Victor Lewis, Frank Wess, Gary Bartz, Nancy Wilson, Roy Haynes, Joe Chambers, Othello Molineaux, Junior Mance, Larry Willis, Lew Tabackin, Joe Hunt and many others.
Noriko is the winner of the third annual BMI Foundation/Charlie Parker Jazz composition Prize for her original big band piece "Castle in the North" (2002). |
