*** Miho Nobuzane - pianist, composer *** SUPER GROOVIN' BRAZILIAN JAZZ

Miho Nobuzane

Pianist,el.keyboardist,
Voices,Composer,
Arranger,Transcriber

Miho Nobuzane was born in Osaka,Japan and began study on classical piano at YAMAHA at the age of 4. She graduated from"Kobe Yamate Woman's Junior College"as a classical piano major.

After graduation, she was inspired by Jazz and studied and started performing Jazz, Brazilian jazz, and some other world music in different clubs in Japan.

In 1996, she moved into New York and soon took her place in various bands for all kinds of music(Brazilian, Jazz, R&B, Funk, Motown, African fusion, Latin Jazz, Salsa, Caribbean music, and more) and performed all over in U.S, Martinique, and Indonesia.

On March.2007, Miho produced her debut album "Make YOU Happy"-Super grooving Brazilian Jazz for making everyone happy! Miho's music has been played some radio stations in Australia, Latin America, Europe, and USA(includes WBGO 88.3FM-The world's premier jazz radio station, NYC & NJ).
"La gua gua" radiomix 89.1FM in Buenos Aires, Argentina had the Miho Nobuzane Brazilian jazz special and played Miho's music for 30min-7tunes.

***Her debut album "Make YOU Happy"has made it to the best CDs of 2007 top 10 for some jazz reviewers!!***

*http://www.fiestajazz.com/CDReview.html

"Brazilian by heart, born in Japan, living in NY, a pianist, Miho Nobuzane. The CD is called "Make YOU Happy." Definitely made me very very happy. Highly recommended."
by Presenter & producer, Saúl Zavarce- "Fiesta Jazz" PBS FM 106.7 in Melbourne, Australia.

*http://jbspins.blogspot.com/2007/12/best-cds-of-2007-and-beyond.html

"Nobuzane plays with tremendous verve and joy, making audio coffee, perfect to listen to on the ipod as pound through the streets of New York." by J.B.Spins, a jazz writer in NY, US

She has played and/or recorded with;

A legendary drummer Bernard "pretty" Purdie, Tony Award nominee on "Color Purple" and a Blue Note record lebel artist Elisabeth Withers, award winner Brazilian group Grupo Saveiro, Sergio Brandao, Paulo Braga, Ze Luis, Vanderlei Pereira, Helio Schiavo, Nilson Matta, Valtinho, Cafe, Ana Flanca, Ana Lu, Raquel Lima group, Nego Gato group, Davi Vieira group, Dende&Hahahaes, Carlos Darci group, Ricky Sebastian, Rodney Holmes, Bobby Thomas, Kenny Davis, Darryl Hall, John Lee, Stanley Banks, John Benitez, Octavio Kotan, Ernest Simpson, David Finck, David Gilmore, Abdou Mboup&Waakaw, Paul Simon's bassist Bakithi Kumalo group, Dominic Kanza&African Rhythm Machine, Francis Mbappe-FM tribe, Jojo Kuo Afro beat collective, Jimmy Mgwandi&Ntomb'Khona Dlamini-Safro, African Blue Note, the Rhythm Nation band, Jerry Elcock , Burt Conrad all stars, Buddy Hankerson, A.C Drummer,and many others.

Venues;

Flushing Town Hall, Kitano, Joe's Pub, Sweet Rhythm, B.B.King, S.O.B's, Zinc Bar, Cachaca, Jazz Gellery, Makor, Satalla, Sugar Bar, Priory, Nell's, Village Underground, Schomber Center, Tavern on the green, Brooklyn Mod, Peppers, Via Brazil, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Museum for African Art, Radio City Hall, Times Squre outdoor stage, Jamaica arts&music Summer Festival, Wingate Field(Martin Luther King Jr.concert series), Jazz at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Mid Summer Night Swing, Celebrate Brooklyn!Prospect Park bandshell, Central Park-Herlem Meer Performance Festival, Cape Cod Melody Tent, and many others.

As a Transcriber,

Miho prepared the music sheets for Elisabeth Withers, the Rhythm Nation band, Jerry Elcock, Abdou Mboup&Waakaw, Katende, Raquel Lima, and more.