07.16.08 | SATOGAERI LIVE in OSAKA 4DAYS!!!
Hi, konnitiha~!
Hisasiburi ni, Osaka de SATOGAERI LIVE wo shimasu.
Takusan no katagata ni minikite itadakitai desu!!!

kuwashiku ha, URL no, Miho's sister, Atsuko (nihongo) no blog wo mite kudasai!

Arigatou gozaimasu!!!
Love you,
Miho

03.25.08 | Blue Note live 3/23/2008
I just want to say thank you so much who came to Blue Note to see my Brazilian Jazz Group.
When I saw the full of audience, I was so excited... Wow!!
I had such a wonderful moment with all of YOU. Great to share the special time.
I also thank you to my great musicians, Jorge, Mauricio, Itaiguara, and Nanny,
my wonderful photographer Samuel W.Elijah, my pretty make up artist Mariko Miyagi, Kitano’s manager who promote this live Gino Moratti, Tom, Seiko,& other Blue Note people, and so glad you came, my soul father, Mr.Groove. Bernard "pretty" Purdie.

Beijos(Kisses) x100,
Miho Nobuzane

03.05.08 | Jazz Improv magazine-miho’s CD review & picked her Blue Note show as a noteworthy performance!
The "Jazz Improv NY" magazine,March issue has miho's CD review on page 45, and Blue Note show on 3/23 with her Brazilian Jazz Group has picked up for the "Noteworthy Performances"(only 12 show a month in NY!) page 33!!

Hard copies of "Jazz Improv NY" which is the 1 monthly Jazz Magazine(FREE!), can be found in over 90 jazz venues, 90+ hotels, music and records stores and colleges and universities all around the New York City/NJ/ TriState area.
So, hurry to get it !!!

Also you can download as a PDF file by internet.
http://www.jazzimprov.com (click on March.2008 issue)

*CD review*
Miho Nobuzane / Make YOU Happy
By Clive Griffin

Make YOU Happy is a happy, upbeat album full of Brazilian music, samba grooves and a showcase for the wonderfully lyrical pianist Miho Nobuzane. In addition to her impressive technical skills at the piano, her rhythmic flexibility and inventive solos, Nobuzane is also the composer of ten of the thirteen tracks on this album. Her compositions incorporate a broad array of Brazilian rhythms.

For those who are unfamiliar, Miho Nobuzane hails from Osaka, Japan, and was a classical piano major in college in Japan. It was after graduation that she became inspired by jazz, studied and started performing jazz, Brazilian music and more in clubs in Japan. She arrived in New York in 1996 — when she began playing in every imaginable stylistic situation.Now several years later you can find her in local venues and traveling the world.

The album opens with a blast as the group tears through "Cravo E Canela" by Milton Nascimento. There are so many highlights on this album. "212" is the telephone area code for New York. No doubt that it is also an apropos title reflective of Nobuzane's experiences and observations about the city that never sleeps. This piece is reminiscent of Chick Corea's "Spain" in the way that a stop-time like theme is stated by Nobuzane on piano and bassist Daryl Hall. This up-tempo samba is a showcase for both of them.

Nobuzane takes the tempo down a shade on "Brooklyn Bridge." It's a more relaxed groove here than on "212." The feeling is still very much Brazilian. The tempo gives Nobuzane more breathing room and overall the placement of this track offers a refreshing pace change.

"Palco," composed by Gilberto Gil is a showcase for vocalist Nanny Assis, and Nobuzane on electronic keyboards. The upbeat piece is anchored by a rhyhmic assimilation of a funky backbeat groove and Brazilian flavors.

"Miho's Samba" is another bright Brazilian inflected piece. After the statement of the melody, tenor saxophonist Jorge Continentino bursts out of the gate with the first solo. Nobuzane follows with another impressive outing on keyboard. Much more than a demonstration of impressive chops, her solo is a model of musicality, well-connected ideas, crisp articulation, and the assimilation of thematic material, including stop-time elements.

"Ray" is a straight ballad. It's a sweet and simple melody. The tempo is slow. The feeling is soft and pensive.Adriano Santos brushwork offers the mellow, rhythmic support for Nobuzane to make this piece sing — and that is exactly what she does. If there is perhaps one thing from which this album would have benefited, it would have been to have another ballad or two sequenced into the programming. It's a minor consideration though given everything else that the album is about.

Make YOU Happy is an impressive release, in which Nobuzane deftly demonstrates well-honed skills as a pianist, composer, and arranger. No doubt she would be a powerful contributor — as soloist and accompanist — in almost any situation. With the wealth of well-crafted music on this album, and that it represents but her first release, the door has been opened … and we can look optimistically toward the abundance of music yet to come from Miho Nobuzane.

*Noteworthy Performances*
Miho Nobuzane www.mihonobuzane.com
Blue Note: Sun 3/23
Miho Nobuzane was born in Osaka,Japan and studied classical
piano at 4. Upon graduating from college as a classical piano
major, she was inspired by Jazz and studied and started
performing Jazz, Brazilian jazz, and other world music. Now
known to be “Brazilian at heart”, Miho performs around the
world delighting audiences everywhere. Her latest CD relase is
entitled, Make YOU Happy.

01.06.08 | My debut CD has made it to the best CDs of 2007 top 10 by J.B.Spins !
I got a great review from J.B. Spins, a professional jazz writer in NY.
"She plays with tremendous verve and joy, making audio coffee, perfect to listen to on the ipod as pound through the streets of New York."

I also got a live review "Happy Sounds"(my CD release live at Kitano jazz club).
Please check it out.

12.24.07 | My debut CD has made it to Fiesta Jazz the best CDs of 2007 top 3 !
I'm so happy to announce that my debut CD,"Make YOU Happy" has made it to Fiesta Jazz the best CDs of 2007,no.3 in Brazilian Jazz categry!
This news is a great Xmas gift for me!!

"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.

Fiesta Jazz - it's a great radio program of Latin Jazz & fusion
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I wish YOU a Merry Xmas & have a wonderful new year 2008!!!

11.12.07 | Miho's music will be airplayed on California public radio station KUSP88.9FM every Monday!
"Latin Quarter" show - hosted by Brett Taylor
Mondays 1-3pm (Pacific time)
4-6pm(NY,NJ time)
You can listen to it anywhere in the world by online.Just click the "Listen Live mp3 128k or 34k". It's a Great Latin Jazz Radio Show!

10.09.07 | "Make YOU Happy" has airplayed on WBGO88.3FM ! (NYC,NJ)
"Miho's Samba" has airplayed on WBGO88.3FM(The world's premier Jazz Radio Station, NYC & NJ) at 8:17pm
-Latin Jazz Cruse by Awilda Rivera

08.10.07 | Concert at Flushing Town Hall
I had such a wonderful time playing with my Brazilian Jazz Quartet at the Flushing Town Hall.

I'd love to thank you to the Flushing Town Hall for inviting my quartet to perform.

Thank you to the great audience who shared such a great moment with us,
to musicians for wonderful playing, and to everybodyelse who were there for this concert... I love all of YOU!

Sincerely,

Miho Nobuzane

06.10.07 | "Make YOU Happy" has airplayed in Swiss "Swissgroove"!!
listen at http://www.swissgroove.ch/listensv.m3u
produced & presented by Harry Melchior

06.09.07 | "Make YOU Happy" has airplayed in Buenos Aires,Argentina "La gua gua" !!
radiomix 89.1FM Buenos Aires-Argentina
"La gua gua"produced & presented by Jose Luis
airplayed 6 tunes(!!!) from "Make YOU Happy"!!

on June/08/2007
212, Make YOU Happy part 1, part 2, Miho's Samba,
Make YOU Happy part 3, and Cravo e Canela

06.09.07 | "Make YOU Happy"has airplayed in Melbourne, Australia "Fiesta Jazz" again !!
YOU can listen to the past radio shows by on demand.
6/9 (11pm-12am) at 11:47:27 "Miho's Samba"

05.16.07 | "Make YOU Happy" has airplayed in England"Radio Palmwine"!!
"African Time" has airplayed.

05.15.07 | "Make YOU Happy"has airplayed in Melbourne, Australia "Fiesta Jazz" !!
PBS FM 106.7 Melbourne - Australia.Broadcasted Live
"Fiesta Jazz" Produced and presented by Saul Zavarce

You can listen to the past broadcasted shows on demand.
Check them out !!

4/7 (11pm-12pm) at 11:24:03 "212"
4/14 (11pm-12am) at 11:19:36 "Make YOU Happy part 1 & part 2"
5/12 (12-1am) at 12:33:40 "Cravo e Canela"

03.15.07 | You can buy Miho's first album at CDbaby today!

MIHO NOBUZANE: Make You Happy Super grooving Brazilian Jazz

03.13.07 | Miho's first album"Make YOU Happy" is now on sale!
Miho's first album"Make YOU Happy"-Brazilian Jazz-
is now on sale for download site"www.digstation.com/MihoNobuzane".
It's already in the"Jazz top sellers''!! (Thank YOU!!)
You can listen to all tunes samples before purchase.
Check it out!

Go to the URL link below.

01.30.07 | Miho Nobuzane's first album,"Make YOU Happy"-Brazilian Jazz- will be available soon!
1.CRAVO E CANELA
2.MAKE YOU HAPPY -PART1
3.MAKE YOU HAPPY -PART2
4.212
5.BLOOKLYN BRIDGE
6.PALCO
7.TRILHOS URBANOS
8.MIHO'S SAMBA
9.WHILE LAMINE SLEEPS
10.RAY
11.AFRICAN TIME
12.YAA WALI'S SMILE
13.MAKE YOU HAPPY -PART3

Produced by Miho Nobuzane

all compositions by Miho Nobuzane(Miho Nobuzane Music/ASCAP)
except for "Cravo e canela"(Milton Nasciment),"Palco"(Gilbelto Gil),"Trilhos Urbanos"(Caetano Veloso)
all arrangements by Miho Nobuzane

Personnel;
Miho Nobuzane:Piano,Synthesizer,backvocals,percussions
Gustavo Amarante:Bass on 1.2.3.5.6.7.8.10.13
Adriano Santos:Drums on 1.2.3.5.6.7.8.10.13
Nanny Assis:vocals on 1.6.7.13,percussions on 1.7.13
Jorge Continentino:Saxes on1.2.3.8
Darryl Hall :Bass on 4.9.11.12
Charles Hopkins :drums on 4.9.11.12
Abdou Mboup :Percussions on4.9.11.12,Kora on 9,talking drum on11

Recorded & Mixed by Kiyoshi Greg Bufford on1.2.3.5.6.7.8.10.13
at KOBE recording studio,West Orange,NJ

Recorded & Mixed by Peter Karl on 4.9.11.12 at Peter Karl studio,Brooklyn,NY

Mastered by Jeff Jones"The Jedi Master" at World Alert Music N.Y.C