Miki Yamanaka () (born 1990) is a Japanese jazz musician currently living in New York City. Miki Yamanaka lived in Kyoto until she was 10, when she moved to Kobe. She became interested in jazz while playing in her junior high school big band. She moved to New York in 2012 and took a compositional residency at the Kennedy Center in 2015. In 2020, during the

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, she recorded the album

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in her living room with Mark Turner and

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. For her first gig after the pandemic, Yamanaka wore a

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outfit to honor her mother; since then she has dressed in one every time she plays.

Discography

Miki Miki may refer to: Places *Miki, Hyōgo, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan *Miki, Kagawa, a town in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan *Miki, Azerbaijan, a village in Astara Rayon, Azerbaijan People *Miki (given name) *Miki (surname) *Miki Núñez (born ...

(2018, Cellar Live) *Human Dust Suite (2020, Outside In Music) *

(2021, Outside In Music) *Shades of Rainbow (2023, Cellar Music)

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* * * Japanese people Jazz composers Jazz pianists Jazz organists 1990 births Living people Musicians from Kobe {{japan-musician-stub