Ming Freeman (born 24 October 1963 in
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
) is a Taiwanese-Canadian multi-keyboardist and pianist, musical director, composer and producer who has toured or recorded with artists such as
Joni Mitchell,
Yanni
Yiannis Chryssomallis ( el, Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni ( ), is a Greek-American composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer.
Yanni continues to use the musical shorthan ...
,
Ronnie Laws,
Chuck Negron,
Jeffrey Osborne
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Biography Earl ...
,
Paula Abdul,
Sheena Easton
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,
Gladys Knight
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,
Jean Carne
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Biography
Carn was ...
and
Michael Henderson
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. Freeman is a featured keyboard soloist in many of Yanni's DVDs such as ''
Tribute
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'' filmed in India and China, ''
Yanni Live at Royal Albert Hall
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'' in London, ''
Yanni Live! The Concert Event
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'', and ''
Yanni Voices
''Yanni Voices'' (also released in Spanish as ''Yanni Voces'') is the twelfth studio album and fifth live DVD by Yanni, released on Yanni/Wake label in 2009.
Background
This was Yanni's first studio release in six years. In collaboration with pr ...
''. Freeman has been noted to handle the more advanced keyboard work during Yanni's shows.
[Bream, Jon (June 8, 2003). "Pick six", '' Star Tribune'', p. F12.]
References
External links
Official website*
Living people
Taiwanese pianists
Taiwanese women pianists
Taiwanese people of Canadian descent
21st-century pianists
1963 births
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