Stairway to the Stars is a 2021 album by

Miki Yamanaka 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. Sh ...

released on the independent Outside in Music label. Initially slated to be recorded live at Mezzrow's Jazz Club, it was ultimately recorded at Yamanka's home studio due to the

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Critical reception

Track listing

:''All compositions by Miki Yamanaka except as indicated'' #"

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Charlie Parker Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...

) – 07:55 #" My Melancholy Baby" – 06:05 #"Eiderdown" ( Steve Swallow) – 06:57 #"

Ask Me Now This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. 0-9 52nd Street Theme A contrafact based loosely on rhythm changes in C, and was copyrighted by Monk under the title "Nameless" in April 1944. The tune was also called "Bip Bop" b ...

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Stairway To The Stars "Stairway to the Stars" is a popular song composed by Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It was based on a theme from Malneck and Signorelli's 1934 instrumental piece, "Park Avenue Fantasy." Hit recordings in 19 ...

" ( Frank Signorelli, Matt Malneck, Mitchell Parish) – 08:24 #" Tea For Two" ( Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 07:07

Personnel

Source

Performance

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Tenor Saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

Production

*Mixing, Mastering – Katsuhiko Naito *Design – Alma Macbride *Recording Engineer – Matt Marantz

References

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