Noriko Ueda (born 14 March 1972) is a jazz bassist, composer and arranger. Ueda was born in Hyogo prefecture, Japan, and is based in

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. She trained in classical piano and voice, as well as acoustic and electric bass and studied classical voice at the

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and jazz composition at

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. Ueda is a member of the

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led all-woman big band the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, as well as the DIVA Jazz Trio and Five Play. She won the third annual BMI Foundation Charlie Parker Jazz composition prize in 2002 for her work "Castle in the North."

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The DIVA Jazz website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ueda, Noriko 1972 births Living people Women jazz composers Japanese jazz composers Japanese jazz double-bassists Musicians from Hyōgo Prefecture 21st-century women musicians 21st-century double-bassists Osaka College of Music alumni Berklee College of Music alumni