Produced by Miho Nobuzane Jan.2014
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mihonobuzane2

Miho's dynamic approach to the keyboard sets her apart from the others! Her playing is refreshing and her crossover style is magnificent -- she plays it all. Miho's new CD has been well worth waiting for. ー Bernard Purdie

Miho Nobuzane ... wonderful songwriter and talented pianist ... beautiful and melodic improvisations and a Brazilian swing in the heart ... A great pleasure to play with Miho ... Filó Machado

Miho Nobuzane : piano, Rhodes, synthesizer on 13, melodica on 14,
vocal on 3,7,13,14, back vocal on 5
Tetsuya Sato : bass
Mauricio Zottarelli : drums on 1,2,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,13,15
Filó Machado : vocal & guitar on 2,5,12,15
Bernard "pretty" Purdie : drums on 8,13
Adriano Santos : drums on 3,6,14
Dendê : percussion on 3,9,10
Carla Cook : vocal on 8
Oriente Lopez : flute on 10

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All compositions by Miho Nobuzane except "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller / Mitchell Parish), "Ponteio" (Edu Lobo / José Carlos Capinam), "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You" (Andy Razaf / Don Redman), "Samba Dobrado" (Djavan), "Kawachi Ondo" (Japanese Traditional Folk Music).
All arrangements by Miho Nobuzane except “Avenida Atlantica by “Miho N & Filó M, “Moonlight Serenade” by Miho N & Tetsuya S, “Ponteio” by Filó M

c 2014 Miho Nobuzane Music. / ASCAP
All rights reserved. Unauthorised duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

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Produced by Miho Nobuzane www.mihonobuzane.com, miho@mihonobuzane.com
Production adviser : Tetsuya Sato
Recorded by Manfred Knoop and Chris Sulit on 2,5,12,15 and by Chris Sulit on 8, 13 at Knoop Studios (River Edge NJ),
Recorded by Kamilo Kratc on 1,3,4,6,7,9,10,11,14, at Soundworks Recording Studio (Queens, NY)
Mixed & Mastered by Kamilo Kratc
Art Design : Hollis King
Photography : Samuel W Elijah www.swefoto.org
Make up : Ayaka Nihei www.ayakanihei.com 

05 Ponteio

06 Belem

07 Gee baby, ain't I good to you

08 You stay in my heart(1)

09 Chorinho Medley - 1. Simple Words

10 Chorinho Medley - 2. For A While

11 BlueSamba

12 Samba Dobrado

13 Kawachi Ondo

14 Gentle Convincing

Miho's dynamic approach to the keyboard sets her apart from the others! Her playing is refreshing and her crossover style is magnificent -- she plays it all. Miho's new CD has been well worth waiting for. ー Bernard Purdie

Miho Nobuzane ... wonderful songwriter and talented pianist ... beautiful and melodic improvisations and a Brazilian swing in the heart ... A great pleasure to play with Miho ... Filó Machado


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Mainly performing in New York, a versatile jazz pianist, composer, and vocalist Miho Nobuzane was born in Osaka, Japan, where she majored in classical piano during college. In 1996, she moved to New York, and began to distinguish herself immediately in the Brazilian music scene. Subsequently expanding to various music genres where she performed with such well-known great musicians as; Bernard "pretty" Purdie, Filo Machado, Sergio Brandao, Nilson Matta, Lincoln Goines, David Finck, Cafe, Portinho, Victor Jones, Hendrik Meurkens, Carla Cook, Ron Affif, Bakithi Kumalo, Lorraine Klaasen, Francis Mbappe, Martha Reeves & Vandellas, Elisabeth Withers, and many others.


Her first album “Make YOU Happy” (Brazilian Jazz) has broadcasted worldwide including the biggest jazz FM radio station in New York “WBGO”, FM radio stations in Brazil, and was ranked No.3 in the Brazilian Jazz category of the year 2007 by Saul Zavarce, the on-air host and producer of “Fiesta Jazz” PBS FM 106.7 in Australia. She was also featured on "La Guagua" radiomix 89.1FM in Buenos Aires, Argentina.


Jazz Improv magazine wrote:

ー“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.ー

In addition, her silky husky voice is showed off in her second album "SIMPLE WORDS ~Jazz loves BRAZIL” has just released in January 2014, more activity as a singer in the future is also expected.


Currently, Miho has been a regular pianist of “Bernard Purdie & Friends” led by the world’s most recorded legendary drummer Bernard “pretty” Purdie for performances and recordings since 2009. Miho also has performed with her own band at major New York City venues such as Blue Note New York, Kitano NY, Flushing Town Hall, BB King, Iridium, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Joe's Pub, SOB's, Zinc Bar- as well as touring the world.


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