The Jazz Organ Scene
Japan
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小野みどり
Midori was born in Shiga. She started to play the piano and the Yamaha
Electone in her childhood. Later, at the age of eleven, Midori changed to
the Hammond organ. Still at High School, she won the Hammond organ
competition in Japan. During her stay at the college, Midori played the
piano at the college's big band.
(Midori Ono) After finishing the college, she again played the Hammond and started a career as organ player, performing at jazz clubs in the Osaka aerea. In 1997, Midori was invited to join the B3 Organ Summit in San Francisco where she met Jimmy McGriff and Booker T. She toured around Japan and recorded her first album "Green's Blues". In 2000, she had the opportunity to play together with Jack McDuff and Lonnie Smith in Osaka. |
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Green's Blues YS organ-ize records YS-1001 recorded October 1998 in Osaka/Japan |
Midori Ono, Hammond B-3 organ Yoshiharu Mihara, guitar Takeshi Mishina, drums |
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Jazz Organ Tribute YS organ-ize records YS-1002 recorded live at le Club Jazz 20 July 1999 in Kyoto/Japan |
Midori Ono, Hammond B-3 organ Yutaka Hashimoto, guitar Jin Mitsuda, drums |
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In My Own Way O.G.D records OGD-0003 recorded 2014 in Japan |
Midori Ono, Hammond B-3 organ Yutaka Hashimoto, guitar Akira Tana, drums |
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