The Jazz Organ Scene

Japan

大高きよみ (Kiyomi Otaka) At age 6, Kiyomi started to play the organ. In her musical career, Kiyomi served as sideman to several musicians & singers. She did and has been doing such as writing book & article, arrangement, producing musical data, teaching at musical schools. As doing comprehensive musical activity, she's trying to find her original organ sound. She breathes a new sound into the jazz-organ field. Not only her powerful playing, but also her composition approves her with a strong personality. So, from her second album, "Open transport" was used on the TV program "KIRARISUTO" as the theme song. 2001, she produced the album called "Out of Sight" with well-known drummer Dave Weckl, and the bassist Gary Willis. She had gig and went on a tour with Allen Hinds, Tomas Lang, Mike Mangini, Philip Bynoe, and more. She was an author for the Keyboard Magazine. She had the series of articles called "Kiyomi Otaka Organ -Do (Kiyomi style Organ way)" in 2004-2008. In 2012, she joined Casiopeas 3rd band.

contact:	Kiyomi@uprize.jp
homepage:	www.uprize.jp/kiyomi/e/top.html
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Third Hand Compozila subconscious SUB10104 recorded 1999 in Japan	Kiyomi Otaka, Hammond B-3 organ Koichi Yabori, guitar Jiro Okada, bass Mansaku Kimura, drums, percussions
Out Of Sight shiosai ZIZO SHCZ-0012 recorded 2001 in Los Angeles, CA/USA	Kiyomi Otaka, Hammond B-3 organ Gary Willis, bass Dave Weckl, drums
Guess Where I Am JASRAC 713932 recorded 2005 in Japan	Koichi Yabori, guitar Hideo Yamaki, drums Kiyomi Otaka, organ Shinobu Ishihara, drums Tsugutoshi Goto, bass
Bloomfield Vega Mucic Entertainment VGDBRZ0040 recorded 2010 in Japan	Koichi Yabori, guitar Scott Kinsey, keyboards Kiyomi Otaka, organ David Hughes, bass Kenji Hino, bass Gary Novak, drums Rikiya Higashihara, drums Robben Ford, guitar
Chocolate Booster Vega Mucic Entertainment VGDBRZ0053 recorded in Japan	Kiyomi Otaka, organ, keyboards Senri Kawaguchi, drums, percussion Koichi Yabori, guitar
Duology Vega Mucic Entertainment VGDBRZ0060 recorded in Japan	Kiyomi Otaka, organ, keyboards Senri Kawaguchi, drums, percussion Koichi Yabori, guitar
Trick Or Treat Vega Mucic Entertainment VGDBRZ0065 recorded in Japan	Kiyomi Otaka, organ, keyboards Senri Kawaguchi, drums, percussion Koichi Yabori, guitar Duke Sarashina, bass David Hughes, bass
Organizer Elec Records ELFA-1816 recorded in Japan	Kiyomi Otaka, organ, keyboards Senri Kawaguchi, drums, percussion Koichi Yabori, guitar Yukio Shibutani, bass
The Smiling Music Mzes Recordz MZJZ-00002 recorded in Japan	Takayuki Murata, bass, synthesizer Takahiro Miyazaki, sax, flute Miho Terachi, sax, flute Chihiro Murata, trumpet Koichi Korenaga, guitar Masa Kohama, guitar, keyboard Kiyomi Otaka, organ Akito Shirai, keyboards, drums Yusuke Miyazaki, synthesizer, drums Kunihiko Ryo, piano Junko Makiyama, violin T.M. Stevens, bass Kenji 'JINO' Hino, bass Yoshihiro Naruse, bass Ikuo, bass Satoshi Bandoh, drums Senri Kawaguchi, drums

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