Art Hirahara | |
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Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instrument | Piano |
Years active | 1990s–present |
Website | arthirahara.com |
Art Hirahara (born 1971) is an American jazz pianist and composer.
Hirahara started playing the piano at the age of four. [1] He studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the California Institute of the Arts. [2] While at Oberlin, he had jazz lessons with pianist Neal Creque. [1] He has been part of the jazz scene in New York since 2003, [3] after moving there from the San Francisco Bay Area. [2]
Hirahara's debut album, Edge of This Earth, was released in 2000. [4] In 2011 Posi-Tone Records released Hirahara's Noble Path, a trio album with Yoshi Waki (bass), and Dan Aran (drums). [4] His next Posi-Tone album, Libations & Meditations from 2015, was a trio recording with bassist Linda Oh (bass) and drummer John Davis. [5] [3]
His album Central Line was released in January 2017.His music video for Brooklyn Express was the winner at the Audio Shoot International Video & Film Festival, the Queen City Film Festival, and the Raleigh Film and Art Festival, all in 2019. [6]
According to Nate Chinen at The New York Times , Hirahara "brings a broad base of knowledge to his enterprise: electronic composition, West African music, Balinese gamelan, [and] multiple strains of the avant-garde". [2]
An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.
Year recorded | Year released | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
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2000 | Edge of This Earth | Art Hirahara | With Bob Kenmotsu (tenor sax), Jeff Alkire (alto sax), Chuck MacKinnon (trumpet), Benjamin Rubin (bass), Jason Lewis (drums) | |
2010 | 2011 | Noble Path | Posi-Tone | Trio, with Yoshi Waki (bass), Dan Aran (drums, percussion) [7] |
2013 | 2015 | Libations & Meditations | Posi-Tone | Trio, with Linda Oh (bass), John Davis (drums) [8] |
2015 | 2017 | Central Line | Posi-Tone | Most tracks trio, with Linda May Han Oh (bass), Rudy Royston (drums); some tracks quartet, with Donny McCaslin (tenor sax) added [9] |
2017 | 2018 | Sunward Bound | Posi-Tone | Quartet, with Donny McCaslin (tenor sax), Linda May Han Oh (bass), Rudy Royston (drums, percussion) [10] |
2018 | 2020 | Balance Point | Posi-Tone | Quartet, with Melissa Aldana (tenor sax), Joe Martin (bass), Rudy Royston (drums) [1] [11] |
2020 | 2021 | Open Sky | Posi-Tone | Most tracks trio, with Boris Kozlov (bass), Rudy Royston (drums, percussion); three tracks quartet, with Nicole Glover (tenor sax, soprano sax) added; one track quartet with Behn Gillece (vibraphone) added [12] |
2023 | 2024 | Good Company | Posi-Tone | Trio, with Ron Horton (trumpet), Paul Bollenback (guitar) [13] [14] |
Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label |
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1999* | Adam Lane | Hollywood Wedding | Cadence Jazz |
2012 | Russ Nolan | Tell Me | |
2013* | Sean Nowell | The Kung-Fu Masters | Posi-Tone |
2013* | Akira Tana | Otonowa | Vegamusic |
2014* | Nick Hempton | Odd Man Out | Posi-Tone |
2014* | Tom Tallitsch | Ride | Posi-Tone |
2016* | Akira Tana | Stars Across the Ocean | Vegamusic |
2019* | Akira Tana | Ai San San – Love's Radiance (愛燦燦) | Vegamusic |
2019? | Something Blue | Maximum Enjoyment | Posi-Tone [15] |
2023 | Don Braden | Earth Wind and Wonder Volume 2 | (Self-released) [16] |
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