Noriko Ueda

Noriko Ueda is a jazz bassist, composer and arranger.

Biography

Ueda was born in Hyogo prefecture, Japan, and is based in New York City.

She is trained in classical piano and voice, as well as acoustic and electronic bass having studied classical voice at the Osaka College of Music and jazz composition at Berklee College of Music. [1]

She won the third annual BMI Foundation Charlie Parker Jazz composition prize in 2002 for her work "Castle in the North." [2]

Ueda is a member of the Sherrie Maricle led all-woman big band the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, as well as the DIVA Jazz Trio and Five Play. [3] [4]

Other Information Resources

Noriko Ueda's website http://www.norikoueda.com

The DIVA Jazz website http://divajazz.com/people/band-members/noriko-ueda/


References

  1. ↑ BMI. (2002 July ). Noriko Ueda wins 3rd annual/BMI Foundation Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize. [Press release] Retrieved from http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20020712_noriko_ueda_wins_3rd_annual_bmi_foundation_charlie_parker_jazz
  2. ↑ BMI. (2002 July ). Noriko Ueda wins 3rd annual/BMI Foundation Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize. [Press release] Retrieved from http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20020712_noriko_ueda_wins_3rd_annual_bmi_foundation_charlie_parker_jazz
  3. ↑ Zwerin, Mike. (2002 January 16). The New York Times. "Diva Blows Away Clichés of Women in Jazz : From Big Band, Distaff Notations." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/16/style/16iht-zwer16_ed3_.html
  4. ↑ Simon, Elliott. (2009 December 5). AllAboutJazz.com "Diva Jazz Trio: Never Never Land." http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=34602&width=1024#.UvaocrS-LFk