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Jazz Pianist, Miki Hayama

Miki Hayama was born in a musical family in Kyoto, Japan. She began to play piano and Wadaiko(Japanese drums) when she was 7 years old.She enrolled the Osaka College of Music where majoring in classic piano, and studied jazz piano with Sadayasu Fujii at Fuji Jazz school in Kyoto.

She is the first prize winner at the Yokohama Jazz Competition in 1996.

Currently, she lives in New York City, and has been appearing world wide as a leader as well as sideman.

Miki Hayama has performed and shared at the stage with Grammy Nominee alto saxophone player, Kenny Garrett, James Spaulding(a.sax), Joe Ford(a.sax), Vincent Herring(a.sax), Brad Leali (a.sax), Wes Anderson(a.sax), Mark Gross(a.sax), Bruce Williams(a.sax), Roland Alexander(a.sax), Eric Alexander(t.sax), JD Allen(t.sax), Roy Hargrove(tp), Sean Jones(tp), Carl Allen(drs), Cindy Blackman(drs), Dennis Davis (former drummer of Stevie Wonder), Omar Hakim(drs), Ralph Peterson(drs), Eric McPherson(drs), Nasheet Waits(drs), Nat Reeves(drs), Kiyoshi Kitagawa(b), Richie Goods(b), Lonnie Plaxico(b), Vitaly Golovnev(tp), Shunzo Ohno(tp), Valery Ponomarev(tp)& His Big Band , Tia Fuller(a.sax), Miriam Sullivan(b), Kim Thompson(drs), Jason Curry(a.sax), Aretha Franklin (vo), Charenee Wade (vo) , Lare (vo), Eustasia Foster (vo) to name a few. Besides Jazz, She plays Gospel music with Choir at Cathedral United Baptist Church in Bronx every Sunday.

Major Jazz festivals & Concert:

2003: Syracuse Jazz festival (Syracuse, NY) with Kenny Garrett (a.sax) Quartet

2004: Mary LouWilliams Woman in Jazz Festival (DC) with Miriam Sullivan (b)Quintet

2004: Chaney Hall (CT) with Ralph Peterson (drs) Quintet

2004: Detroit Jazz Festival (Detroit, MI) with Sean Jones (tp) Quintet

2004: Savannah Jazz Festival (Savannah, GA) with Kim Thompson (drs) Quartet

2005: Mary Lou Williams Woman in Jazz Festival (DC)

2006: John F. Kennedy Center (Washington DC) with Kenny Garrett (a.sax) Quartet

2006: Kanazawa Concert Hall (Kanazawa, Japan) with Miki Hayama NY Trio

2006: Hibiki Hall (Fukui, Japan) Miki Hayama NY Trio

2006: Kyoto Art Concert Hall ( Kyoto, Japan) Miki Hayama NY Trio

2006 : Moscow Jazz Festival (Moscow, Russia) with Vitaly Golovnev (tp) Quintet

2006: Indianapolis Jazz Festival (Indianapolis) with Jason Curry (a.sax) Quartet

2006: Yonkers River Festival (Yonkers, NY)with Sage

2006: Yokohama Jazz Promenade Festival (Yokohama, Japan) Miki Hayama Quartet

2007: Japan Day @ Central Park (NYC) Miki Hayama Quintet with special guest: Lenard Eto (japannese drums)

Cocolo Gospel Choir

2007: Norwalk Jazz Festival (Norwalk, CT) with Kersten Stevens (vl) Quartet

2007: Music Circus (Cohasett, Massachusetts) Aretha Franklin (vo) Concert

Major Jazz club & Concert Hall :

The John F .Kennedy Center ( Washington DC), Cheney Hall (CT), Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, Blue Note , Jazz Standard, Smoke, Birdland, Sweet Rhythm, Jazz Gallery, 55 Bar , The Kitano Hotel, Zinc Bar, St Nick’s Pub, Minton’s Play House (NYC) Jazz Kitchen ( Indianapolis), Le Club ( Moscow) , Joe Zawinul’sBirdland(Austria) and many more.