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BIO

Yuko is a London-based jazz singer. She came to the UK from Japan 13 years ago to learn music and became interested in jazz almost straight away. She is a joint winner of the Angela Carrington Award for 2011, held at the Vortex Jazz Club, London. PERFORMANCES: She performs regularly on various occasions and has performed at The Pheasantry, The Vortex Jazz Club, The Horse, The HIdeaway Archway, hotels ( e.g. Lanesborough Hotel), restaurants ( Solobar&restaurant , Itadaki Zen etc), parks ( charity member's events for National Trust & NSPCC etc) and bars/pubs ( The Gallery Cafe, The Golden Anchor etc). Also, she has sung with a couple of jazz big band/orchestra such as the South London Jazz Orchestra and with fantastic musicians including Eriko Ishihara, Bob Stuckey, Alan Weekes, Jermome Davies and Ben Hazleton. In Japan, she performed as a finalist at the jazz vocal contest in Kobe '08, and has had a number of gigs at jazz clubs in Tokyo and Nagoya such as Swing and Doxy on her travels back home. Aside from jazz, she has a big love of Afro Cuban / Brazilian music and is currently learning Latin percussion. EDUCATION : She is currently undertaking master course in jazz at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She has completed a 4 year part-time jazz course at the City Lit College, and has undertaken private singing lessons with the BBC Jazz Award winning singer, Anita Wardell. Also, she has participated in various workshops with Sheila Jordan, Laura Zakian, Anton Browne, Renato D'Aiello and Louise Gibbs.

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  • Genre: Jazz

    Location London, Un

    Profile Views: 10336

    Last Login: 4/28/2012

    Member Since 8/10/2007

    Record Label unsigned

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    Yuko is a London-based jazz singer. She came to the UK from Japan 13 years ago to learn music and became interested in jazz almost straight away. She is joint winner of the Angela Carrington Award for 2011, held at the Vortex Jazz Club, London. She performs regularly on various occasions and has performed at The Pheasantry, The Vortex Jazz Club, hotels ( e.g. Lanesborough Hotel), restaurants ( Solobar&restaurant , Itadaki Zen etc), parks ( charity member's events for National Trust & NSPCC etc) and bars/pubs ( The Golden Anchor etc). Also, she has sung with a couple of jazz big band/orchestra such as the South London Jazz Orchestra and with fantastic musicians including Eriko Ishihara, Bob Stuckey, Alan Weekes, Jermome Davies and Ben Hazleton. In Japan, she performed as a finalist at the jazz vocal contest in Kobe '08, and has had a number of gigs at jazz clubs in Tokyo and Nagoya such as Swing and Doxy on her travels back home. Aside from jazz, she has a big love of Afro Cuban / Brazilian music and is currently learning Latin percussion. EDUCATION : She has completed a 4 year part-time jazz course at the City Lit College, and is currently undertaking private singing lessons with the BBC Jazz Award winning singer, Anita Wardell. Also, she has participated in various workshops with Sheila Jordan, Laura Zakian, Anton Browne, Renato D'Aiello and Louise Gibbs.

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    Yuko Yokoi - Vocals, Eriko Ishihara - Piano, Ben Hazleton - Bass

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