All About Jazz
Dan Bilawsky's
BEST RELEASES OF
2018
11th Annual
International Critics Poll
6th Place
VIOLINIST/VIOLIST
OF THE YEAR
2018
11th Annual
International Critics Poll
6th Place
VIOLINIST/VIOLIST
OF THE YEAR
2018
recipient
Chamber Music America
NEW JAZZ WORKS
2018
"4.5 stars" - All Aout Jazz
"grandiloquent beauty
that transitions easily from grooves to big cascades to buoyant swing"
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
Critics Choice
by Elzy Colb
NPR
"NPO TRIO LIVE @ STONE"
BEST ALBUM
2018
TEXTRUA.com
No.4
JAZZ ALBUM
OF THE YEAR
2018
EVENTS
September 21, 2022
Composer Spotlight
MEG OKURA
October 2, 2022
Culture Lab LIC
Erez Aviram Ensemble
October 9, 2022
Erica Seguine Shan Baker Orchestra
October 16, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers
Meg Okura & Yotam Silberstein Duo
plays jazz standards
October 30, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers
Meg Okura Trio
Meg Okura (violin, compositions)
Yotam Ishay (piano)
Ronen Itzik (percussion)
PAST EVENTS
June 22, 2022
Jazz WaHi MELTING POT JAZZ Series
Meg Okura Quartet
Meg Okura (violin)
Yotam Ishay (keys)
Sam Bevan (bass)
Ronen Itzik (percussion)
special guest: Sam Newsome (soprano sax)
June 2, 2022
Teatro SEA (NYC, NY)
Pablo Lanouguere Quintet
Meg Okura: Violin, Federico Diaz: Guitar, Emilio Teubal: Piano, Franco Pinna: Drums, & Pablo Lanouguere: Bass & Compositions.
May 26, 2022
The Morrison Center (Boise, ID)
Ourself Behind Ourself, Concealed
Dave Eggar (cello) and Tasha Warren (bass clarinet, clarinet) with Meg Okura (violin), Chad Spears (piano), Chuck Palmer (percussion)
May 22, 2022
AAPI Jazz Festival (Newark, NJ)
Helen Sung presents Quartet+ with guest violinist Meg Okura
May 13, 2022
ISJAC Symposium (Austin, TX)
Speaking on Working with Strings
May 1, 2022
Birdland Jazz Club*
5:00 pm
Meg Okura & the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
*This event is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
**The performance and creation of "Jewbberish Folk Tunes" by Meg Okura has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America’s 2018 New Jazz Works program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
April 3, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Kevin Hays & Meg Okura Duo
April 2, 2022
Murry Hall at Michigan State University
Chamber Fusion: Jazz Meets Classical
works by instrumentalist-composers
Paquito D’Rivera
Martha Redbone
Pascal Le Boeuf
Meg Okura
Dave Eggar
March 31.2022
Broad Art Museum
Michigan State University
Sights and Sound: All Things Composition Part I
Martha Redbone
Meg Okura
Pascal Le Boeuf
March 27, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone)
Meg Okura (violin)
Yaniv Taubenhous (piano)
+ Panel Discussion*
Leslie Fair (Moderator)
"Can Jazz Provide Healing and Promote Hope?"
March 20, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Christopher Bakriges & Meg Okura Duo
Music from Matisse Jazz Project
March 13, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Meg Okura & Yotam Silberstein Acoustic Duo
March 6, 2022
Saint Peter's Church (New York City)
Jazz Vespers*
Meg Okura & Yotam Silberstein Duo
The manner in which all of these aspects and artists magically meld together goes beyond words. Okura and her music are truly in a class all their own.
Dan Bilawsky, ALL ABOUT JAZZ
PAN ASIAN
CHAMBER
JAZZ ENSEMBLE
NPO TRIO LIVE AT THE STONE
Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone)
Jean-Michel Pilc (piano)
Meg Okura (violin)
"a captivating hour-long set of music....the three musicians have an instantly-apparent rapport, with a synthetic vision that provides impressive cohesion and focus, despite the fully-improvised nature of the performance. ...an album that offers such an inventive, expansive approach to music-making."
Troy Dostert, ALL ABOUT JAZZ
"THE BEST JAZZ ON BANDCAMP:
March 2018"
- Bandcamp Daily
