MEG OKURA
TOM HARREL
LEE KONITZ
STEVE SWALLOW
MICHAEL BRECKER
SAM NEWSOME
DIANE REEVES
+ MANY MORE
MEG OKURA & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Meg Okura (arrangements, violin & erhu)
Anne Drummond (flute & alto flute)
Helen Sung (piano)
Dezron Douglas (bass)
E.J. Strickland (drums)
Music of ryuichi sakamoto (2013)
1. Grasshoppers
2. Riot in Lagos
3. Tango
4. Grief
5. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
6. The End of Asia
7. You've Got to Help Yourself
8. The Last Emperor Theme
9. Thousand Knives
10. Helen's Intro
11. Water's Edge
12. Perspective
All arrangements by Meg Okura except track 10
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“Meg has created what surely must someday become a Jazz standard."
- Travis Rogers, Jazz Times
NAIMA
(2010)
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1. Naima
2. Hannah's Vocalise
3. Caprice
4. Afrasia
5. San San Nana Byoshi
6. Lu Chai I. Empty Mountain
7. Lu Chai II. Echo of Voices
8. Lu Chai III. Sun Light
9. Lu Chai IV. Green Moss
*All compositions by Meg Okura except "Naima" by John Coltrane and "Caprice" by Paganini
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Meg Okura (violin, erhu, vocals, compositions & arrangements)
Anne Drummond (flute)
Jun Kubo (flute, shinobue)
Rubin Kodheli (cello)
Mamiko Kitaura (piano)
Jennifer Vincent (bass)
Willard Dyson (drums)
Satoshi Takeishi (percussion)
Dave Eggar (cello)
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“…breathtaking...shivers of emotion down the spine...flawless technique...
Okura has established herself as a complete musician and a major one."
- Raul d'Gama Rose, All About Jazz
Meg Okura's Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
(2006)
1. Yuki
2. Step By Step
3. Dance At the Palace
4. Peace In My Heart
5. Viola da Samba
6. Intro to Dream Dancer
7. Dream Dancer
8. Ancient Bells
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All compositions by Meg Okura
All recording, productions, editing, mixing by Meg Okura
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Meg Okura (violin, viola & vocals)
YUKARI (flute)
Megumi Yonezawa (piano)
Jennifer Vincent (cello & bass)
Satoshi Takeishi (percussion)
*Dave Eggar (cello) -tracks 2,4 &7
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“…phenomenal.
- Elliot Simon, All About Jazz
MEG OKURA
Las vegas tango
1. Jealousy
2. Las Vegas Tango
3. Zigeunerweisen
4. Traumerei
5. Ome
6. Caprice
7. Koto Song
8. Naima
9. Horse Racing
10. Jasmine Flower
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Anne Drummond (flute) on 1 & 8
Jun Kubo (shinobue & flute) on 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9
Nobuko Miyazaki (shinobue & flute) on 2 & 3
Sean Harkness (guitar & bass) on 1 & 4
Dave Eggar (cello) on 9
Rubin Kodheli (cello) on 8
Brian Marsella (piano) on 2
Mamiko Kitaura (piano) on 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9
Jennifer Vincent (bass) on 6, 8 & 9
Sean Kupisz (bass & cajon) on 2 & 3
Rich Stein (percussion) on 1 & 9
Satoshi Takeishi percussion on 5, 7 & 8
Willard Dyson (drums) on 6 & 8
Sam Newsome (back up vocals) on 1
Meg Okura (arrangements, violins, erhu, back up vocals, percussion, programming)
Meg Okura (violin, vocals)
Barry Sames (piano, keys)
John Valeri (guitar)
Monnette Sudler (guitar)
Conrad Korsch (bass)
Madison Rast (bass)
Marlon Simon (percussion)
Lisa Vogel (chorus)
Micky Kornegay (chorus)
Glen Koenegay (chorus)
Warren Cooper (chorus)
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All arrangements, productions, orchestration by Meg Okura & Barry Sames
NEVER ALONE
1. Never Alone
2. Peace In My Heart
3. Creation
4. Akatombo
5. New Song
6. I Love You Lord
7. Cry-n-Smile
8. Sing a Song
9. Help
10. The Savior is Waiting
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MEG OKURA
as a sidewoman
A violinist
The First Impressions
Quindectet Angel of Repose
Orchestra
& Ohad Talmor Sextet
& The Axis String Quartet
Close To My Heart
Global Unity
y la Instable de BKLN
Voices In The Wilderness
Personalities
State of Art
Heathen
The Generations
Blood Pressure
Slow Burn
Haran