Matsu Kyoko

Keiko Matsui

As an outstanding Japanese jazz female musician, Keiko Matsu often performs in the United States and Japan. Her music style integrates the West and the East, and is well received by people from all walks of life. And won awards many times. Keiko matsuju, who won the best female artist award of contemporary soft jazz for two consecutive years, is one of the few Japanese jazz pianists who are widely loved and valued by Americans. Kyoko Matsu, who grew up in Tokyo, was educated in Japan until she went to university. Because her mother was a traditional Japanese dancer, she was deeply influenced by the traditional Japanese culture as well as learning piano since childhood, which created her future performance style of combining the East and the West.

Personal profile

Juqingzi: jazz and new century music keyboard（ Keiko.Matsui ）Growing up in Tokyo, she took her first piano lesson when she was five years old. Influenced by stevie wonder, Rachmaninov and early jazz masters Maurice Jarre and Chick Corea, Keiko Matsui studied children's culture in Japanese women's University, but she began to compose music in her third year of University. After graduation, she joined Yamaha music foundation in Tokyo, and gradually formed her own style, recording four albums with new century music group. In 1986, he married songjuhe, a musician, and then went to the United States for further development. Her first album was "a drop of water" in 1987, which was released in the United States two years later. The album also includes her traveling companion and husband, who plays Chi ba. The income from the album provides a source of funds for their honeymoon trip. That year, she signed a contract with MCA and released two albums, namely "no borders" and "under northern lights". Keiko Matsui joined WhiteCat records in 1992 and began to develop in the direction of contemporary jazz. The 1995 album sapphire won the first place in the Jazz charts. The 1996 album also made it into the top ten. "Whisper from the mirror" was published in 2000, and "deep blue" was published in 2001.

Since she went to the United States in 1987, Keiko's achievements in the Jazz industry are obvious to all. In 1997, billboard ranked third in the annual sales list of "Contemporary Jazz". In 1999, Keiko received an exclusive interview with NHK television in the evening news. In 2000, Keiko was even more famous for his original cartoon "warm sun" by "Tezuka Zhichong" "Tree" as music producer.

Generally speaking, song juqingzi is attributed to jazz piano, but some of his works are also integrated with newage style, and two pieces of music "dawn opener" and "to the Indian sea" are recommended, both of which are from the album "deep blue". Keiko matsuju is an outstanding Japanese jazz female musician who often performs in the United States and Japan. Keiko Matsui, who has won the best female artist award of contemporary soft jazz for two consecutive years, grew up in Japan and matured in the United States. Her music has a strong sense of the combination of East and West. She is warmly welcomed in both Japan and the United States. Songju Qingzi skillfully mixes jazz and new generation music together, showing her unique creative techniques and beautiful melody, which is worthy of careful taste.

Music Album

Brief introduction

English Name: the very best of

Resource type: ape

Version: soft jazz piano

Date of issue: 2005

Singer: Keiko Matsui

Region: USA

Album introduction: the best female artist of soft jazz, Keiko Matsu. Keiko matsuju is an outstanding Japanese jazz female musician who often performs in the United States and Japan. Keiko Matsui, who has won the best female artist award of contemporary soft jazz for two consecutive years, grew up in Japan and matured in the United States. Her music has a strong sense of East-West integration. She is warmly welcomed in both Japan and the United States. Songju Qingzi skillfully mixes jazz and new generation music together, showing her unique creative techniques and beautiful melody, which is worthy of careful taste.

Full moon and the shrine

Artist: Kiko Matsu

Album language: pure music

Issue date: July 7, 1998

Album introduction: this album is dedicated to her mother. Matsu's mother is a dancer of traditional Japanese dance, so Matsu has been influenced since childhood. In addition to learning piano since childhood, she is also deeply influenced by Japanese traditional culture, which has created her future performance style of combining East and West. In the beginning of this album, "Nighthawk's dream" with oriental flavor to "Meadow" with Western Debussy impressionist style, Keiko matsuju's soft jazz piano performance and Japanese traditional dancers dancing in the moonlight, full of imagination and extremely beautiful movement, it has been on the billboard charts for five consecutive weeks as soon as it is released. One of the most outstanding parts of the album is the performance of the singer, Paul Taylor, who plays smoothjazz. In his song "Nighthawk's dream", he plays a kind of music with the flavor of spiritual appeal, especially in the quiet night. It's very special to listen to this song. The piano is like flowing clouds and flowing water, It's the icing on the cake. "Bonfire in the piano" has a warm and light rhythm, which is played in concert with the seshi style. The theme song "full moon and the shrink", which starts with a bit of mystery, is slowly played by her piano and goes into another poetic realm. With the accompaniment of the famous Japanese traditional musical instrument Shakuhachi, the song has a bit of Oriental color and feels quite fresh and pleasant.