Art Hirahara
{{short description|American jazz pianist and composer (born 1971)}}
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| instrument = Piano
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| occupation = Musician, composer
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Art Hirahara (born 1971) is an American jazz pianist and composer.
Life and career
Hirahara started playing the piano at the age of four. He studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the California Institute of the Arts. While at Oberlin, he had jazz lessons with pianist Neal Creque. He has been part of the jazz scene in New York since 2003, after moving there from the San Francisco Bay Area.Chinen, Nate & Ratliff, Nate (January 5, 2015) [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/arts/music/albums-from-art-hirahara-and-death-grips.html?_r=1 "Albums from Art Hirahara and Death Grips"]. The New York Times.
Hirahara's debut album, Edge of This Earth, was released in 2000. In 2011 Posi-Tone Records released Hirahara's Noble Path, a trio album with Yoshi Waki (bass), and Dan Aran (drums).Micallef, Ken (August 2011) "Art Hirahara – Noble Path". Down Beat. p. 70. His next Posi-Tone album, Libations & Meditations from 2015, was a trio recording with bassist Linda Oh (bass) and drummer John Davis.Bilawsky, Dan (December 16, 2014) [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/libations-and-meditations-art-hirahara-posi-tone-records-review-by-dan-bilawsky.php "Art Hirahara: Libations & Meditations (2014)"]. AllAboutJazz.[http://www.posi-tone.com/artist_art/artist_art.html "Art Hirahara"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808192045/http://www.posi-tone.com/artist_art/artist_art.html |date=2017-08-08 }}. Posi-Tone Records. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
His album Central Line was released in January 2017.His music video for Brooklyn Express was the winner at the Audio Shoot International Video & Film Festival, the Queen City Film Festival, and the Raleigh Film and Art Festival, all in 2019.{{Cite web|title=arthirahara.com – Art Hirahara jazz pianist and composer|url=http://arthirahara.com/|access-date=2021-04-14|language=en-US}}
Playing style
According to Nate Chinen at The New York Times, Hirahara "brings a broad base of knowledge to his enterprise: electronic composition, West African music, Balinese gamelan, [and] multiple strains of the avant-garde".
Discography
An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.
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!Year recorded !Leader !Title !Label | |
| 1999*
|{{sortname|Adam|Lane|nolink="1"}} |Hollywood Wedding | |
| 2012
|{{sortname|Russ|Nolan|nolink="1"}} |Tell Me | | |
| 2013*
|{{sortname|Sean|Nowell|nolink="1"}} |The Kung-Fu Masters | |
| 2013*
|{{sortname|Akira|Tana|nolink="1"}} |Otonowa |Vegamusic | |
| 2014*
|{{sortname|Nick|Hempton|nolink="1"}} |Odd Man Out |Posi-Tone | |
| 2014*
|{{sortname|Tom|Tallitsch}} |Ride |Posi-Tone | |
| 2016*
|{{sortname|Akira|Tana|nolink="1"}} |Stars Across the Ocean |Vegamusic | |
| 2019*
|{{sortname|Akira|Tana|nolink="1"}} |{{nihongo|Ai San San – Love's Radiance|愛燦燦}} |Vegamusic | |
| 2019?
|{{sortname | Something Blue}}
|Maximum Enjoyment |
| 2023
|{{sortname|Don|Braden}} |Earth Wind and Wonder Volume 2 |
References
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Category:American jazz pianists
Category:American male jazz pianists
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Oberlin Conservatory of Music alumni
Category:California Institute of the Arts alumni
Category:21st-century American pianists
Category:21st-century American male musicians