Miles Okazaki
Miles Okazaki (born 1974) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.[1] Okazaki is assistant professor of jazz guitar at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.[2]
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| Born | December 18, 1974 Port Townsend, Washington, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Associated acts | Jane Monheit, Steve Coleman |
| Website | milesokazaki |
Early life
Okazaki grew up in Port Townsend, Washington.[1] When he was six, he began lessons on classical guitar.[1] From a young age he was exposed to music and art, primarily because his mother was a painter and his father was a photography professor at Washington State University.
Discography
As leader
- Mirror (2006)
- I Like Too Much with Partipilo, Dan Weiss (Auand, 2008)
- Generations (Sunnyside, 2009)
- Figurations (Sunnyside, 2012)
- Trickster (Pi, 2017)
- Work Volumes 1–6 (The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk) (self-released, 2018)
As sideman or guest
With Steve Coleman
- Functional Arrhythmias (Pi, 2013)
- Synovial Joints (Pi, 2015)
- Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. I (Pi, 2018)
With Jane Monheit
- Taking a Chance on Love (Sony Classical, 2004)
- The Season (Epic, 2005)
- Surrender (Concord, 2007)
With others
- Jesse Malin, The Heat (One Little Indian, 2004)
- Matt Mitchell, Phalanx Ambassadors (Pi, 2019)
- Adam Rudolph, Turning Towards the Light (Cuneiform, 2015)
- Tessa Souter, Listen Love (Nara Music, 2004)
- John Zorn-Mary Halvorson Quartet, Paimon: Book of Angels Volume 32 (Tzadik, 2017)
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References
- Jurek, Thom. "Miles Okazaki". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- "Miles Okazaki, Bio". Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
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