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Noriko Yamamoto

vocalist,guitarist,composer

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Noriko Yamamoto
http://www.noriko-yamamoto.com/

Japanese vocalist,guitarist and composer who plays in brazilian style. She is now on activities in Tokyo.Her smoky voice spreads in the air and would fascinate the audience so much.

Born and raised in Takarazuka which is a small town bitween Osaka and Kobe. She began learning piano at age 5. At age of 19 Noriko entered Kobe University to study Architecture. To the end time of the 1980s, Noriko's interest gradually moved to Latin musics as Salsa,Borelo,Tango Argentina,Fado,and so on. Finally she met Bossa Nova and became absorbed in the Brazilian music. She studied to sing Bossa Nova,Samba and MPB in Portuguese.

In 1995 Noriko moved to Tokyo. She went on to the School of Yoshiro Nakamura, who is a master of Bossa Nova in Japan. There she played the guitar for the first time and fell in love with the delicate tone of strings.

In 2002 Noriko recorded her first album "CALOR". She interpreted the songs by A.C.Jobim, Carlos Lyra and so on. And also it contains songs wrote by her in Portuguese. So this work represents well the mixture of Bossa Nova and her own world.

In May,2004, her second album "ANEL DE CAPIM(THE RING OF GRASS)" was published. The title song "Anel de Capim" is very impressive tune. With this work she come to known as a talented songwrighter.

In March,2006, "BITTER SWEET" was published. Different with the current works, she plays the pop songs of America and U.K. She had challenged to sing in English and to interpret these tunes in her way.

Albums:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/24/2007
Band Website: noriko-yamamoto.com
Band Members:

the current songs
and featured musicians

Anel de Capim
music & lyrics by Noriko Yamamoto
Steve Sax(fl)/Hiroshi Tsuboi(2nd gt)

Calor
music & lyrics by Noriko Yamamoto
Masakazu Uehata(piano,produce)

Alguem Me Avisou
music & lyrics by Yvonne Lara
Robson Amaral(vo,per)

Corrente
music & lyrics by Noriko Yamamoto
SUMAN 3(Horns)/Seiji Fukuwa(per)

Estrela Feliz
music & lyrics by Noriko Yamamoto

other recordings
Koji Abe(7-st.gt)/Kazuo Yoshida(fl)/Satoshi Ishikawa(drums,per)/Keiki Midorikawa(cello)/Yama Yamamoto(tp)/Yoshiaki Sato(acc)/Obawo Nakajima(per)/Katsumi Michishita(tp,flugel)/Ryo Noguchi(gt)/Masaaki Takano(per)/Tomomi Azuma(bass)/Tomomi Miyano(bass)

shows
Steve Sax(sax,fl)/Kiichi Futamura(p)/Kiichiro Komobuchi(bass)/Kazuhiko Obata(gt)/Tomoko Uenishi(fl)/matsumonica(harmonica)/Norihito Nagasawa(gt)/Tetsuyuki Kishi(bass)/Yusuke Shima(tp,flugel)/Toru Nakajima(p)/Satoshi Ishikawa(per)/Yoichi Okabe(per)/Toru Tsuzuki(p)/U-ichiro Hiraoka(gt)/etc...

Influences: Nara Leão
Caetano Veloso
João Gilberto
Tom Jobim
Vinicius de Moraes
Gal Costa
Rosa Passos
João Donato
Astrud Gilberto
Carlos Lyra
Dorival Caymmi
Chico Buarque
Edu Lobo
Lenine
Rita Lee
Novos Baianos
Lô Borges
Toninho Horta
João Bosco
Elis Regina
Paulinho da Viola
Cartola
Beth Carvalho
Jacob do Bandolim
Maria João
Lisa Ono
Bonie Raitt
Rickie Lee Jones
Emmylou Harris
Janis Ian
Diana Krall
The Eagles
Linda Ronstadt
Cole Porter
Julie London
Anita O'day
The Carpenters
Gloria Estefan
Prince
Stevie Wonder

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

CALOR on iTunes

Hi,everybody!  I have a good news today. My 1st album CALOR is soon available on  iTunes worldwide. The release date is  June 26, 2007.   You can buy all of 12 tunes...
Posted by Noriko Yamamoto on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:34:00 PST

How to get my CDs

Since I've opened this site, many people kindly ask me how to buy my CDs. To my regret, they are available only in Japan now. I'm searching for the good way to distribute my albums to o...
Posted by Noriko Yamamoto on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:18:00 PST