Aaron Blakey

My name is Aaron Blakey. Im a jazz pianist from Auckland, New Zealand hanging out in Tokyo, Japan at the moment. I started learning classical piano from around the age of 6 until the end of high school at age 18. And then after a 3 year break I started to study Jazz at Auckland University (2006-2007). Since then i have been playing gigs at various bars, weddings and corporate functions around Auckland, New Zealand, and also Tokyo, Japan. ************************************************************ **Before coming to Japan I spent a year learning piano from Steven Small, and 6 months with Kevin Field at Auckland University. I was also privileged enough to learn trumpet from Neville Grenfell for 18 months at my time at University. I also play a tiny bit of upright bass. ************************************************************ ** I also have a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Japanese, and In 2004 I was awarded a scholarship to come and study Japanese at Kanda University, in Chiba, Japan for one year. ************************************************************ **Some musicians i have had the pleasure of playing with are:Kevin Haines, Chris Dawson, Simon Walker, Tom Dennison, Roger Manins, Ron Samsom, Steven Webster, Nikola Memedovic, Tony Hopkins, Patrick Glynn, Jiro Plutschow, Mike Rivett, Ko Omura, Jeff Curry, Koji Tetsui, Jeremy Rose, Mike Zachernuk, Kaoru Suzuki, Motoi Kanamori, Kenji Shimada, Nobuaki Fujii, Ami Hirai, Shaun O'Kane, Markus Lajunen, Finn Scholes, Tam Scholes, Russell McNaughton, Tamara Rickett, Matt Ledingham, Alistair Deverick, Cass Mitchell, Taichiro Omura, Koji Ebisawa, Jonathan Burgess, Theo Clearwater, Keisuke Kondo, Shu Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Kayano, Abe Kunin, Tom Broome, Tala Ofamooni, Andrew Watts, Mark Weston etc.......************************************************** ************