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Jazz & Nu Jazz Music artist from Elmhurst, NY. New songs free to stream or download, with purchase options starting at $1. Add to your playlist now.

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Hiroshi Yamaoka

Hiroshi Yamaoka is a Composer, Arranger, MIDI Programmer and Finger-style Guitarist who studied at New School Jazz & Contemporary Music Program, Mannes College

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29 songs
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Quiet Dance Quiet Dance

Musicians: Naho Okada-Flute/Alto Fl, Reiko Yamamoto-Vibraphone, Masa Sawada- Electric Bass. Jazz Electronica tune with pop flavor in it. Mix of real instruments and samples. I tried to create as 'tight groove' as possible.

Jazz Fusion

Picture for song 'Tokyo Night' by artist 'Hiroshi Yamaoka'

Tokyo Night Tokyo Night

Mix of Jazz and Rhythm of 'House'. I used Giannini Classical Guitar.

Smooth Jazz

Picture for song 'for String Orchestra' by artist 'Hiroshi Yamaoka'

for String Orchestra for String Orchestra

Music for String Orchestra. I was inspired by French impressionism composers like Ravel, Debussy etc.... and wrote this piece. If you listen, you will know my love for those music. I had 30 min. for rehearsal/Recording and it was tough session.

Contemporary

Picture for song 'Elektrified Souls' by artist 'Hiroshi Yamaoka'

Elektrified Souls Elektrified Souls

Recently, I was really impressed by creations of DJ's and more and more digging into those kinds of music (especially "Groove"). I'm tring to combine those Electro Urban Rhythm Section with my Jazz/Classical background.

Acid Jazz

Picture for song 'Montuno in the Jungle' by artist 'Hiroshi Yamaoka'

Montuno in the Jungle Montuno in the Jungle

Nu Jazz

My CD "Electrified Souls" (Nu-Jazz/Chill Out) and "Classical Music" (Contemporary Classical/Film) are now available @ various websites like eMusic, Myspace, Napster, Rhapsody, MusicNet, as well as soundclick. Hiroshi Yamaoka is a Composer, Arranger, Guitarist, MIDI Programmer and Music Copyist who have studied Jazz/Classical composition and Midi-programming/Studio Production at New School Jazz & Contemporary Music Program (BFA in Jazz Composition), Mannes College of Music and Berklee College of Music. As a performer, he is a skilled finger-style guitarist, and has highly distinctive sound. He is also a music copyist and music transcriber for a Japan-based music publisher, Rittor Music Inc.
Band/artist history
Hiroshi was born in Okaya, Nagano, JAPAN and picked up the guitar at age of 13 and it has been his faithful companion ever since. After gigging for several years in Tokyo area, he moved to New York to pursue his musical dreams. While living in New York, he was exposed to wide variety of music and especially interested in Classical, Electronica and World music as well as Jazz, which eventually became important components in his composition and performance style. He is currently living in New York City and writing music that combines elements of Contemporary Urban Jazz/Nu-Jazz/Acid Jazz.
Your musical influences
Jazz, Brazilian, Classical, Downtempo, Contemporary Urban Jazz, Nu-Jazz. Jazz Improvizers: Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau, Pat Metheny, Classical Composers: Ravel, Prokofiev, Stravinsky DJ's and Creaters: Groove Collective, Jazzanova, Roy Ayers,
Anything else?
Hiroshi is a finger-style 7-string guitar player who produce very distinctive sounds.
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