This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Meg Okura" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(January 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Meg Okura
Birth name
大倉恵 (Megumi Okura)
Also known as
Meg Okura, 大倉めぐみ
Born
(1973-08-09) August 9, 1973 (age 50) Ome, Japan
Genres
chamber jazz, Jazz, world, classical
Occupation(s)
Musician, composer
Instrument(s)
Violin, erhu, electric violin
Years active
2001-present
Website
Official website
Musical artist
Meg Okura (born August 9, 1973) is an American jazz violinist, composer, erhu player, and leader of the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, based in New York City.[1] She is also a member of the band Pharaoh's Daughter, Emilio Solla y La Inestable de Brooklyn, which was nominated for the 57th Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album, and New York Tango Quartet, among others. She has worked with jazz and pop artists such as Michael Brecker, Lee Konitz, Dianne Reeves, Steve Swallow, Tom Harrell, David Bowie and Mariko Takahashi as well as actor/musician Terrence Howard. Okura has also been the featured violinist in the Cirque du Soleil shows Varekai, Corteo and Wintuk.
MegOkura (born August 9, 1973) is an American jazz violinist, composer, erhu player, and leader of the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, based in New...
New York City, founded in 2006 by jazz violinist and composer, MegOkura. MegOkura's Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble (2006) Naima (2010) Music of Ryuichi...
perhaps the first chamber jazz musician. Brad Mehldau Modern Jazz Quartet MegOkura – She has been dubbed "The Queen of Chamber Jazz." Peter Sprague Russel...
The Next Day (2013) Greg Kitzis 2001–2002 first violin Heathen (2002) MegOkura second violin Martha Mooke viola Mary Wooten cello Jordan Rudess keyboards...
record producer August 8 – Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed) August 9 MegOkura, American jazz violinist, Erhu player and composer Oleksandr Ponomariov...
Shadow (2017, Blue Note Records) Kings Highway (2023, Stoner Hill Records) MegOkura: Peace In My Heart (1995) Swing: The Original Broadway Cast Recording...
2011 on Biophilia/Palmetto Records, and featured Linda Oh, Henry Cole, MegOkura, Megan Gould, Karen Waltuch, and Noah Hoffeld. Almazan "demonstrates intuitive...
SoundNoise and On the Quiet Side, and MegOkura's Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble. Newsome is married to jazz violinist MegOkura. They were married on September...
Dimbleby, Magne Thormodsæter, Marcin Oles, Maria Markesini, Marius Reksjø, MegOkura, Moses Taiwa Molelekwa, Nelson Williams, Nicholas Payton, Nikki Yeoh,...
Showcase at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, where he was accompanied by MegOkura. On July 27, 2008, two songs from the newly released album, 'Sinners Medley'...
The Last Hope (2009) – Reimi Saionji Tokimeki Memorial 4 (2009) – Miyako Okura Super Street Fighter IV (2010) – Sakura Kasugano Super Street Fighter IV:...
Goliatkine (power to become big age) from Anatane: Saving the Children of Okura Android 18 and Videl from Dragon Ball Z Pan from Dragon Ball GT Ran Tsukikage...
fans craning for a glimpse outside" and "invited 600 guests to the Hotel Okura the following April for a wedding reception that cost over ¥500 million...
organised by the International Ladies Benevolent Society (ILBS) at Hotel Okura, in Tokyo. On 17 April 2024, Princess Tsuguko and her mother Princess Hisako...
Global Information