Monday Michiru information

Monday Michiru
Monday Michiru
Birth name	Michiru Monday Akiyoshi Mariano
Also known as	Monday Michiru, Michiru Akiyoshi, Michiru Mariano
Born	August 19, 1963 (age 60)
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Smooth jazz; acid jazz; soul; trip hop;
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Mo' Wax, Grand Gallery, Pony Canyon, Universal Music, Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Quality Records, Geneon Universal Entertainment
Website	Official website

Monday Michiru (マンデイ満ちる, Mandei Michiru, born August 19, 1963) is a Japanese American singer and songwriter whose music encompasses and fuses a wide variety of genres including jazz, dance, pop, and soul. She is arguably best known for being a pioneer of the acid jazz movement in Japan in the early 1990s yet she has created her own unique style of music that transcends traditional definitions of the aforementioned genres.^{[citation needed]}

Monday was born in Tokyo, Japan, to jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and her then husband, jazz saxophonist Charlie Mariano. At an early age, she expressed an interest in music; she studied modern dance and ballet from age eight, and the classical flute for eight years. It was not until she went to the Interlochen Arts Academy that she discovered her true passion of singing.

In 1987, Monday appeared as a lead in the movie Hikaru Onna (Luminous Woman) in which she was credited as Michiru Akiyoshi. Monday's unintentional acting career took off as she won Best New Actress awards from Kinema Junpo, The Japan Academy, and the Yokohama Film Festival. With all this success, Monday became somewhat of a celebrity and could be seen on commercial ads and as a "personality" on several major television networks.^{[citation needed]}

In 1991, she re-focused her interests and released her debut solo album Mangetsu. Although she continued her solo work, she became a featured singer/songwriter for many other groups and artists including Basement Jaxx (Always Be There), Mondo Grosso, DJ Krush, M-Flo and numerous others.

Since her debut, she has released numerous albums on an annual basis, including many compilations and remix projects, and numerous singles.

Monday now lives in New York City.

She is known in the music industry for releasing You Make Me as it was also released in Konami's beatmania and Dance Dance Revolution. It gained moderate airplay and has been a favorite easy listening song with its smooth jazz house music.^{[citation needed]}

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Julian Lennon discography

Alex Sipiagin

David Gilmore

Johnathan Blake

Erik Deutsch

Simone Giuliani

Phoenix Festival

Jazz Conversations

Charlie Mariano

Shinichi Osawa

Love and Other Catastrophes

Java Jazz Festival

Jon Fausty

Clark Gayton

Seamus Blake