Sana Nagano
Sana Nagano is a Japanese-born jazz violinist, composer and arranger based in Brooklyn, New York. She started learning violin at the age of three and continued her education first in Japan, and then in the United States. She earned performance and composition degrees from the Berklee College of Music and the Aaron Copland School of Music of Queens College,[1] and has been performing with such musicians as Karl Berger, Billy Martin,[2] Peter Apfelbaum and Ken Filiano.[1]
Her avant-garde noise album Smashing Humans in which Nagano debuted as a bandleader contains elements of experimentation[3] and received favorable reviews.[4][5][6]
Discography
[edit]| Year | Title | Artist | Label |
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| 2014 | Inside the Rainbow | Sana Nagano | Sana Nagano |
| 2021 | Smashing Humans | Sana Nagano | 577 Records |
| 2022 | Anime Mundi | Sana Nagano | 577 Records |
| 2023 | Peach and Tomato | Sana Nagano, Leonor Falcón | 577 Records |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nagano, Sana. "Sana Nagano's Bio note". Sana Nagano's website. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ Neff, Joseph. "Graded on a Curve: Sana Nagano, Anime Mundi". Vinyl District. Vinyl District. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ Cohan, Brad. "Enter the Character-Rich World of Sana Nagano". Jazz Times. Madavor Media. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ Attarian, Hrayr. "Sana Nagano: Smashing Humans". AllAboutJazz. All About Jazz & Jazz Near You. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ Cantor, Dave. "Sana Nagano, Smashing Humans". Downbeat. Maher Publications.
- ^ Toland, Michael. "Sana Nagano - Smashing Humans". Big Takeover Magazine. Big Takeover Magazine.
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