Noriko Ueda

Noriko Ueda is originally from Hyogo, Japan. Her musical background consists of studying classical piano since the age of 4, playing electric bass since the age of 16, studying classical voice at the Osaka College of Music where she received a diploma, and at age 19, learning the double bass, which is currently her main instrument. Noriko was a B.E.S.T. scholarship recipient and majored in Jazz Composition at the Berklee College of Music in Boston where she graduated in 1997, relocated to Brooklyn, New York in 1998. Noriko Currently performs and tours with various groups including the legendary singer Grady Tate Quintet, Ted Rosenthal Trio, the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, DIVA Jazz Trio, Five Play and she also leads her own big band �� Noriko Ueda Jazz Orchestra��. Some of the venues that she has appeared include Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Apollo Theatre, Blue Note, Dizzy's Coca Cola and Birdland. She has also performed with Frank Wess, Kenny Barron, Victor Lewis, Gary Bartz, Nancy Wilson, Roy Haynes, Joe Chambers, Steve Nelson, Junior Mance, Larry Willis, Lew Tabackin, Gregory Hutchinson and many others. Noriko is the winner of the third annual BMI Foundation/Charlie Parker Jazz composition Prize for her original big band piece "Castle in the North" (2002).

Arboresque

By Artemis

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Smile of the Snake; Komorebi; SIghts Unseen; Petrichor; Footprints; Olive Branch; What The World Needs Now Is Love; Little Cranberry.

Artemis: Arboresque

by Mike Jurkovic
March 15, 2025

The virtuoso musicians of Artemis--pianist Renee Rosnes?trumpeter Ingrid Jensen?saxophonist Nicole Glover?bassist Noriko Ueda, and drummer Allison Miller?--get down to business quick on their third for Blue Note Arboresque. A testament to collaborative intuition and instinct,? Arboresque may vary more in tempo and mood than its acclaimed predecessors--2023's ringing In Real Time?and 2020's standard-setting debut Artemis--but it ...

This Christmas

By Lizzie Thomas

Label: Dot Time Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: This Christmas; Christmas Time is Here; It's Magic; Jingle Bells; Wonderful Christmastime; Star of Wonder.

45th Annual Tri-C JazzFest

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 12, 2024

45th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Playhouse Square Cleveland, Ohio June 20-22, 2024 It has become somewhat of a reoccurring quip on social media to lament that so many so-called jazz festivals have booked acts that stray far from the jazz genre to keep these events afloat financially. Cleveland's Tri-C JazzFest has certainly ...

New Releases By Fay Victor, Taylor Eigsti, Birthday Shoutouts To Shirley Scott, Jessica Williams & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
March 25, 2024

This broadcast includes new releases from Lauren White, Cliff Beach, Marta Karassawa, Fay Victor, Taylor Eigsti and Jane Scheckter, with birthday shoutouts to Noriko Ueda, Shirley Scott, Nicole Henry, Jane Irving, Mark Murphy, Giorgia Hannoush, Jessica Williams, Bobby McFerrin and Marilyn Harris, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing ...

Artemis at Finney Chapel

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 22, 2024

Artemis Finney Chapel Artist Recital Series Oberlin, OH March 13, 2024 Much like society in general, women in the jazz arena have historically had a hard road to travel in a space that is clearly dominated by males. In recent years, the pendulum has thankfully shifted towards acknowledging the talents ...

"30": Live at Dizzy's Club

By Sherrie Maricle

Label: Diva Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Something��s Coming; In a Mellow Tone; Here��s to Life; I��m Gonna Go Fishin��; Every Day I Have the Blues; I Feel Pretty; Three Sisters and a Cousin; A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald (The Object of My Affection/How High the Moon/A Tisket, a Tasket/Oh, Lady Be Good); Inka Dinka Doo; Airmail Special.

Artemis: In Real Time

by Katchie Cartwright
May 29, 2023

For drummer Allison Miller, a key feature of In Real Time is that this second Blue Note release captures the unique ensemble sound of Artemis. She stresses a palpable sonic integrity that she attributes to trust and chemistry. Renee Rosnes emphasizes the singularity of each player in the equation, underscoring “a striking juxtaposition between the stylistic ...

Artemis: In Real Time

by Mike Jurkovic
May 12, 2023

Artemis double down on their fiery yet regal 2020 self-titled, Blue Note debut with a punchy, calligraphic flare (thanks in part to their younger contemporaries, in demand multi-reedist Alexa Tarantino and hellfire saxophonist Nicole Glover), catch fire, and watch it spread. An early, sure-fire contender for the tops-of-twenty-three list barrage, In Real Time is ...