Musician

Riyoko Takagi

Born: September 20, 1984

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Riyoko Takagi (��ľ �����, Takagi Riyoko) is a Japanese Jazz pianist and composer who isn't bound by a single genre or style and has crossed classical, pop, house, and anime genre boundaries and styles in her compositions, arrangements, and performances. She's renowned for her musicality, deep harmonic understanding, live performances full of energy with fluent improvisations that often involve audience, and delicate touch on the keys. Together with her talent and charming character she continues to proliferate Jazz and attract many fans from all over the world.

Biography

Album

One Another Day

By Riyoko Takagi

Label: Steelpan Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Long Distance (Riyoko Takagi); Urban Light (Riyoko Takagi); One Another Day (Riyoko Takagi); Caravan (Duke Ellington / Juan Tizol); But Beautiful (Jimmy Van Hesen); Gray Sky (Riyoko Takagi); Cool Swing (Riyoko Takagi); Clair de Lune (Claude Achille Debussy); So Many Stars (Sergio Mendes); Sunrise (Riyoko Takagi).

Video

Riyoko Takagi Live!

Featuring the music of Riyoko Takagi
Duration: 75:02
January 14, 2024

A hybrid live compilation of Riyoko Takagi's originals from her 2023 releases Midnight in Blue and The Piano Story with two bonus originals. Her albums contain a mix of her originals as well as her arrangements of jazz standards and movie themes. What's presented in this video compilation are her originals.

Click here to view more live performances.

Album

Midnight in Blue

By Riyoko Takagi

Label: Steelpan Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Las Velas (Riyoko Takagi); Lay It Down (Riyoko Takagi), Detour Ahead (Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, and Lou Carter); ?gua de Beber (Ant?nio Carlos Jobim); Tempus Fugit (Bud Powell); In Your Own Sweet Way (Dave Brubeck); Bluesette (Toots Thielemans); One For Helen (Bill Evans); Last Tango In Paris (Gato Barbieri); Two For The Road (Henry Mancini); Autumn Song (Riyoko Takagi)

Album

After Tears

By Riyoko Takagi

Label: HARU Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: After Tears (Riyoko Takagi); Manhattan Blues (Riyoko Takagi); So Tender (Keith Jarrett); Spain (Chick Corea); Beautiful Love (Victor Young); We Are All Alone (Boz Scaggs); What is This Thing Called Love (Cole Porter); Mickey's Love Ballad (Riyoko Takagi); Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim); You Must Believe In Spring (Michel Legrand)

Album

The Piano Story

By Riyoko Takagi

Label: Steelpan Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Scherzo No. 1 Op. 20 (Chopin); B��same Mucho (Consuelo Vel��zquez); One Night Love (Riyoko Takagi); Updraft (Riyoko Takagi); Bubble Bath Story (Riyoko Takagi); Borboleta (Riyoko Takagi); September Wind (Riyoko Takagi); On Green Dolphin Street (Bronislaw Kaper); Freedom Jazz Dance (Eddie Harris); My Foolish Heart (Victor Young); Rainbow Voyage (Riyoko Takagi).

Album

Jewelry Box

By Riyoko Takagi

Label: Steelpan Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Stella By Starlight (Victor Young); In a Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington); Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23 (Chopin); Sazanami (Riyoko Takagi); Luna Sol (Riyoko Takagi); Aozora (Riyoko Takagi); Giant Steps (John Coltrane); Misty (Erroll Garner); Sangria (Riyoko Takagi); Jewel Sea (Riyoko Takagi); The Ambient Part 2 (Riyoko Takagi)

Album

Celebrity Standards

By Riyoko Takagi

Label: Steelpan Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: When You Wish Upon a Star (Harline Leigh); All of You (Cole Porter); Splasher (Riyoko Takagi); Rose Flavor (Riyoko Takagi); You and Night and The Music (Arthur Schwartz); My One and Only Love (Guy Wood); WA Jazz (Riyoko Takagi); Take Five (Paul Desmond); The Ambient Part 1 (Riyoko Takagi); MIYABI (Riyoko Takagi); Infinity (Riyoko Takagi)

Album

Resonance

By Riyoko Takagi

Label: HD Impression
Released: 2019
Track listing: Someday My Prince Will Come (Frank E.Churchill); Senor Blues (Horace Silver); Cleopatra��s Dream (Bud Powell); Polkadots and Moonbeams (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke); But Not For Me (George Gershwin); �����`��ҹ 'Amaoto Kaoru Yoru' 'Rain Flavor Night' (Riyoko Takagi); My Favorite Things (Richard Rodgers); Estate (Bruno Martino); Stranger in paradise ? Plovetzian Dance (Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin); I'll Be Seeing You (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal); On Green Dolphin Street (Bronislau Kaper); A Time for Love (Johnny Mandel); Memorial Sea (Riyoko Takagi);

Album

Salone II - Dream Of You

By Riyoko Takagi

Label: HD Impression
Released: 2017
Track listing: Morning Light (Riyoko Takagi); Dream of You (Riyoko Takagi); Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim); Caravan (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol); Misty (Erroll Garner); Tea for Two (Vincent Youmans); Colorless World (Riyoko Takagi); Love for Sale (Cole Porter); My Foolish Heart (Victor Young); ӳ�����S��ɥ�` / Eiga Ongaku Medley / Film Music Medley (Umbrellas of Cherbourg [Michel Legrand], Limelight [TBD], Forbidden Play [TBD], Tara Theme [TBD], As Time Goes By [Herman Hupfeld], Sunflowers [TBD]); Tomorrow Never Die (Riyoko Takagi).