Jazz Tuesdays w/ Nanami Haruta, Chris Minami, Jim Alfredson, Jeff Shoup (2/25/25)

Our featured set tonight is an album release event for virtuoso trombonist Nanami Haruta, in a quartet with Christopher Minami, guitar, Jim Alfredson, organ, and Jazz Tuesdays host Jeff Shoup, drums.

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Nanami Haruta was born in 2001, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Nanami started playing classical piano at the age of 5, and at age 8 joined her elementary school's brass band, where she started playing the trombone and became introduced to jazz. She started performing concerts in Sapporo at 13 years old.

In 2016, at age 14, Nanami participated in the Hokkaido Groove Camp, won the grand prize known as the "Berklee Award," and the following year traveled to Boston, MA, where she attended a Berklee College of Music 5-week Summer Performance Program. In 2019 she participated in the Seiko Summer Jazz Camp and won Most Outstanding Student Award.

After moving to Tokyo in 2020, Nanami has expanded her activities by participating in performances and recordings with the Aaron Choulai Raw Denshi Sextet, Akihiro Yoshimoto group, and Shunské G & The Peas. In 2022, her first album "II" was released. Nanami is currently a Full Time student in the Michigan State University Jazz Studies program, studying with Professor Michael Dease.
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Jazz Tuesdays is sponsored by Gregg Hill and Cold Plunge Records, and Law Office of Trent Harris. Our house piano is graciously provided by Casio Music USA. Thank you also to Moriarty's Pub for making a home for jazz in Michigan's capital city since 2014.