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Gender
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Place of birth
Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Age
71 years
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Biography
Kei Akagi (ケイ 赤城/赤城 恵, Akagi Kei, born March 16, 1953) is a Japanese American jazz pianist. In particular, he is known for his work with the Airto Moreira/Flora Purim group and in Miles Davis's band in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
He was born in Japan, but lived in Cleveland, Ohio, for part of his childhood, until he moved back to Japan at the age of 12. He later returned to the United States at 22. He is associated with the Californian jazz scene at present. He is the Chancellor Professor of Music at the University of California, Irvine.
Discography
As leader
- Symphonic Fusion "THE EARTH" (Nippon Columbia, 1983)
- Playroom (Moo/Mesa Bluemoon, 1992)
- Mirror Puzzle (Audioquest, 1994) with Charles Fambrough, Willie Jones III & Rick Margitza
- New Smiles and Traveled Miles (Media Ring, 1998)
- Viewpoint (Video Arts, 2000)
- Palette (Video Arts, 2001)
- A Hint of You (Video Arts, 2003)
- Grand New Touch (Video Arts, 2003) with Fumio Karashima
- Modern Ivory (Video Arts, 2004)
- Viewpoint (Video Arts, 2005)
- Live-Shapes in Sound (Video Arts, 2006)
- Liquid Blue (Video Arts, 2007)
As sideman
With Miles Davis
- Miles in Paris (1989)
- Live Around the World (1996)
With Frank Gambale
- Live! (1989)
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Famous American Pianists
These fingers of mine, they got brains in ’em. You don’t tell them what to do – they do it. –– Jerry Lee Lewis
Famous American Jazz Musicians
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. ― Louis Armstrong
Famous Jazz Musicians
What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order. ― Kurt Vonnegut
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