Miles Okazaki

Miles Okazaki (born 1974) is an American guitarist and composer.[1] He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Okazaki is currently assistant professor of jazz guitar at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. [2]

Early life

Okazaki was born in Pullman, Washington in 1974. He grew up in the Pacific Northwest, in Port Townsend, Washington. From a young age he was exposed to music and art, primarily because his mother was a painter and his father was a photography professor at Washington State University.

Discography

  • Mirror (2006) with Dan Weiss, Christof Knoche, Jon Flaugher, Miguel Zenon, David Binney, and Chris Potter
  • Generations (2009) with Dan Weiss, Christof Knoche, Jon Flaugher, Miguel Zenon, David Binney, and Jen Shyu
  • Figurations (2012) with Dan Weiss, Miguel Zenon, and Thomas Morgan (Live at the Jazz Gallery, NYC)
  • Trickster (2017)

References

  1. ↑ Nastos, Michael. "Generations: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Miles Okazaki, Bio". Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
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