Nikki Yeoh

Nikki Yeoh (born 23 May 1973) is a British jazz pianist who has worked with Courtney Pine, Cleveland Watkiss, Steve Williamson, Chante Moore, The Roots and Neneh Cherry. Born in London, Yeoh is of mixed race origin, having a father from Malaysia of Chinese descent and an English mother. One of her first music teachers was Don Rendell. [1]

Nikki Yeoh
Born (1973-05-23) May 23, 1973
London, UK
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsPiano
Associated actsCourtney Pine
Neneh Cherry
Phillip Bent
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Chante Moore
The Roots
Steve Williamson
Mark Mondesir
Michael Mondesir

Yeoh has a long standing collaboration with drummer Mark Mondesir and his bassist brother, Michael Mondesir in the jazz trio Infinitum.[2][3] She also performs as part of The AllStars Collective.[4]

Yeoh collaborated with The Roots in the 1994 Montreux Jazz Fest.[5]

Awards and honors

Yeoh won The Independent award for Best Jazz Musician of the Year in 1996 and in 1999 was a semi-finalist at the piano competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival.[6] She won Jazz FM Instrumentalist of the Year in 2017.[7]

Discography

References
  1. "NIKKI YEOH at Birmingham Symphony Hall".
  2. "Nikki Yeoh and Infinitum". The guardian. 18 January 2002. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  3. "YouTube: Nikki Yeoh Live at Ronnie Scott's".
  4. "Nikki Yeoh biog on The AllStars website". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  5. "Nikki Yeoh and The Roots".
  6. Carr, Ian; Digby Fairweather; Brian Priestley (1995). Jazz: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides. pp. 711–712. ISBN 1-85828-137-7.
  7. "Music heavyweights honoured at the 2017 Jazz FM Awards".
  8. "Nikki Yeoh: Solo Gemini review – this gifted pianist's solo set was worth the wait".


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