Nikki Yeoh
Nikki Yeoh | |
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| Born | May 23, 1973 London, UK |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Piano |
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]
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
- Piano Language with Joanna MacGregor
- Mutual Serenade with Cleveland Watkiss
- Solo Gemini for solo piano [8]
References
- ^ "NIKKI YEOH at Birmingham Symphony Hall".
- ^ "Nikki Yeoh and Infinitum". The guardian. 18 January 2002. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "YouTube: Nikki Yeoh Live at Ronnie Scott's".
- ^ "Nikki Yeoh biog on The AllStars website". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ "Nikki Yeoh and The Roots".
- ^ Carr, Ian; Digby Fairweather; Brian Priestley (1995). Jazz: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides. pp. 711–712. ISBN 1-85828-137-7.
- ^ "Music heavyweights honoured at the 2017 Jazz FM Awards".
- ^ "Nikki Yeoh: Solo Gemini review – this gifted pianist's solo set was worth the wait".
External links
- Nikki Yeoh discography at Discogs
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