Nikki Yeoh
Date de naissance 24.5.1973 à London, England, Grande-Bretagne
Nikki Yeoh
Nikki Yeoh (born 23 May 1973) is a British jazz pianist, keyboardist and composer, known for her work with Courtney Pine, Neneh Cherry, Phillip Bent, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Chante Moore, The Roots and Steve Williamson, among others. Born in London, Yeoh is of mixed race origin, having a father from Malaysia of Chinese descent, and an English mother.
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.[1]
Yeoh collaborates with drummer Mark Mondesir and his bassist brother, Michael Mondesir in Jazz trio Infinitum[2] and also performs as part of The AllStars Collective[3] Yeoh collaborated with The Roots in the 1994 Montreux Jazz Fest[4]
Discography
- Piano Language, Joanna MacGregor and Nikki Yeoh.
- Mutual Serenade, Nikki Yeoh and Cleveland Watkiss.
References
- Carr, Ian; Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley (1995). Jazz: The Rough Guide, p. 711712, The Rough Guides.
- Nikki Yeoh and Infinitum, 18 January 2002. URL accessed on 20 June 2013.
- Nikki Yeoh biog on The AllStars website. Retrieved on 20 June 2013.
- Nikki Yeoh and The Roots.
External links
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