小学校６年生よりBAND活動をスタート。
ROCK/FUNK/SOUL/R&B/POPS のグループでギタリストとして活動。
後、VOCALIST として活動と同時に、SALSA BAND「Sabrosura Del Sonido」、
ベーシスト・山田能史氏率いるサルサバンドに加入。
ラテン音楽への興味が深まる。
数々のラテン・サルサのグループに所属し、関西のライブハウスやクラブ・ホテル等
での演奏活動をスタートした後、1998年Latin Rhythm・Improvisation
Cuban Style Salsa Dance の勉強の為、LA, CUBA へ渡り、
元 "Irakere" の Oscar Vardes氏、
RUMBA TEAM "Clave y Guaguanco" Caridad氏、
RUMBA TEAM "Yoruba Andabo" "CUBA国立民族舞踊楽団" Sergio氏
に師事。後、定期的に渡玖している。
キューバからの数々の来日アーティストと共演。
2004・2005年には、キューバ国内最大級の国際音楽フェスティバルに、
文化省より正式招待を受け二年連続出演。
開催中に行われた「El Son mas largo del mundo」（世界一長いソン）という、300時間以上複数のバンドで演奏し続けるという、キューバ国全体でのギネスブック企画にも参加。
近年は全国の小・中・高等学校等でのラテン音楽観賞会公演、
そしてFUJI ROCK FESTIVALに出演する等、ラテン音楽の楽しみを
より沢山の人に伝えるべく、幅広い範囲で活動。
2007年よりソロ活動スタート。
同年9月には、５９回世界一周クルーズ船「ピースボート」に、キューバの水先案内人として ゲスト乗船。又、2009年６７回クルーズにも乗船。
又、様々なジャンルのヴォーカリストとしてライブやレコーディング、R-CM、
その他セッション等で活動する傍ら、コンポーザーとして作曲・作詞にも力を注いでいる。
NANA was born in Osaka, a Latin city of Japan where people are funky and hot.
She learned piano since she was small. She performed the piano in a student concert every year. Among many other students, she demonstrated an outstanding talent. In an elementary school, she got absorbed in playing basketball, and as a result she stopped playing the piano. When she was in a sixth grade of elementary school, she formed a band to play Japanese pop music with older friends and she played a keyboard. Later she switched to a guitar. Since after that she continued to play music with a number of bands and the genre of music varied from rock, funk, soul, R & B, and pop.
NANA made her first recording as a guitarist of brass funk rock band "FRIED EGG JAM" and released the first compilation album [Brass Night Masters] V.A (FUNK/ROCK/ACID)/1996/Song Bird Label. The following year, FRIED EGG JAM released a full album named [ FRIED EGG JAM ] (FUNK/ROCK)/1997/Tokuma Japan.
The band performed in「MUTINY」(P-Funk All Stars)JAPAN TOUR in OSAKA FRONT ACT,「CHUCK BROWN」 JAPAN TOUR in OSAKA.FRONT ACT,「Adriana Evans」 JAPAN TOUR in Osaka, Tokyo, Yokohama FRONT ACT
But FRIED EGG JAM was disbanded in 1998. (In 2008, FRIED EGG JAM reunioned with a few of the original members.)
http://www.myspace.com/friedeggjam
NANA started to sing Latin music after being recommended by a friend. She was not so serious about it in the beginning. Then she went to Cuba to study music and met Oscar Valdes, a famous former percussionist of Irakere, and he taught her a soul of Cuban music. Cuban music struck NANA as something very familiar, something that she had left in the past. Nana's interest in Cuban music got stronger.
In 1997, NANA joined timba band "Sabrosura Del Sonido" and also started to sing in a band led by a well-known bassist in Osaka -the Yoshio Yamada Band. Between 1998 and 2005, NANA went to Cuba every year, studying dance and improvisation, taking lessons from Oscar Valdés of former Irakere, Caridad of Clave y Guaguanco and Sergio of "Yoruba Andabo".
In Japan she has performed with a number of Cuban artists. She was also formally invited by the Ministry of Culture to participate in the international music festival, which is the biggest music event in Cuba in 2004 and 2005.
Recently, she is also active in spreading the joy of Latin music to wider audience in Japan. She has been performing Latin music at elementary, middle and high schools. She also participated in annual Fuji Rock Festival which is the biggest outdoor rock music festival in Japan.
She started her solo performance in 2007. In September of 2007, she boarded on a Peace Boat, which is a Japan-based NGO-run chartered passenger ship that travels around the world, as a guide to Cuban culture.
Nana continues to perform as a vocalist in lives, recording and radio commercials of various music genres. Recently, she is also focusing on composing and writing lyrics.
::: 参加GROUP :::
(NANA has performed with the following groups)
「MUTINY」(P-Funk All Sters)JAPAN TOUR in OSAKA FRONT ACT
「CHUCK BROWN」 JAPAN TOUR in OSAKA.FRONT ACT
「Adriana Evans」 JAPAN TOUR in Osaka,Tokyo,Yokohama FRONT ACT
Live@Fuji Rock Festival'03 [Sabrosura Del Sonido]
Tour@CUBADISCO.2004 +Son mas largo del mundo
Tour@CUBADISCO.2005
costarring....
Manolito y su Trabuco / Los Van Van / Bamboleo / Pupy y su Los que Son Son / Adalberto y su Son ...
::: Release :::
[Brass Night Masters] V.A (FUNK/ROCK/ACID)/1996/Song Bird Label
[FRIED EGG JAM] FRIED EGG JAM (FUNK/ROCK)/1997/Tokuma Japan
[CUBANSOUL] SABROSURA DEL SONIDO (TIMBA) /2001/AHORA Corporation
[BUENAS IDEAS] SABROSURA DEL SONIDO (TIMBA) /2002/AHORA Corporation
[ORIENTARHYTHM] COOLEY (POPS/WORLD)/2002/IRVING inc.
[SALSA JAPONESA] VA /2004/AHORA Corporation
[HIFANA PRESENTS"南風ケーブル" ]/ V.A /2006/Columbia Music Japan
[CHEQUENDEKE] 14 APRIL 2008 LIVE@EDGE TOKYO "Rumbalada"
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Thanks for the add. I really like all your songs, especially Mi Habana. I usually point people to my main page, but there's a song called I Closed My Eyes on my storage page that I think you'd like.
And of course, you're always welcome to visit Dean Lesner's Main Page. Keep up the great work!
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