September 10, 2024
Jazu Harlem is the National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s special initiative designed to celebrate the vibrant and evolving legacy of jazz music, intertwining the cultural tapestries of historic Harlem, New York City, and the nation of Japan.
On October 18th, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem House Band featuring special guest musicians hailing from Japan, will present an evening of live jazz. The concert will be live streamed to sister venues in Japan.
Join us for a social hour at 6:30pm and concert at 8pm.
View Livestream Concert here:
Sake tasting provided by:
Program made possible with support from:
About Endea Owens:
Known as one of jazz’s most vibrant emerging artists, Endea Owens is a Detroit-raised Recording Artist, Bassist, and Composer. She has been mentored by jazz icons the likes of Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, and Ron Carter. She has toured and performed with Wynton Marsalis, Jennifer Holliday, Diana Ross, Rhonda Ross, Solange, Jon Batiste, Jazzmeia Horn, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Steve Turre to name a few.
In 2018, Endea graduated from The Juilliard School and joined the Late Show with Stephen Colbert as a member of the house band, Stay Human. Since then, Endea has won an Emmy, Grammy Award, and a George Foster Peabody Award. Endea’s work has appeared on Jon Batiste’s Grammy Award-winning album “We Are”, Oscar-nominated film Judas and the Black Messiah, and H.E.R’s widely acclaimed Super Bowl LV performance.
Endea has a true passion for philanthropy and teaching. She has taught students across the United States, South America, and Europe. In 2020, Endea founded the Community Cookout, a non-profit organization birthed out of the Covid-19 pandemic that provides meals and music to underserved neighborhoods in New York City. To date, Endea’s organization has helped feed close to 3,000 New Yorkers and has hosted over a dozen free music concerts.
Endea is a curator for the National Arts Club and also served as the 2022 Jazz is: Now! Curatorial Fellow at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, where she presented original compositions, curated series, and headlined performances for the 2022-2023 season. Endea’s debut album “Feel Good Music” was released in 2023.
About Miki Hayama:
Miki Hayama is a GRAMMY nominated piano/ keyboard player, arranger and musical director, born in Kyoto, Japan, lives in NYC.
She graduated from Osaka College of Music where majored in classical piano, and studied jazz piano with renowned jazz pianist Sadayasu Fujii in Kyoto.
After graduated from College, she started to work at many Jazz clubs in Kansai area. Her ambition to pursue jazz didn’t stop her but made her move to New York. Since 2003, Ms. Hayama has been busy making quite a respected name for herself on New York’s jazz scene.
She has toured and shared the stage and recordings with many greats —Kenny Garrett, Ralph Peterson, Sean Jones, Tia Fuller, Michael Dease, Vincent Herring, Bruce Williams, Roy Hargrove, JD Allen, Greg Osby, Mark Shim, Cindy Blackman-Santana, Nnenna Freelon, Jazzmeia Horn, Christian McBride, Eric Harland, Gary Thomas, and even the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin to name a few.
Her own 2006 sophomore release “Prelude to a Kiss” received a five-star rating in Swing Journal. Her 3rd studio album “Wide Angle” got Swing Journal’s Gold Disc Award in March 2009, Best Production Award in January, 2010. She plays on many recordings as a side person includes on Tia Fuller’s “Pillar of Strength” and “Healing Space”, Sharel Casity’s “Evolve”, Mimi Jones’s “A New Day” and “Balance”, Michael Dease Big Band’s “Relentless”, Nnenna Freelon’s “Christmas”.
Recently, she worked as a musical director as well as an arranger and keyboardists on Nnenna Freelon’s album “ Time Traveler “ and won the GRAMMY nomination.
“Miki Hayama is an amazing young pianist with great chops, a great harmonic concept and a great imagination! “ piano master Kenny Barron recently observed. She also plays Hammond organ with Gospel Choir at the Cathedral United Baptist Church in Bronx.
About the NJMH House Band:
National Jazz Museum in Harlem House Band was launched in 2024 and is designed to bring the Jazz in Harlem experience to every person on the planet. Led by world class band leaders and musicians, the House Band showcases the impact that Harlem and jazz has had on global culture. The band draws from over 100 years of inspiration while always sounding fresh, new, and forward thinking.