ABOUT
Producer, Composer, Arranger & Keyboardist
Her musical biography spans traditions, continents and generations. The daughter of a professional jazz pianist, learned various kinds of music during her younger age. Born and raised in Japan, she pursued her music interest from classical music to Rock, R&B, and Latin throughout school age. Later as a young girl in Japan, she participated in all female salsa band Chica Boom and recorded 2 albums. During that time she had a chance to travel to Cuba for performing at the carnival and learned the country’s folklore, religion and music.
Moving to New York City, she has expanded her interest to Jazz Fusion, Rock and R&B. Later she formed R&B unit JaiNori. Also traveled a couple of times to New Orleans to explore its traditional music. She continues her journey to unite the different styles of music she loves, mixing into her own music.
Here she introduces some of her pieces, divided by genre.
Music
R&B
Latin
Contemporary
SOUTHERN
Voice: Jennifer Pastway (A-1, A-2, C-1 and C-2), Danielle Santiago (B-1), Lucio Vega (B-2), Mark Brooks (D-1, D-2) Rap: Nate Maldonado (B-1) Lyrics: Jose Cruz (B-1), Lucio Vega (B-2), Jennifer Pastway (A-1, A-2, C-1 and C-2), Alvin McLaughlin (D-1), Takayuki Shimizu (D-2) Music: Jennifer Pastway (C-2) Drums: Chris Thaw (D-1, D-2) Percussion: Ralph Lopez Jr. (B-1, B-2) Bass: Paul Ramsey (A-1, B-1,B-2, D-1 and D-2), Chris Fasulo (C-2) Electric Guitar: Chris Fasulo (A-1, A-2, B-1, B-2, C-1 and C-2), The Afro Nick (A-1, A-2) Acoustic Guitar: Chris Fasulo (C-2) Trumpet: Andrew Mericle (B-1, B-2), Kevin Clark (D-1, D-2) Saxophone: Brent Rose (D-1, D-2) Trombone: Tokunori Kaji (B-1, B-2) Hammond Organ: Barry Taylor (D-1, D-2)All songs were engineered, mixed and co-produced by Chris Fasulo. (A-1 and A-2 were remixed. Previously mixed and engineered by Craig Levy.)All arrangements, compositions (except C-2) and keyboards by Sweetfish. A-1 and A-2 are from JaiNori album “Winds of Change.”Recorded at East Coast Recording (NY), Little Pioneer Cider House (NY) and The Word of Mouth Studio (New Orleans).
