Keiko. Matsui, a keyboard player in jazz and new age music, grew up in Tokyo and took his first piano lesson at the age of five. Influenced by StevieWonder, Rachmaninov and the early fats waller MauriceJarre and ChickCorea, KeikoMatsui studied children's culture in Japan Women's University, but she began to compose music in the third year of college. After graduation, she entered the Yamaha Music Foundation in Tokyo and gradually formed her own style, recording four albums with New Era Music Group. 1986 married the musician Song, and then went to America to continue her development. Her first album was a drop of water (1987), which was released in America two years later. The album also includes her traveling companion and her husband who plays shakuhachi, and the income from the album provides a source of funds for their honeymoon trip. That year, she signed a contract with MCA and released two albums, No Borders and Under the Northern Lights. KeikoMatsui entered White Cat Records Company on 1992 and began to develop into contemporary jazz. 1995' s album Sapphire won the first place in the jazz chart. The album 1996 also entered the top ten. Whispering in the Mirror was published in 2000, and Deep Blue was released on 200 1.

From 1987, Keiko's achievements in jazz are obvious to all. In 2000, Billboard won the third place in the annual sales list of "Contemporary Jazz". 1999, Keiko was interviewed by NHK TV in the evening news, and in 2000, she became more famous as a cartoonist "Osamu Tezuka".

Generally speaking, Keiko Matsui is classified as a jazz piano, but some works are also integrated into the new era style. We recommend Dawn and To the Indian Ocean in the album Deep Blue. Keiko Matsui is an outstanding Japanese jazz musician who often performs in the United States and Japan. KeikoMatsui, who won the Best Female Artist Award of Contemporary Soft Jazz for two consecutive years, grew up in Japan and matured in the United States. Her music has a strong sense of combining things, and it is also warmly welcomed in Japan and the United States. Keiko Matsui skillfully combined jazz with new generation music perfectly, showing her unique creative technique and beautiful melody, which is worth savoring.