Junko Onishi was born on April 16, 1967 in Kyoto, Japan. Post-bop jazz artist favorably compared to jazz great
McCoy Tyner and admired contemporaries
Kenny Kirkland and
Mulgrew Miller.
Junko Onishi is a member of Pianist
💰Junko Onishi Net worth: $5 Million
About
Post-bop jazz Artist favorably compared to jazz great McCoy Tyner and admired contemporaries Kenny Kirkland and Mulgrew Miller.
Before Fame
She studied at the Berklee College of Music after which she relocated to New York City.
Trivia
Her song Trinity was featured in Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz, a 1997 documentary.
Family Life
She was born in Kyoto and grew up in Tokyo where her family nurtured her talents by enrolling her in classical piano lessons.
Associated With
She credited Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, and Ornette Coleman as being her artistic inspirations.