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Jun Miyake

tr, *1958 JP
Musician / Composer of Jazz

Jun Miyake (Japanese: 三宅 純 Hepburn: Miyake Jun?, January 7, 1958, Kyoto) is a Japanese composer and trumpet player.[1][2] His music (e.g., the songs "Lilies in the Valley" and "The Here and After") was used in the film Pina, nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature in January 2012. He has also been awarded by the German critic’s award - Der Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik as Best Album of the Year for his last 3 albums “Stolen from Strangers”, “Lost Memory Theatre act-1”, and “Lost Memory Theatre act-2”. He is not to be confused by the Jazz saxophone player of the same name active in New York.

Instruments

• Trumpet
• Electric piano
• Flugelhorn
• Piano

Genres

• Jazz
• World
• Folk
• Classical
• Pop

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