Artist Profile
Nobie
Born in 1981 in Fukuoka, a prefecture in the west of Japan, Nobie initially started out singing jazz music. Her parents loved jazz artists such as Chick Corea, Clifford Brown and Sarah Vaughan. She began playing the violin at age 2 and the piano at age 7. Upon graduating from high school, she attended the University of Tokyo to major in Pharmacy. While in college, she performed gigs as a vocalist and in the process caught the attention of Luizão Maia, who is widely known as the father of the modern Brazilian bass guitar. In 2001she joined Maia's band and this inspired her to study Brazilian music. She developed a love of Brazilian music after discovering the music of Elis Regina. She appeared on Toninho Horta's album "Minas Tokyo" (2012). As a solo act, She recorded "Primary"(2011) and the live album "live at Praça 11" (2013). Nobie belongs to the trio les KOMATIS with Mayuko Katakura (p) and Akemi Ohta (fl). Les KOMATIS recorded the album "les KOMATIS" (2015). After taking a break for the birth of her two sons, Nobie recorded her new album "Benin Rio Tokyo." It was released featuring 3 guitarists Toninho Horta, Lionel Loueke and Takayoshi Baba (2022).