Senri Oe

As a pop Japanese superstar for two decades (80’s and 90’s), Senri Oe did a complete turnabout on his career by deciding that he wanted to focus on what was important in his life – his first love – jazz. Senri left Japan and his legion of pop fans and headed to New York to study at the School of Jazz at The New School, then launching his recording career with his PND Records debut Boys Mature Slow in 2012. The release was followed by a variety of ensemble and solo albums, culminating in his solo piano debut, Boys & Girls (2018) and Hmmm (2019), a trio session with drummer Ari Hoenig and bassist Matt Clohesy. Senri’s other albums include the full big band with Spooky Hotel (2013), Collective Scribble (2015) and Answer July (2016), which featured jazz vocal greats Sheila Jordan, Theo Bleckmann, Becca Stevens and Lauren Kinhan of the Grammy winning vocal ensemble New York Voices.