Wynn Yamami (piano, accordion, percussion, taiko) has performed with a wide variety of musicians including Arturo O’Farrill and the Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Badal Roy, Giovanni Hidalgo, Jason Kao Hwang, Daniel Levin, Rob Brown, and Korn at such venues as Galapagos, Issue Project Room, Birdland, Merkin Concert Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and MTV Unplugged. He leads two groups (the Japanese street music band HAPPYFUNSMILE and the experimental trio KIOKU) and performs with SOH DAIKO and the TACHIBANA DANCE GROUP. He has taught at New York University, Queensborough Community College, Rutgers University, and Westminster Choir College, and has researched various topics in American music, philosophy, popular culture, and Asian American music.

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www.happyfunsmile.com
www.kiokugroup.com
www.sohdaiko.org