BIOGRAPHY
“Wonderful Yoko---a Jazz for Joy Artiste"
by Studs Terkel, Chicago author and historian
“Yoko Noge offers a fascinating synthesis of cunning jazz improvisation, bona fide blues exhortation and the cultural rituals of her
Japanese origins”
by Howard Reich, The Chicago Tribune
Yoko Noge, a transplant from Osaka, Japan melds an incredible mix of Chicago blues, jazz, Japanese music and Yoko’s compositions.
The band, composed of Yoko and five legendary Chicago musicians played every Monday at Chicago’s famed HotHouse for more than 15 years and also played at Andy’s Jazz Clubs and Green Mill.
Yoko also performed at the Chicago Blues Festival, the Chicago Jazz Festival, the Asian American Jazz Festival and many special events in the United States, Japan, China and Europe.
*Chicagoan of the year – Chicago Tribune
* Recipient of Foreign Minister's Commendations in Japan, 2014
*Newsweek Japan cover story: 100 Japanese the world respects - Yoko Noge, Chicago blues singer/ band leader and newspaper correspondent is chosen to be one of the 100.