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Art Hirahara

Art Hirahara is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, bandleader, and educator whose New York work spans acoustic improvisation and an extensive Posi-Tone catalog.

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Career Overview

About Art Hirahara

Hirahara’s official biography identifies a New York-based keyboardist and composer who moved to the city in 2003. His training joined electronic and computer music at Oberlin with later study at CalArts, followed by work across standards, progressive forms, and free improvisation.[1]

Posi-Tone’s catalog traces a sustained leader sequence from Noble Path through Peace Unknown. The records move among trio, quartet, and septet settings while keeping Hirahara’s piano, keyboards, composition, and arranging at the center.[2][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, pianist, and composer

Art Hirahara Trio

The trio is a recurring framework for Hirahara’s original writing and acoustic improvisation.[1][2]

Leader, pianist, keyboardist, and composer

Posi-Tone leader catalog

The label chronology documents a multi-album sequence across several ensemble formats.[2]

Leader, pianist, composer, and arranger

Peace Unknown septet

The 2025 project expands Hirahara’s writing through four horns, bass, drums, and piano.[3]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2011 · Posi-Tone Records

Noble Path

Leader, pianist, and composer

Noble Path opens Hirahara’s documented Posi-Tone leader sequence in a small-group setting.[2]

Release details

2020 · Posi-Tone Records

Balance Point

Leader, pianist, keyboardist, and composer

The album develops Hirahara’s ensemble writing and keyboard palette within his later trio chronology.[2]

Release details

2025 · Posi-Tone Records

Peace Unknown

Leader, pianist, composer, and arranger

The septet recording revisits earlier material and adds new pieces for a four-horn front line.[3]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Official Bandcamp catalog

Stream Hirahara’s leader records and collaborative releases in artist-authorized editions.

Official video archive

Watch trio, ensemble, and solo performances selected by Hirahara.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

No current Jazz DateBook dates are listed for Art Hirahara. The career guide remains available while the calendar changes.

Evidence-Based Connections

Related Musician Guides

Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and New York career history

    Art Hirahara

  2. [2] Label biography and leader catalog

    Posi-Tone Records

  3. [3] Artist-authorized Peace Unknown edition

    Art Hirahara