Eddie Mendenhall

jazz pianist, organist, composer


Proudly performing at Osaka Expo 2025 to represent the USA🇺🇸!!!(Sun)10/12
2025大阪・関西万博  The USA PAVILION @ Expo 2025, Osaka, Japan

Bob Austrian (vocal) and Eddie Mendenhall (piano) DUO
time: TBA

“I have known Eddie for a few years now and during this time have had the additional pleasure of playing some gigs with him. I noticed that his playing has always evidenced an extensive knowledge of jazz history and a particular attention to melodic development in his improvisations“
Ray Drummond bassist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator

“There cannot be enough said about the utter brilliance of Eddie Mendenhall as pianist. He is comparable to the Count and Duke. “
CD Baby review by Dr. Mark A. Goral

“Mendenhall features his appreciable piano chops on the perky, upbeat title piece and the light "Lament For The Ocean," both trio pieces, with Sherman sitting out. Connecting on all fronts, Cosine Meets Tangent is an exciting debut from the gifted Mendenhall, with a host of melody-rich material in a high quality gem of an album”
Edward Blanco
All About Jazz

©2023-2025 EDDIE MENDENHALL All rights reserved.

Eddie Mendenhall


来てね😊🎹
October
Thu10/2 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Fri 10/3 (8pm-10:20pm)
XEX, Tokyo
Duo with vocalist
Sat 10/4 (12pm-3:30pm)
Westin Hotel, Tokyo
Sat 10/4 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Sun 10/5 (7pm)
Sometime, Tokyo
Charito (vo.)quartet
Mon 10/6 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Tue 10/7 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Thu 10/9 (7pm)
Jazz Cafe SUB
7:00 /8:30  の2回セット
エディ・メンデンホールpiano,長谷川朗sax, 町田類bass, 有谿應河drums
Fri 10/10 (7pm)
Jazz Cafe SUB
7:00 /8:30  の2回セット
エディ・メンデンホールpiano, 長谷川朗sax, 坂井美保bass
Sat 10/11 (7pm)
Jazz Cafe SUB
7:00 /8:30  の2回セット
エディ・メンデンホールpiano, 長谷川朗sax
Sun 10/12 time TBA
The USA PAVILION @ Osaka Expo 2025, Osaka
Bob Austrian (vocal) and Eddie Mendenhall (piano) DUO
Mon 10/13 7pm
Into the Blue
町田, Tokyo
7:30pm start
阿部真由美(v), Buca Necak (b), Eddie Mendnehall(org)
Tue 10/14 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Wed 10/15 (8pm-10:20pm)
Xex, Tokyo
Duo with vocalist
Thu 10/16 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Fri 10/17 7:30pm-10:30pm
Virtuoso , Akasaka, Tokyo

笹島明夫Akio Sasajima(g)Trio with Sebastiaan Kaptein(d) and Eddie Mendenhall(org)
Sat 10/18 (12pm-3:30pm)
Westin Hotel, Tokyo
Sat 10/18 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Sun 10/19 (1:15pm-5:30pm)
Shangri La Hotel, Tokyo
Sun 10/19(8pm-10:20pm)
Xex, Tokyo
Duo with vocalist
Mon 10/20 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Tue 10/21 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Wed 10/22 (8pm-10:20pm)
Xex, Tokyo
Duo with vocalist
Thu 10/23 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Sat 10/25 open 5pm, start 6pm
Swing for Hope, Jazz in Hiroshima , Hiroshima

Eddie Mendenhall (piano), David Negrete (sax), Gene Jackson (drum), Mark Tourian (bass)
Sun 10/26 (1:15pm-5:30pm)
Shangri La Hotel, Tokyo
Sun 10/26 (8pm-10:20pm)
Xex, Tokyo
Duo with vocalist
Mon 10/27 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Tue 10/28 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Wed 10/29 (8pm-10:20pm)
Xex, Tokyo
Duo with vocalist

来てね😊🎹
November
Sat 11/1(12pm-3:30pm)
Westin Hotel, Tokyo
Sun 11/2 (1:15pm-5:30pm)
Shangri La Hotel, Tokyo
Mon 11/3 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Tue 11/4 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Sun 11/9 (1:15pm-5:30pm)
Shangri La Hotel, Tokyo
Mon 11/10 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Tue 11/11 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Thu 11/13 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Mon 11/17 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Tue 11/18 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Thu 11/20 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Fri 11/21 (6:30pm-10pm)
Hyatt Yokohama, Yokohama
Sat 11/22 (7pm-)
Shangri La Hotel, Tokyo
Sun 11/23 (1:15pm-5:30pm)
Shangri La Hotel, Tokyo
Mon 11/24 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Tue 11/25 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , Yokohama
Wed 11/26 (4pm-)
New Sanno
Sun 11/30 (1:15pm-5:30pm)
Shangri La Hotel, Tokyo


©2023-2025 EDDIE MENDENHALL All rights reserved.

Eddie Mendenhall

Discography

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©2023-2025 EDDIE MENDENHALL All rights reserved.

Eddie Mendenhall

©2023-2025 EDDIE MENDENHALL All rights reserved.

Eddie Mendenhall


About

Eddie Mendenhall is a renowned jazz pianist and organist whose musical journey spans almost 4 decades of professional performance and composition. Based between Monterey (California) and Yokohama (Japan), Eddie brings a unique blend of American jazz tradition and the experience of living in Japan to his performances.Eddie studied at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, where he developed his distinctive style that seamlessly weaves together bebop, modal jazz, and contemporary influences. Eddie's performances are characterized by their emotional depth, technical precision, and innovative interpretations of both classic standards and original compositions. He has performed with “Senator” Eugene Wright, Ray Drummond, Louie Bellson, Dizzy Gillespie, Pete Christlieb, Charito, Manhattan Jazz Quintet, Ali Jackson Jr., Bruce Forman, Gene Jackson, Pekka Pylkkänen and many more.


©2023-2025 EDDIE MENDENHALL All rights reserved.

Eddie Mendenhall


Ride a bike, walk, sleep, eat well and be happy:)If you would like to purchase my CD directly in Japan, please contact me through this Contact page (Japan:Free shipping, but charges apply to Hokkaido, Okinawa, and remote islands.)

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