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) DUOtime: 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
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Eddie Mendenhall
来てね😊🎹
OctoberThu10/2 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaFri 10/3 (8pm-10:20pm)
XEX, Tokyo
Duo with vocalistSat 10/4 (12pm-3:30pm)
Westin Hotel, TokyoSat 10/4 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaSun 10/5 (7pm)
Sometime, Tokyo
Charito (vo.)quartetMon 10/6 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaTue 10/7 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaThu 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drumsFri 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bassSat 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saxSun 10/12 time TBA
The USA PAVILION @ Osaka Expo 2025, Osaka
Bob Austrian (vocal) and Eddie Mendenhall (piano) DUOMon 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 , YokohamaWed 10/15 (8pm-10:20pm)
Xex, Tokyo
Duo with vocalistThu 10/16 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaFri 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, TokyoSat 10/18 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaSun 10/19 (1:15pm-5:30pm)
Shangri La Hotel, TokyoSun 10/19(8pm-10:20pm)
Xex, Tokyo
Duo with vocalistMon 10/20 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaTue 10/21 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaWed 10/22 (8pm-10:20pm)
Xex, Tokyo
Duo with vocalistThu 10/23 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaSat 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, TokyoSun 10/26 (8pm-10:20pm)
Xex, Tokyo
Duo with vocalistMon 10/27 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaTue 10/28 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaWed 10/29 (8pm-10:20pm)
Xex, Tokyo
Duo with vocalist
来てね😊🎹
NovemberSat 11/1(12pm-3:30pm)
Westin Hotel, TokyoSun 11/2 (1:15pm-5:30pm)
Shangri La Hotel, TokyoMon 11/3 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaTue 11/4 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaSun 11/9 (1:15pm-5:30pm)
Shangri La Hotel, TokyoMon 11/10 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaTue 11/11 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaThu 11/13 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaMon 11/17 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaTue 11/18 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaThu 11/20 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaFri 11/21 (6:30pm-10pm)
Hyatt Yokohama, YokohamaSat 11/22 (7pm-)
Shangri La Hotel, TokyoSun 11/23 (1:15pm-5:30pm)
Shangri La Hotel, TokyoMon 11/24 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaTue 11/25 (8pm-10:30pm)
Hilton Yokohama , YokohamaWed 11/26 (4pm-)
New SannoSun 11/30 (1:15pm-5:30pm)
Shangri La Hotel, Tokyo
©2023-2025 EDDIE MENDENHALL All rights reserved.
Eddie Mendenhall
Discography
I COULD WRITE A BOOK Ray Brown's Great Big Band 2024
JAZZ NOTES FOR CHRISTMAS Ray Brown's Great Big Band 2023
KAYAK _Ray Brown's Great Big Band 2010
Jazz Ambassadars Ron Kaplan (v) Steve Robertson (d) Dan Robbins (b) Eddie Mendenhall (p) 2004
CHUNK Michi Fujii (tp) Eddie Mendenhall (p) Mark Tourian (b) Kazumi Ikenaga (d) 1998
...and some more
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Eddie Mendenhall
Monterey Jazz Festival at Dizzy's Den
with Louie Bellson and Kenny Washington
Recording at Sunset Center in Carmel
Piano faculty at Monterey Jazz Festival Summer Camp
Performing in Bermuda
Jazz Organ Live in East Bay
©2023-2025 EDDIE MENDENHALL All rights reserved.
Eddie Mendenhall
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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