Michelle Rounds International Jazz Vocalist
(singer/songwriter)
(Pacific Island heritage - Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand,
Samoa)
Writer Full Member - APRA (Jazz + ! )
complete photo
gallery at:
http://www.matavuvale.com/gallery/Michelle-Rounds-Musicians-Book
| Japan +81 90 6899 1627 |
Thailand +66 90 436820 |
| Aoteaora (NZ) +64 2121 35372 |
mr@michellerounds.com |
| Australia +61 410 736222 |
www.michellerounds.com |
Purchase
Michelle Rounds cd's via:
A MATCHA CHOCOLATE LOVE
ADVENTURE
cdbaby.com/michellerounds
COFFEE TIME JAZZ with CLEVE
DOUGLASS
www.cdbaby.com/michellerounds2
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download 2006 Forecast :
Hawaii : 28 May - 19 June (Private)
Japan Miyazaki 20 June - 25 August
Fiji : 26 August - 30 September (Private)
Japan Miyazaki 01 October
Bangkok, Thailand : 6 November
Current Schedule : Japan
April
22 Anjour House Bridal Kumamoto
23 Gibson Bridal Miyakonojyo
29 Gibson Bridal Miyakonojyo / SR Box Miyazaki
30 Gibson Bridal Miyakonojyo
May
9 Yasushiro Kumamoto
10 Kitakyushu
12,13 Kumamoto
15 Saga
21 Kumamoto
27 Hyuga
July 8 Life Time Miyazaki
December 9 New Retro Club Miyazaki
JAPAN
April
07 March - present …... Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort, Pacifica
Bar (www.seagaia.co.jp)
30 - Aubrey Bridal, Miyakonjyo
29 - Gibson and Aubrey Bridal, Miyakonjyo / SR Box - Old's Band Miyazaki
19, 20 - Pole Pole Miyazaki
02 - Gibson and Aubrey Bridal, Miyakonjyo
01- Sun Phoenix Sky Chapel Bridal Fair, Miyazaki
March
29 - Cheek To Cheek - Kurume
26 - Royal Hotel Bridal Fair - Kirishima
25 - Gibson Bridal Miyakonjyo / Hina Kura Gallery Kitakyushu
20 - Second Sight, Kumamoto
18, 19 - Gibson Bridal Miyakonjyo
05 - New Retro Club Miyazaki - Multi-musician jam session (drums, congas)
AUSTRALIA Sydney … 22 Feb - 1 Mar (Private)February
19 …… Gibson Bridal Fair Miyakonjyo
18 …… Gibson Wedding Miyakonjyo
12 …… New Retro Club Miyazaki - Multi-musician jam session
(vocals, drums, congas)
04 …… Green Hotel Bridal Miyakonjyo
January
29 …… Sheraton Grande, Grand Chariot Miyazaki
25 …… Minami Jujisei - Kagoshima
22 …… New Retro Club Miyazaki - Multi-musician jam session
(vocals and drums)
21 …… Pole Pole IT'S - Opening Night jam session (vocals
and drums)
15 …… Gibson Bridal Fair - Miyakonojyo
14 …… Tsuki No Hone Bridal - Miyakonojyo
THAILAND
01 September 2005 - 07 January 2006 …… Sirocco (The Dome)
Bangkok (www.thedomebkk.com)
01 January …….
Babylon
9th December …… Sanamlaung Park, Bangkok - Jazz Concert
for HRH BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ King of Thailand's 78th Birthday - opened
the nationally televised jazz concert in his honour with "A Night
In Tunisia".
JAPAN
August
21 ….. Miyazaki Cucina d'Oliva, Last Show in Japan for 2005 Kumamoto
Pianist - Sonoda Tomoko, Kumamoto Bassist - Murakami Akira, Miyakonjo
Drummer - Katsunari Furuchi
20 …….. Omuta Galbi Cleve Douglass,
Eichiiro Touyama
19 ……. Kumamoto SESSION Piano Plus Piano
- Sonoda Tomoko, Bass - Murakami Akira, Drums Afro Blue Cleve Douglass,
Nomoto Syuichi, 25 Piano Bar Nomoto Syuichi,
16 …… Miyakonojyo Old Earth Jazz Bar (Hayashida Eriko, Tajima Ryoichi - pianists, Katsunari
Furuchi - acoustic bass, Nagai Toshi - drums, Ishii Shiyuugen - shamisen,
Uenozono Kenji - percussion )
23 July - 14 August ……. Miyazaki Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort - Grand Chariot (with Takeshita Nobuyuki,
Ohnishi Hidemitsu, Kai Isao, Higuchi Masuo) (www.seagaia.co.jp)
07 …… Rainbow
Festival Asosan (Mt Aso) (Cleve Douglass, Nagumi, Kawano, Ikeda Kyoshi,
Mamoudou Diabate, Youl Diabate, Touyama Eiichiro)
06 … ARTPLEX
Jazz Street Festival Kumamoto Vocalists - Cleve Douglass, Shimada, Pianists
- Toyoda, Nomoto Shyuichi, 21year old / Bassists - / Drummers - Touyama
Eiichiro, Mamoudou Diabate; and the Sonoda Tomoko Ichiza
July
Saito 24 July …….. Miyazaki Shintomi Matsuri - SANTANA
Club Band
23 July ……. SESSION Soho, Sadowara Tamegoro - guitar
/ Mark Whitford - guitar / harmonica / Takeshita Nobuyuki - bass / -
percussion / Toshi Nagai - drums
22 July ……. Shikki Dori
Matsuri - 'Let Me See Now' Young G's 20
July …… Nobeoka Jazz
Fantazy - Cleve Douglass and Big Mountain Boys
19 July …… Miyazaki
Cucina d'Oliva with Cleve Douglass and Big Mountain Boys
18 July …….
Saga [Private Function] (Jerry Moss)
17 July …….. Miyazaki Weather King, SANTANA Club Band
14 July …….. Kagoshima SESSION
Coronet Club Tajima Ryoichi- piano, Jioji - bass, Ohkubo Shigeki - drums
/ Minami Jujusei Greg Glover - piano
12 July …… Miyakonojo SESSION Old Earth Hayashida Eriko - piano / Katsunari Furuchi - acoustic
bass / Kei - drums
30 June/01.02 July … Kumamoto Afro Blue, Sonoda
Tomoko - piano
01 July … NHK TV live (Sonoda Tomoko - piano)
June
07- 09 …….. Miyakonojo The Gibson (Green Hotel)
12 June …..
Kumamoto [Private Function] (Jerry Moss)
26 …… Miyazaki Cucina
d'Oliva premiere of 'LET ME SEE NOW' music vid (Ohnishi Yosuke - piano/Takeshita
Nobuyuki - bass / Katsunari Furuchi - drums)
29 May …. Miyazaki CD Released !! (www.cdbaby.com/michellerounds)
'A Matcha Chocolate Love Adventure' cd : 1 x original rap track 'Let
Me See Now', featuring STEAL and SHORTY (Miyazaki rap artists) and music
by Caprice and 14 x jazz standards with Miyazaki musicians : Ohnishi
Yosuke - Piano and Takeshita Nobuyuki - Bass
The music video 'Let Me See Now' was shot in Miyazaki 10-23 April for
nationwide and international release
28 May …. Kumamoto SESSION Second Sight (www.s-sight.com) Newage
Nomoto Syuichi
AUSTRALIA Sydney 14-26 May
JAPAN Miyazaki ……. 29 April 2005 CD Released (www.cdbaby.com/michellerounds2)
"
Coffee Time Jazz" jazz duets with Cleve Douglass (New York Jazz
Vocalist), Okumura Kazuhiko - Piano (http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/~ka-zoo/),
Ikeda Kiyoshi - Bass, ET Touyama - Drums (http://homepage1.nifty.com/live/et/)
4 Dec 2004 - 21 April 2005 …………. Sheraton Grande
Ocean Resort - Grand Chariot Jazz Lounge & Bar / Pacifica Bar …(www.seagaia.co.jp)………………
21
November 2004 - 19 February 2005 Honey Pot Live Bar
FIJI 27, 31 October Ed's Bar,Nadi 02,03,04 November Holiday Inn, Suva
THAILAND Bangkok 28 July - 16 October 2004 Royal Orchid
Sheraton Hotel (royalorchidsheraton.com)
sit ins ! : Oriental Hotel Bamboo Bar (mandarinoriental.com)
/
Tokyo Joe's (tokyojoesbkk.com)
/
Gigi's Gaysorn Plaza / Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit The Living Room (sheratongrandesukhumvit.com)
/
Dusit Thani My Bar (dusit-thani.bangkok.com)
JAPAN Miyazaki Kyushu 23 April - 19 July 2004 …… Sheraton
Grande Ocean Resort - Grand Chariot Jazz Lounge & Bar
FIJI 30 March - 14 April 2004 …… Ed's Bar
- Nadi Traps - Suva
JAPAN Miyazaki Kyushu 01 October 2003 - 27 March 2004 …… Sheraton
Grande Ocean Resort Grand Chariot Jazz Lounge & Bar / Miyazaki Autumn
Festival
NEW ZEALAND Auckland 23 - 26 September 2003 Tabac (Pre-album
release “How
Deep Is My Love”)
JAPAN Miyazaki Kyushu 11 March - 05 September 2003 ….. Sheraton
Grande Ocean Resort
AUSTRALIA Sydney 01 August 1999 - 10 March 2003 ..… Alcheringa,
Kangaroo Valley/ Alio/Arthur's Restaurant/ ANZAC Marrickville/ Avillion/
Basement/ Bennelong Restaurant/ Bondi Pavillion(Waitangi Day Celebrations
2002) / Bondi Teagardens Hotel / Botanical Gardens Restaurant/ Bucketty
Volunteer Fire Service/ Cave/Civic Hall Ryde/ Clovelly Hotel/ Crows Nest
Hotel/ Curzon Hall/ Fox Studios(Opening Hoyts Cinemas & Premiere "Mickey
Blue Eyes" / Golden Sheaf / Grace Brothers VIP Event / King's Head
Tavern/ Legend Hotel / L'otel/ Mancini's / Manly Boatshed / Marrickville
Town Hall / Monkey Bar / Mosman RSC / Mytilenian Hall/North's Leagues
Club/Paddy'sBrewery/Parramatta Leagues Club/ Rattlesnake/345 George Street(Opening)
/ Tropicana / Stadium Australia Ambassadors Lounge(Australia vs New Zealand
2001/ Australia vs France 2002)/Sydney Town Hall (Premiere "What
Becomes of the Broken Hearted?"/Three Wise Monkeys/ Woollhara Hotel
NEW ZEALAND Auckland 05-09 March 2003 ..... completion
of video shoot for "The Way That I Feel" music clip / Pasifika
Festival 2003
FIJI Suva/Deuba 24-28 Feb 2003 ..... commencement of video shoot for "The
Way That I Feel" music clip (NzOnAir/franklyspeaking productions)/Suva
Holiday Inn (Tom Mawi, Sami Rabaka, Noa Qiolevu, Eni Kumar)
NOUVELLE CALEDONIE Noumea 07-10 November 2002 ..... Eglise Saint Jean-Baptiste/
Parkroyal Noumea (Michel Benebig, Bruno Zanchetta, Stephane Regnier)
NEW ZEALAND Auckland 17-29 September 2002 ..... "Good Morning" program
TV2 / Westfield Style Pasifika 2002 / East Tamaki Tavern / PIMA Conference
NEW ZEALAND Auckland 03-10 March 2002 ..... Glengarry's
Wines (Alan Quennell, Denny Boreham, Frank Gibson Jnr) / "Good Morning" program TV2
/ "Tangata Pasifika" program TV2 / Radio 531pi /Pasifika Festival
2002 Opening Night/Pasifika Festival 2002
NOUVELLE CALEDONIE 03 September-16 September 2001 ..... "Tom Mawi & Friends" jazz
tour of New Caledonia with shows in Koumac, Kone, Houailhou, Poindimie,
La Foa and Noumea (Tom Mawi, Michel Benebig, Edward York and featuring
Fred Mystere on yidaki)
NEW ZEALAND Auckland 02/03 March 2001 ..... "Good Morning" program
TV2/Alto Bar, Sky City Casino/Pasifika Festival 2001
AUSTRALIA Broome 18 July - 25 August 2000 ..... Cable Beach Inter-Continental
Resort (Paul Verma, Junichi Shiomi)
NEW ZEALAND Auckland July 1999 ….. Aotea Centre “AFA
Show”
AUSTRALIA Sydney July 1999 ….. Manly Jazz Festival / “Polyphony
Entertainment Showcase” Argyle Tavern, The Rocks
NEW ZEALAND Auckland October 1996-July 1999 .....
Aotea Square & Downtown
Plaza "Hikoi of Hope" Auckland Museum (Opening Pacific Gallery)/Auckland
Town Hall "Beats of the Pacific" "Festival of Cultures” "Pasifika
Fashion Show 1998"/Birkenhead RSA/ Carlaw Park "Bob Marley
Concert 1998" Cause Celebre / De Brett's / Deschler's / Devonport
Food & Wine Festival 1999 / Duder’s/ Gables / Gateway Hotel
(Pasifica Women's Convention 1999)/Gold Rush(Thames)/”Harcourts” tv
ad/Hyatt Hotel/Khuja Lounge/Live Poet’s Café / Loaded Hog
/ London Bar / Lopdell House/ Maidment Theatre/ Manifesto’s/ Manukau
Institute of Technology/ Orakei Marae/ Parnell Community Centre/ Pitt
St Bistro/ Powerstation “Bob Marley Concert” 1999/ Rakino’s/Saatchi & Saatchi/
Sheraton Hotel/ Someplace Else/ South Markets/SPQR/Stamford Plaza/ St
Matthew in-the-City “Waitangi Day Celebrations” 1998 & 1999
/ “Sweetwaters Festival 1999”/Titirangi Village Festival
1999/ Triangle TV “Pacific Pieces”/TriBeCa/TV2 station i.d’s
1998 & 1999/TVNZ/TVNZ - “Good Morning” 1997/ 98/99/2001 “Mai
Time” “Tangata Pasifika” “TV3 News”/ Waipuna
Inn/ Waitemata Stadium/ Western Springs/”Pasifika Festival” 1998 & 1999/
Domain-Wintergardens / WOMAD 1999
Auckland Sheraton Hotel - resident vocalist June 1997- December 1998
Stamford Plaza - resident vocalist March/April/May 1998
Hamilton Food & Wine Festival 1998
Wellington Parkroyal Hotel/St Andrews on-the-Terrace/Tatou1999
FIJI, Suva March 1993 - September 1996
Albert Park /”Hibiscus Festival 1995” / Birdland / Civic
Centre “Vakalutuivoce Awards 1996”/ Cotton Club / Fiji Club
/ Fiji TV/FM96 / Jackson’s Bar / Lucky Eddies/ Ming Palace/ “Vakalutuivoce
Awards 1994” +/ Naiqaqi Sugar Shack / National Gymnasium/ ”NBF” tv
ad/ Noble House / Radio Fiji / Ratu Sukuna Park / Skyline Bar / St Christopher’s
Orphanage Bazaar / Suva Travelodge/ Tradewinds Hotel “Vakalutuivoce
Awards 1995” / Traps / Victoria Parade “Fiji Museum Mardi
Gras”
Coral Coast Naviti Resort
Deuba Atholl Hotel / Pacific Harbour Resort
Hotel / Sakura House
Nadi Cardo’s / Ed’s Bar / Mocambo Hotel
/ Regent Hotel / Sheraton Denarau /
Suva Travelodge - resident vocalist for weekly “Jazz in the Gallery” March
1993-September 1996 (with internationally acclaimed jazz guitarist Tom
Mawi)
Traps Bar - female vocalist in resident band March 1993-December 1995
Presented and compiled weekly commercial-free reggae program “Roots
Riddim” on 104FM for 2 years
Winner of the 1995 Vakalutuivoce Awards for “Best Female Artist” and “Best
Album” presented September 1996
TONGA Nuku’alofa ..... 80th Birthday Celebrations
of HRH King Taufa'ahau Tupou II - 1998 / Miss South Pacific Pageant
1995
AUSTRALIA Sydney 1989 - March 1993 ..... Crows Nest Hotel / Dolphin Street
Club / Harbour Zone / Manly Boatshed / Round Midnight / Silo / York Tavern
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