Chie Ayado

Chie Ayado, also written in Japanese as 綾戸智恵, is a Japanese jazz singer and pianist. Her official website describes her as a jazz singer and notes that she released her first album, For All We Know, in 1998.

Her music is mainly jazz, often built around expressive vocal performances of standards, soul/pop classics, and Japanese songs. Important releases include For All We Know, Best II, Live! The Best, LiveⅢ Meets Yosuke Yamashita, Hana Uta, My Favorite Song at Home, and UMAMI. Apple Music lists her genre as Jazz and shows UMAMI as a 2026 release, while Deezer lists albums such as UMAMI, My Favorite Song at Home, Live! The Best, and Best II.

She is known for her powerful, husky voice, warm stage personality, and direct piano-and-vocal jazz style. Well-known songs in her catalogue include “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” “Sunny,” “Let It Be,” “Tennessee Waltz,” “Georgia on My Mind,” “You Are So Beautiful,” and “New York State of Mind.”