Kenko Ken is a jazz bassist born in 1964. After graduating from Kunitachi College of Music, he started playing music. After joining "Midnight Groove" (King Records), he performed with many musicians such as Yamamoto Tsuyoshi (p), Osumi Yusuo (ds), Agawa Yasuko (vo).
In 2005, he released his own single "I Like It!". In 2007, he participated in tours and recordings with Special Big Band, Naoko Terai Quartet, Saori Yano Quartet. In May 2010, album "What Am I Here For" was released and received the swing journal magazine "Gold Disc".
On the other hand, he has been a lecturer at the National Music College since 2006.
Yōsuke Yamashita (山下 洋輔 , Yamashita Yōsuke, born 26 February 1942) is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer and writer. Yamashita was born in Tokyo on 26 February 1942. He had violin lessons between the ages of 9 and 15, and switched to piano in his teens.
He is praised by critics for his unique piano style, which is influenced by free jazz, modal jazz and soul jazz. Since the late 1980s Yamashita's main group has consisted of Cecil McBee (bass), Pheeroan akLaff (drums), and often Joe Lovano (saxophone).
Naoko Terai is a violinist born in Kanagawa Prefecture. Playing the violin at the age of 4, she appeared at the age of 6 at NHK Educational TV "Keiko no Violin". When she was 12 years old, she received an encouragement prize at "Student Music Competition East Japan Convention" sponsored by the Mainichi Newspaper Company.
In 1988, she debuted professionally as a jazz / violinist. She co-starred with Kenny Baron who came to Japan in 1995, she was invited as guests of Kenny Baron's album "Things unseen" and recorded for the first time in NY. In 1998, the first lead work "Thinking of You" was announced. In the blink of an eye, it got notice as a heroine of the jazz world.
In January 2001, she won the Jazz Disc Grand Prize "New Star Award" sponsored by Swing Journal magazine. In August 2002, she participated in her 1st "Tokyo Jazz 2002" with her band. The overwhelming performance of Libertango became a topic. Herbie Hancock invited her to join his session.
Sato Takeyoshi (born on May 5, 1963) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, keyboardist and music producer born in Aomori Prefecture Aomori city. He is a frontman of the rock band Sing Like Talking, who is in charge of vocal, guitar and keyboard, and is also a vocal of the unit SALT & SUGAR of the joint unit PLUS ONE with Oda Kazumasu and Tetsu Shiotani.
In 1998, in the year of the 10th anniversary of SLT debut, we announced a single song "HOME TOWN" from SLT to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Aomori City's home city where he is from.
Although during the period from 2004 to 2011, had ceased activities as a SLT for himself and the other band members to concentrate on solo activities, etc., single, "Dearest" from SLT first time in eight years in March 2011 and album "Empowerment" released. On September 29, 2004, he co-wrote "Tears of Magnolia" (Original: Stardust Review) with Kobukuro. Oricon 9th place. The album "CORNERSTONES 3" released in the following month is 5th in the album chart.
He is in collaboration with Tokyo Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (conductor: Hisao Yanagisawa), Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor: Naoto Otomo) at the Billboard Classics concert in March 2016.
Kazumi Watanabe (渡辺香津美) is a Japanese guitarist. He was born on October 14, 1953 in Tokyo, Japan.
Watanabe learned guitar at the age of 12 from Sadanori Nakamure at the Yamaha Music School in Tokyo. He released his first album in 1971. In 1979, he formed a jazz rock band with some of Japan's leading studio musicians, and recorded the album Kylyn. During that year, he toured with the pop band Yellow Magic Orchestra.
In the 1980s, he toured as guest soloist with Steps, the Brecker Brothers, and Word of Mouth, led by Jaco Pastorius. Watanabe created the jazz-rock/jazz-fusion band Mobo in 1983 with Mitsuru Sawamura (saxophone), Ichiko Hashimoto (piano), Gregg Lee (guitar), Shuichi Murakami (drums), and Kiyohiko Senba.
During the eighties Watanabe released the jazz-rock albums To Chi Ka (1980), Mobo Club (1983) Mobo Splash (1985), and Spice of Life (1987). A DVD was issued from the tour which featured drummer Bill Bruford and bassist Jeff Berlin, who also played on the record.
Watanabe has worked with numerous musicians such as Lee Ritenour, Steve Gadd, Tony Levin, Jeff Berlin, Bill Bruford, Sly and Robbie, Wayne Shorter, Patrick Moraz, Marcus Miller, Richard Bona, and Peter Erskine. Since 1996, he has been a visiting professor of music at Senzoku Gakuen College. He has been chosen Best Jazzman 24 years in a row by Swing Journal magazine's annual poll.
Sadao Watanabe (渡辺 貞夫 Watanabe Sadao, born February 1, 1933) is a Japanese jazz musician who plays alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, and flute. He is known for his bossa nova recordings, although his work encompasses many styles with collaborations from musicians all over the world.
He has had over ten albums reach the top 50 Billboard charts and two within the top 10. He has also had numerous albums reach number one on the jazz charts. Among his awards are the Order of the Rising Sun, the imperial medal of honor for contribution to the arts, and the Fumio Nanri award.
Born in Utsunomiya, Japan, Sadao first began learning music at the age of 18 and started performing professionally in 1953. By 1958 he had performed with leading musicians and quartets. In 1962 he left Japan to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 1995 the college awarded him an honorary doctorate degree for his contributions to music. In addition to his musical career, Watanabe has published six photography books in Japan.
Ikuko Kawai (川井郁子 Kawai Ikuko), born January 19, 1968 in Takamatsu, is a classically trained Japanese violinist and composer.
She has performed internationally, including invitational appearances with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and renowned conductor Chung Myung-Whun. Kawai Ikuko performed in New York at her first Carnegie Hall concert at Zankel Hall on October 4, 2008.
Kawai has recorded numerous CDs and performance videos which have been released both in Japan and internationally. In addition to her work as a classical artist, she has worked in popular music with American artists of different genres, including Sheila E. and the Gipsy Kings. She has also appeared as an actress in a Japanese television series.
In honor of her artistry, Kawai has been loaned the use of the University's 1715 Stradivarius violin. (The 1715 Stradivarius is known as one of the greatest works of Antonio Stradivari's "golden period".) She has also played a Francesco Ruggieri violin which was also loaned by Osaka University. Formerly, she played the Guarneri del Gesu (Muntz), loaned in grandis agnitio from the Nippon Foundation.
Takeo Moriyama (森山 威男) is a Japanese jazz drummer born January 27, 1945 in Katsunuma. Moriyama played piano as a child before switching to drums in his late teens. He then attended the Tokyo University of the Arts, taking a degree in percussion performance.
He joined Yosuke Yamashita's small group in 1967, and went on several international tours with the group until leaving it in 1975. He moved to Nagoya in 1977 and began leading his own groups.In addition to Yamashita he has performed or recorded with Aki Takase, Akira Miyazawa, Fumio Itabashi, Masahiko Satoh, Peter Brotzmann, Nobuyoshi Ino, Takehiro Honda, and Manfred Schoof.
Koji Goto (Nagano Koji, January 23, 1973 -) is a pianist from Aichi prefecture.
He started playing classical piano at the age of four. After listening to the performance of Bill Evans (p) in high school and he was interested in jazz. At the same time entering Nanzan University, he began his performance mainly in live houses in Nagoya City, he professionally debuted with Yasuhiro Kohama's (ts) Quartet as he graduated from college.
In addition to his own group activities, he participated in many groups such as Okada (Koji Goto, Tsutomu Okada, Atsushi Kuroda, etc.). Since October 2016, he is a MC of the CBC radio "Koji Goto Jazz Spirit ~ You and Night and Music".
Tanaka Rika is a jazz artist from Hiroshima prefecture. After graduation, she worked at a trading company and started music activities at live houses and hotels mainly in Kansai.
In 2004, her first album 'On Green Dolphin Street' was released and nationwide tours were conducted. After that, she is active based in Kansai.
In July 2009, she released the album "Colors" by Pony Canyon Major. She released tribute album 'Flowers for Blossom' to Blossom in 2015. Since October 2015, Kansai has been in charge of DJ in "KOBE JAZZ - PHONIC RADIO".
Tomohiro Yahirois a Japanese percussionist born in Tokyo,1961. He spent boyhood in Canary Islands, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria where he began to play drums with local rock bands. Came back to Japan in 1979 and he made his professional debut in 1980.
International sensitivity and high performance of originality are loved by many musicians and composers of different style of music. In 80's, he was regular member of epoch making rock band like Jagatara and S-Ken & Hot Bomboms. On the other hand, he has been active with the most representative artists of Japanese Jazz scene and World Jazz such as Yosuke Yamashita, Shigeharu Mukai, Kazumi Watanabe, Fumio Itabashi, Kazutoki Umezu.
In 2004, he formed GAIA CUATRO with Aska Kaneko(vl) and two Argentine musicians, Gerardo Di Giusto(pf),Carlos Buschini(bs). Recently, he started PERCUSSION SOLO PERFORMANCE and is touring all around Japan and participating Percussion Festivals.
Tigran Hamasyan (Armenian: Տիգրան Համասյան ; born July 17, 1987) is an Armenian jazz pianist. He plays mostly original compositions, which are strongly influenced by the Armenian folk tradition, often using its scales and modalities. In addition to Tigran's folk influence, he is much influenced by American jazz traditions and to some extent, as on his album Red Hail, by progressive rock.
His solo album A Fable is most strongly influenced by Armenian folk. Even on his most overt jazz compositions and renditions of well-known jazz pieces, his improvisations often contain embellishments based on scales from Middle Eastern/South Western Asian traditions.
At the age of three he began to play melodies on his family's piano, and he went to a music school from the age of six. As a young child, he dreamed of being a thrash metal guitarist.
He studied jazz from the age of nine, then tried to incorporate local folk melodies into jazz-form improvisations when in his teens. At this stage, Hamasyan was influenced by Armenian composers Arno Babajanian and Avet Terterian. Hamasyan, together with his parents and sister, moved to Yerevan when he was around 10, and then to California when he was 16.
Tomomi Imaoka is a jazz singer born in Okazaki city. She was in charge of keyboard in high school band and started her singing career in Okazaki 's Pops band in earnest. In October 2009, she released the debut album "Dear" which ranked 18th nationwide by popularity vote of female vocal section of swing journal magazine. He has performed with many top jazzman.
She gains popularity with natural singing voice and singing skill, personality not decorated. So far, Tomomi has appeared in live houses in Tokyo, Okazaki and Nagoya events.
Kuroda Kazuya is a Japanese drummer born in Osaka. He joined SINGING ALL STARS at Aichi Gakuin University and played as a drummer. He entered PAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC in Tokyo Yoyogi.
After graduation, he returned to Nagoya and became a member in Nagoya's musicians band. Currently, he is active as a regular member of many bands. Now, he is a lecturer at Nagoya College of Music.
Kawamura Ryu (August 30, 1982 -) is a Japanese jazz bass player, composer and producer from Osaka Prefecture. He began playing electric bass in high school.
At the same time as entering university, he changed to wood base and studied under Mr. Mizutani Hiroaki and collabrated with various musicians. At the International Contrabass Festival held in Hawaii in 2004, he received the award in the jazz category. Also at the same festival, he collaborated with John Clayton, John Collierbus, Glen Moore (oregon) etc at the base quartet, and it gets a good reputation at the concert.
In April 2006, he participated in the International Quartet Tour of Dusco Goykovich.
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Ryo Arayama is a Japanese drummer born in March 1991 in Mizuho-ku, Nagoya City. He began playing the drums at the age of 10 and experienced a number of stages including regional events such as the Aichi Expo and the Tokyo Disney Resort.
Starting activities as a professional since Showa University of Music studies, he was awarded a special prize at the time of graduation.
He won an Individual Award at JAPAN STUDENT JAZZ FESTIVAL 2007. In 2018, he will record and tour with Mr. Toshio Kadomatsu. He was selected as one of 60 emerging musicians in the 2010s.
Matsuoka "matzz" Mr. Takahiro (real name Matsuoka Takahiro) is a percussionist born in Tokyo. He released the album from the BLUE NOTE (JAPAN) label on January 1, 2017 which is a collaborative work with other artists. In 2015, he was chosen as TOP JAZZ Violinist Naoko Terai Bandmen Percussionist.
He played every genre from Pops to Jazz and has a lot of co-starring with Legend at big festivals such as Tokyo Jazz, Fuji Rock Festival, in Asian countries and European countries.
Kurata Daisuke is a Japanese drummer. He was born on May 5, 1970 in Otsu-shi, Shiga Prefecture. In 1998, he played with Mr. Akira Miyazawa of Tenor Sachs which is a pioneer of modern jazz in Japan along with NHK FM radio program "Session 505" with Mori Kenji (Reeds), Keikori (Vo).
In 1999, he released three songs on CUG Jazz Orchestra 's first album "CUG001" led by Yasuhiro Kouma. In the autumn of the same year, he moved to New York for the pursuit of further jazz and performed a wide range of performances such as Seoul, R & B, Latin as well as jazz.
In June 2006, the first leader album "A Foreign Sky" recorded in New York by CUG RECORDS (Roving Spirits). In September 2006, after returning to Japan after staying for seven years in NY, transfer the base to Tokyo.
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor. Starting his career with Donald Byrd, he shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet where Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, Hancock experimented with jazz fusion, funk, and electro styles.
Hancock's best-known compositions include "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man" (later performed by dozens of musicians, including bandleader Mongo Santamaría), "Maiden Voyage", "Chameleon", and the singles "I Thought It Was You" and "Rockit". His 2007 tribute album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album to win the award, after Getz/Gilberto in 1965.
Hancock was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Winnie Belle (Griffin), a secretary, and Wayman Edward Hancock, a government meat inspector. His parents named him after the singer and actor Herb Jeffries. He attended the Hyde Park Academy. Like many jazz pianists, Hancock started with a classical music education. He studied from age seven, and his talent was recognized early. Considered a child prodigy, he played the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major, K. 537 (Coronation) at a young people's concert on February 5, 1952, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (led by CSO assistant conductor George Schick) at the age of 11.
Through his teens, Hancock never had a jazz teacher, but developed his ear and sense of harmony. He was also influenced by records of the vocal group the Hi-Lo's. He reported that:
In 1960, he heard Chris Anderson play just once, and begged him to accept him as a student. Hancock often mentions Anderson as his harmonic guru. Hancock left Grinnell College, moved to Chicago and began working with Donald Byrd and Coleman Hawkins, during which period he also took courses at Roosevelt University (he later graduated from Grinnell with degrees in electrical engineering and music. Grinnell also awarded him an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree in 1972). Byrd was attending the Manhattan School of Music in New York at the time and suggested that Hancock study composition with Vittorio Giannini, which he did for a short time in 1960. The pianist quickly earned a reputation, and played subsequent sessions with Oliver Nelson and Phil Woods. He recorded his first solo album Takin' Off for Blue Note Records in 1962. "Watermelon Man" (from Takin' Off) was to provide Mongo Santamaría with a hit single, but more importantly for Hancock, Takin' Off caught the attention of Miles Davis, who was at that time assembling a new band. Hancock was introduced to Davis by the young drummer Tony Williams, a member of the new band.
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