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The start of the group goes back to the fall of 1979, when Mitsuyoshi Azuma (b. February 29, 1956), a student at Faculty of Science & Engineering of Waseda University organized a big band concert with his friends at Modern Jazz Society as a memory-making event before the college graduation. This group was meant to break up at the time of ...
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Casiopea (カシオペア, Kashiopea, derived from the name of the constellation Cassiopeia), is a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, drummer Tohru "Rika" Suzuki, and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike.
Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion, usually the drum set, in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz-rock fusion and 1980s-era Latin jazz. Stylistically, this aspect of performance was shaped by its starting place, New Orleans, [ 6 ] as well as numerous other regions of the world, including other parts ...
The Hatano Jazz Band is sometimes described as the first Japanese jazz band, [9] although they were primarily a dance band. [10] The band, which was created in 1912 by graduates from Tokyo Music School, [11] absorbed and performed American dance music after traveling to San Francisco, [12] but their music did not claim to feature jazz ...
Together with Mute Beat band member Kazufumi Kodama, he worked on various projects and formed the duo Kodama & Gota. [ 1 ] From 1986 on, Yashiki entered the European music scene, collaborating with numerous well-known artists, including Soul II Soul , Sinéad O'Connor and Seal , while also working on film soundtracks and re-mixes.
Harold Mabern – piano; Junior Mance [1] – piano; Herbie Mann – sax, flute; Hank Marr – organ; Pat Martino – guitar; Hugh Masekela – trumpet; Les McCann [1] – piano; Jack McDuff [2] – organ
In just three years, the band played in ten outdoor music festivals throughout Japan, including Newport Jazz Festival '02 in Madaro, Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival 2002 in Shizuoka, and Rising Sun Rock Festival in Hokkaido. In September 2002 their first full album, Kugatsu no Sola (September Sky) was released, reaching No.10 on the billboard.