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Listings Live Beat Gig Guide Details - Jazz jam with Nobuki Tokamen
Listings Live Beat Gig Guide Details - Jazz jam with Nobuki Tokamen
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Cover: none
this jam session is part of Jazz festival activities.
Guitarist/Composer Nobuki Takamen, http://www.nobukitakamen.com or www.myspace.com/nobukitakamen born in 1977 and raised in
Hiroshima, Japan, now resides in Jersey City, NJ and performs in the
Tri-State area.
Nobuki leads his own band, NOBUKI TAKAMEN GROUP which performs
his original compositions and arrangements. A mainstay of the New York
jazz scene, he has performed at jazz clubs, including Blue Note New York and Iridium Jazz Club and jazz festivals, including the
Montreal Intreanational Jazz Festival 2009, the Medicine Hat Jazz Fest
2009, the Calgary Jazz Festival 2009 and the Rochester International
Jazz Festival 2007 and he has also toured annually throughout Japan
since 2004.
Nobuki has two albums as a leader released
from What's New Records. Both the first album, Bull's Blues (2006) and the
second, FROM NOW ON (2008) are comprised entirely of his original
compositions and have been featured in DownBeat, Just Jazz Guitar,
AllAboutJazz, Jazz Guitar Book, LA Jazz Scene, Jazz Life Magazine and
Swing Journal.
The third album, Live at the Iridium
was recorded live at New York's Iridium Jazz Club on July 15th, 2009
and it is to be released from Summit Records in July 2010.
Nobuki endorses Acoustic Image, Raezer's
Edge, Taylor Guitars and Yamaha USA
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