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Keisuke Kishi

Born: June 18, 1988

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Drummer Keisuke, based in Japan, began his professional career in the world of jazz, influenced by drummers such as Tony Williams, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Brian Blade.

Born in Hiroshima, he encountered jazz at the age of 20 in Osaka, where he played in numerous bands and performed at venues like Billboard Osaka and Tower Records, and participated in jazz festivals, showcasing a diverse range of musical activities.

In 2016, he traveled to Tanzania, Africa, to study under Gogo musician Hakwe Zawose's son, Julius Zawose, and played the Ngoma drums and ilimba instruments, representing the Zawose tradition.

Midpoint Cafe

By Keisuke Kishi

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Midpoint Cafe; Santa Fe; We Saw Him; Inside Utah; New Days.

Keisuke Kishi: Midpoint Cafe

by Dan McClenaghan
April 15, 2024

Did drummer Keisuke Kishi, on a continent-spanning road trip, “get his kicks on route 66?" Possibly, though he--as anyone making the journey for the first time would--certainly had his eyes opened to wide-open spaces, stark, flat landscapes and pale blue skies. Bobby Troup wrote an R&B song in 1946 called “(Get You Kicks On) ...

Elsewhere

By Keisuke Kishi

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Shade of Tree; Over the Rainbow; Laulea; Torii; Kahakai Mehana; E O Mai; Lockdown; Elsewhere.

Keisuke Kishi: Elsewhere

by Dan McClenaghan
May 16, 2021

The album is titled Elsewhere. It is the work of Japanese drummer Keisuke Kishi, who is based in New York. But where is elsewhere? Is it the western shore of Oahu, an area of stark landscapes and poverty, in relative isolation from the bustling tourism of Waikiki? Or is it Bagamoyo, Tanzania? The album's cover art ...

Shade of Tree

April 29, 2021

Album: Elsewhere
By Keisuke Kishi
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Duration: 05:32