Results for "Moto Fukushima"

Moto Fukushima

Born: February 23

Born in Kobe, Japan, and currently based in NYC. Six-string bass player, composer, and shamisen player.

He received the Outstanding Performer Award before graduating Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music. His musical style is a unique combination of Western classical music, Japanese traditional music, and African-inspired music of South America, which is evident in his jazz improvisation. His playing is characterized by a remarkable blend of finesse, subtlety, and power.

He is a co-leader of the Brooklyn-based power trio, House of Waters. The band has released two albums on the Grammy Award-winning group Snarky Puppy's GroundUp label, with the first album reaching #2 on the iTunes World Music chart, and the second album hitting #4 on the iTunes Jazz chart.

Chicken Or Pasta

By Oscar Penas

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Chicken Or Pasta; M.A.S.; October; The Seventies; Spaghetti Western; Extraordinary Ordinary; As Long as I Have You; Ethereal.

On Becoming

By House of Waters

Label: GroundUP Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Folding Cranes; Avaloch; 705; Hang in the Air; Tsumamion; Azures; Still; The Wall; Kabuseori.

House of Waters: On Becoming

by Jim Worsley
October 7, 2023

Flowing in many directions yet forever staying in the moment is largely the challenge and artistic purpose of House of Waters. Here they once again bring forth new and creative concepts that are freely exchanged and intertwined. New beginnings, drawn from multiple sources, as well as further exploration of the past, create the wonder, awe, and ...

Spaghetti Western

July 3, 2023

Album: Chicken Or Pasta
By Oscar Penas
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Duration: 5:24

Where I Wander

By Max ZT

Label: GroundUP Music
Released: 2022

Rising

By Max ZT

Label: GroundUP Music
Released: 2019

House of Waters: The Fresh Fountain of Fusion

by Jim Worsley
August 26, 2019

Fascinating is the first word that comes to mind, followed by insightful, sophisticated, adventurous, engrossing, and perhaps even astounding. Am I making reference to House of Water's most recent record, Rising (GroundUP, 2019) or am referring to a conversation with the three accomplished and notably bright musicians who comprise House of Waters? The answer is yes. ...

House of Waters: Rising

by Jim Worsley
July 28, 2019

A musical instrument with a sounding board or box, typically trapezoidal in shape, over which strings of graduated length are stretched and played by being struck with handheld hammers. Step to the head of the class if you immediately knew this was describing a dulcimer. It's not an instrument generally associated with jazz. Come to think ...

House of Waters

By Max ZT

Label: GroundUP Music
Released: 2016