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Ittetsu Nasuda: Tailwind

by Edward Blanco
January 22, 2025

Hailing from Tokyo, Japan, Ittetsu Nasuda is a distinguished jazz pianist based in New York City whose exploration of contemporary and Afro- Cuban jazz and his overall affinity for the Latin jazz sound has helped him become a firmly established player within the jazz scene in the Big Apple. Tailwind is his recording debut; leading a vibrant quintet of New York-based musicians offering a 12-track set of original compositions that blends a hybrid of Afro-Cuban elements, a modern jazz sound ...