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Masashi Usui

Japanese jazz tenor saxophonist, composer and arranger Masashi Usui has been in Montreal since 2014. He has a special ability to interpret traditional American jazz but with a contemporary freshness. He is on a pilgrimage to Montreal, and soaking up the rich jazz scene. He graduated Masters of Music in Jazz Performance at Schulich School of Music of McGill University in which he acquired a Schulich Scholarship and a Graduate Excellence Fellowship.

He has accompanied prominent jazz artists in North America, including drummer Fukushi Tainaka, André White, Dave Laing, and Mark Taylor, saxophonist Al McLean, trumpeter Kevin Dean, guitarist Mike Rud, and Greg Clayton, pianist André White, Geoff Lapp, Joe Sealy, Paul Shrofel, and Richard Clements, bassist Alec Walkington, Alex Bellegarde, Elias Bailey, and Adrian Vedady.

In Japan, saxophonist Akira Ohmori, guitarist Sunao Wada, pianist Hideaki Yoshioka.

Awards

2016 Acquired a Graduate Excellence Fellowship valued at $1,000 from Schulich School of Music of McGill University. 2015 Acquired a Schulich Scholarship and a Graduate Excellence Fellowship valued at $22,500 from Schulich School of Music of McGill University. 1998 15th Toyama Prefecture Youth Music Competition Winner. All time highest number of laureates. “Youth Music Awards”, “Education Dean Award”, “Fukui Music Awards”, “North Japan Newspaper President Award”, “Cultural League Awards”, and “Woodwinds Awards”.


Tags

Primary Instrument

Saxophone, tenor

Location

Quebec

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Practical Instruction Saxophone Instructor at Schulich School of Music of McGill University *Master of Music in Jazz Performance at Schulich School of Music of McGill University. *Bachelor of Arts – The Instrumental Music Winds and Percussion, Department of Music, Faculty of Music, Aichi University of the Arts.

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Late night

Ia (independent Artists)
2021

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All That You See

Office THE SOUND
2017

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Dança do Amor

From: Late night
By Masashi Usui

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