Seiki Yukimoto

Seiki "Yuki" Yukimoto is an internationally acclaimed trumpet and quena play with a forty year career marked by sold out shows and collaborations with prominent musicians.  In addition to his original recorded compostions, Mr Yukimoto has written music for and appeared in several movies including the award winning  "Chasing Train."

After spending his early adult years on the lower east side of New York City playing at local clubs incluging the original Knitting Factory with his mentor and bandmate legendary trumpeter Don Cherry, Mr. Yukimoto returned to Osaka Japan with a renewed musical vision. His inspiration led him to form the  successful group Soulbleed.  He and the band released four critically acclaimed live albums and are famous for their improvisational style and the passion they infuse into each performance.

In New York, Mr Yukimoto joined with an elite group of living Jazz icons  to form Soulbleed East Meets West.   He leads the band as they freely interpret his original compostions for their appearance at NUBLU as part of the Jazz Festival.  Mr Yukimoto has written about the show and was featured in a recent issue of Jaz-in Magazine.   The band's Sept 2024 sold out show at NUBLU  received a glowing review in the the Amsterdam News describing how the  these jazz veterans played off of each other with palpable chemisty.

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