Taki Masuko

An unconventional and versatile drummer, Takaaki 'Taki' Masuko remains best known as the source of the "astonishing centrifugal force” and “breathtakingly complex rhythms” (The Cleveland Plain Dealer) that made Ithaca, NY’s alt-rock-mountain-music unit The Horse Flies an internationally beloved cult band. Yet what initially brought Masuko to the US from Japan in 1979 was his desire to explore improvisation using orchestral and world percussion via Gunther Schuller's Third Stream program at the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC).

His forty+ year career crosses genres and encompasses solo work and numerous collaborations, recordings, and live performances across five continents with artists ranging from David Byrne and Les Miserable Brass Band, Satoko Fujii and Natusuki Tamura, Claire Ritter, Tapestry, Richie Stearns, the Zamir Chorale of Boston, Sabana Banca, and Telltale Crossing, among many others.

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