Jazz Articles about Masa Takumi

Masa Takumi: Heritage

by Robin B James
July 30, 2020

An amazing blend of modern orchestration and arrangement strategies with ancient Japanese Court sounds, instruments and vocals from previous centuries, a sound and rhythm resonant with multi-textured compositions that are friendly to the fingertips all the way to the toes for the beat, as well as to the ear for the groove. A feeling that carries layered meanings, a sonic representation of some aspects of Japanese cultural iconography set to a modern funky groove for which multi-instrumentalist Masa Takumi has ...