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Musician

Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1978, Daisuke started playing drums at the age of 16. As a youth he intensively studied the style of legendary Jazz drummers such as Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, etc. He began his professional career as a drummer in 2001. In 2004, Daisuke joined the renowned jazz band "The Shocking" which includes trumpeter Osamu Ueishi who won a Grammy award in 2011, and has toured with the band throughout Japan. In 2009, he worked with Isao Suzuki, one of the greatest jazz bassists who played with world famous jazz musicians such as Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Ella Fitzgerald, Jim Hall and the legendary group "Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers." In 2010, Daisuke recorded with Junko Akimoto, an acclaimed pop singer from Japan, whose number one hit "Ai No Mama De" sold 568,334 copies in 2009

Album

Taking the D

By Daisuke Konno

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: Talking to C; Bluesette; Someone to Watch Over Me; Sunny; Just Squeeze Me; Bewitched; Here, There and Everywhere; Taking the D.

Article: Album Review

Daisuke Konno: Taking the D

Read "Taking the D" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
December 25, 2018

Choosing material for his first album, Taking the D, melody came first and foremost for Japanese drummer Daisuke Konno. He says: “I picked songs with beautiful melodies because I wanted as many people as possible to enjoy my music--not just jazz lovers." Konno's musical odyssey from Tokyo to New York City began with ...

Album

From QPAC Theatre

By Francis Hon

Label: Francis Hon Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Astor Place; Spring Breeze 望春風; Soul Shadows; Ultimo fin de Samana; One's Way Back 귀로; Memory Games; Little Niles