Results for "Takafumi Nikaido"

Takafumi Nikaido

Jun Iida: Bellflower

by Jack Bowers
July 27, 2026

Bellflower, trumpeter Jun Iida's second recording, is a cordial and even-tempered survey of nine of his original compositions and one by the late Japanese composer Nujabes, ably performed by Iida's talented sextet with spoken word by Zelda Harris on Iida's heartfelt response to warfare and its anguish, “Will They Remember?" While Iida is a ...

Tailwind

By Ittetsu Nasuda

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Frigatebird; La Madrugada; Rinne Tensei; Arroz Con Mi Son; Centro Habana; Tadoussac; September Breeze; Grayscale; Walking by the Sea; Ishigaki Blues; Old Putnam Trail; Sparkling Reflection.

Paquito D’Rivera Quintet at Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
September 30, 2025

Paquito D'Rivera Quintet Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA September 26, 2025 On Friday night at SFJAZZ's Miner Auditorium, Paquito D'Rivera walked out smiling, a clarinet at his side and seven decades of stagecraft in his pocket. The Cuban-born NEA Jazz Master had long argued that the hallway between the conservatory ...

Ittetsu Nasuda: Tailwind

by Edward Blanco
January 22, 2025

Hailing from Tokyo, Japan, Ittetsu Nasuda is a distinguished jazz pianist based in New York City whose exploration of contemporary and Afro- Cuban jazz and his overall affinity for the Latin jazz sound has helped him become a firmly established player within the jazz scene in the Big Apple. Tailwind is his recording debut; leading a ...