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Yasushi Nakamura
Yasushi Nakamura is praised for imaginative, quicksilver bass lines that deepen the groove. His blend of guitar-like precision and gut-level blues has sparked collaborations with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Hank Jones, Dave Douglas, Steve Miller, etc. With his charismatic stage presence and artful, hard swinging melodic touch, Nakamura is a first-call performer capturing new audiences and fans around the world.
Born in Tokyo, Nakamura moved to the United States at age 9, and considers both places home. He began with clarinet and tenor saxophone, but his older brother’s study of guitar and drums drove him to pick up the bass. His love of rock and funk aside, the music of Charlie Parker, Ray Brown, Miles Davis were a potent influence on him. Nakamura received a BA in Jazz Performance from Berklee School of Music in 2000, and was awarded a full scholarship to The Juilliard School for his Artist Diploma in 2006. He credits Myron Walden as an early champion, and keeps close ties to Juilliard mentors Victor Goines, Wycliffe Gordon, and Carl Allen, Ben Wolfe all of whom maintain him in their bands.
Christmas Stories
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Jingle Bells; Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Snow Dayz; Shoveling; Silent Night; A Christmas Hymn; The Gift; Last Christmas.
Master Legacy Series Volume 5 Featuring Houston Person
Label: Bandstand Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Why Not?; Isn't It Romantic?; If You Could See Me Now; Just The Way You Are; I Let A Song Go Out Of
My Heart; All My Tomorrows; Blues Everywhere; Sunday Kind Of Love.
Emmet Cohen: Master Legacy Series Volume 5 Featuring Houston Person
by Mike Jurkovic
From its languid beginning, saxophonist Houston Person's own warmly engaging “Why Not?," to its closing, Etta James' slinky seduction “Sunday Kind of Love," Emmet Cohen's Master Legacy Series Vol. 5 Featuring Houston Person is a decidedly laid-back affair, unlike much of its predecessors which featured Jimmy Cobb, Ron Carter, George Coleman, Benny Golson and Albert “Tootie" ...
Joy
Label: Amfi Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Joy; October Phantasy; Green Blues; Morning Dew; Ruby at Play; Suddenly Stars are Falling from
the Sky; Road Ahead; Only Peace Liberates; Getting There; Muse.
Jazz In Marciac 2022
by Martin McFie
Le Chapiteau, L'Astrada, Jgo Jazz in Marciac Marciac, Southern France July 22 to August 6, 2022 The 43rd annual Jazz in Marciac festival welcomed a quarter million concert visitors to the 13th century French village of Marciac (population 1,247). Jazz in Marciac comes late and runs long in the European ...
A Different Drummer, Pt. 7: Rudy Royston’s Higher Calling
by Karl Ackermann
A look at Rudy Royston's resume tells you that the drummer should be more recognized. Royston has racked up credits with Nate Wooley, Jon Irabagon, Tom Harrell, Aruán Ortiz, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Bill Frisell, JD Allen, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ron Miles, Noah Preminger, Ben Allison, Tim Ries, Alex Sipiagin, Linda May Han Oh, Bruce Barth, Don Byron, ...
It Happens Like That
Label: CM2
Released: 2021
Track listing: It Happens Like That;
Last Night;
Razor's Edge;
Cloudy (With a Chance of Rain);
Easy To Forget;
Don't Know Why;
Grey Season;
Disclosure;
Must Be Love;
Liquid Rage;
Do You Ever;
Through With You.
