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Daisuke Konno
In 2011, Daisuke got an opportunity to go to New York City for three months. He played with the outstanding jazz-funk band "Woven Notes" at The Winery at St. George in Mohegan Lake and Groove in Greenwich Village many times at that time. He recorded with the young talented pianist, Yuki Terashima for his album "Tareginal" in 2013. In 2014, He invited the band "samA & EAU DE MOND" to New York City and produced their concerts at The Winery at St. George and Groove. In August 2015, he returned to Japan for recording sessions and concerts with "samA & EAU DE MOND." He recorded for their second album "WHITE NIGHT WALTZ" and played in the concert for CD release celebration at Rakuya in Tokyo.
In 2018, Daisuke recorded with acclaimed musicians based in New York City, Bruce Edwards (guitar), Ben Paterson (piano) and Nori Naraoka (bass) for his first album “Taking the D."
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World Jazz Quintet: Live At QPAC Theatre
by Troy Dostert
Although all the members of the World Jazz Quintet are New York-based, the group's name does evoke the global palette of its music. Led by pianist Francis Honwho, on his trio outing Before Dawn (2018), worked within pop and classical idioms in addition to conventional jazzthe World Jazz Quintet incorporates traditional Asian folk musics and a good dose of funk-based fusion in achieving its synthesis of musical touchstones. The seven cuts on Live at QPAC Theatre are well-paced, ...
read moreDaisuke Konno: Taking the D
by Chris Mosey
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 the Beatles. I was 13 years old and my mother had a Beatles compilation album. I started copying Ringo's drums. Drums were the only ...
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