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Fit as a Twin Fiddle

Tact Yamada

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A duo recorded sound sources by Japan's only jazz fiddler Tact Yamada based in Tokyo and fellow jazz fiddler Davis West based in Germany, is finally released in May 2025.
The two encountered in December 2024 and hit it off, resulting in a tense mini-album with just a twin fiddle. The album contains five original songs by Tact Yamada, including two new songs composed for Davis West inspired by this stimulating encounter.
Their well-coordinated performance is as exciting and perfectly matched as the phrase of "fit as a fiddle". One thing is certain, the intense session that captures the fateful meeting of the two fiddlers is worth listening to.

Artist Profile

  • Tact Yamada

    Tact Yamada is a fiddler based in Tokyo. He was born in 1991 and started classical violin at the age of 7, then switched to jazz violin when he was in high school. After graduating from the Jazz Course at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, he moved to New York alone in 2015 in order to further his jazz violin playing technique. He returned to Japan in 2016 and began his career in Japan as a "jazz fiddler" specializing in jazz and fiddle music. He participated as a member of Jon Sholle, Kathy Chiavola and Joe Walsh's Tokyo performances, and also held a workshop in Tokyo with Nashville fiddler Christian Sydelmyer.   In recent years, he has expanded his range of activities by participating as a tour member in Yoshihiro Kai and Naotaro Moriyama's new acoustic project. Currently, Tact Yamada is undoubtedly an indispensable and important player when the sound of the American music is required in Japan.

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