Live at Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum 2020.01.24

Artist Profile

• Takashi Sugawa

  Takashi began his music career at age 11 playing classical cello, then switched to bass when he was 18. After graduated Berklee College of Music in 2006, Takashi moved to Brooklyn, NY., where he met Masabumi Kikuchi, whose music and art exerted a strong influence on Takashi. In 2009, Takashi left New York and returned to Japan, settling in Tokyo. He joined the Terumasa Hino Quintet in 2010 and had been become a regular member of the band for 6 years. Takashi is currently playing with several other bands as well, including the Kosuke Mine Quartet, Tamaya Honda Trio, Michiyo Yagi Trio, and Shun Ishiwaka Trio. He has performed at such jazz festivals as The Montreux (CH), Detroit (US), Tokyo Jazz (JP), Like a jazz machine fest (LU), Brisbane (AU) and the Mores Festival (DE) etc. Takashi's debut album CD "Outgrowing" was released in November 2018.In January 2020, "Time Remembered" by Masaki Hayashi (p) and Shun Ishiwaka (ds) by 'Banksia Trio' was released from Days of Delight.

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• Shiro Sadamura

  Born in Tokyo in 1963. He studied jazz violin with Matt Glaser at Berklee College of Music in 1984. In 1987, transferred to New York City University CITY COLLEGE, and received a personal lesson for Ron Carter, director of jazz department, and at the same time guided by the concert master Yoko Takebe of the NewYork Philharmonic. 1988-90 Regular participation in Eddie Palmieri Band, performance in US tours, European jazz festivals. In 1995, he formed UPLINKERS, a NY-based free funk project centered on improvisation. In 2005, he announced his first work "METAMORPHOSIS", and received guests such as Eddie Palmieri and Ron Carter, and was acclaimed by various media including jazz, funk, Latin and contemporary music. In the spring of 2012, he returned to Japan with a period in 28 years of American life. Currently, based in Japan, started a new music activity as a jazz violin guru.

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