Thirty Fingers

Artist Profile

• Yusei Takahashi

  Yusei Takahashi started playing the electronic organ at the age of 5, and was introduced to Bill Evans when he was in junior high school and became interested in jazz. He trained in a workshop run by Terumasa Hino during his junior high school days, and was soon called up as a top-notch jazzman, appearing on stage at night at Shinjuku Pit-inn in his second year of high school. After that, he rapidly rose to prominence and was appointed as a regular member of the Terumasa Hino Band in his mid-twenties. Currently, in addition to the music unit "Himitsu Kichi" that he presides over, he is active mainly in "Setagaya Trio", "Mitsudomoe", and "m°fe", as well as supporting STUTS, YUKI, Tabito Nanao, Koki Okamoto, and others. He is active in a wide variety of fields, not just jazz. Recently, his duo album "NŪ" (2022) with Sadanori Nakamure, which he produced himself and has an age difference of 60 years, has become a hot topic.

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• Kazuhiro Takemoto

  Kazuhiro Takemoto started playing the electronic instrument at the age of 6 and won first place in the YEC Electone World Championship in his second year of high school. He was inspired by Chick Corea's "Friends" when he was in the fourth grade of elementary school and became interested in jazz, and honed his skills by studying with Makoto Ozone, Satoru Shionoya, and Takana Miyamoto. While he was a student at Kunitachi College of Music, he accumulated achievements such as being selected as a selected member of the "Yosuke Yamashita Special Concert" and the "JFC All Star Big Band" produced by Makoto Ozone, and graduated from the jazz major at the top of his class. He won the Yatabe Prize. After graduating, he has been involved in a variety of activities with top jazzmen, including being appointed to the Yosuke Inoue Trio. In 2020, he released his own trio, "I Pray".

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• Hatsune Hirakura

  Professional Pianist, Hatsune HIrakura has had many performances with multiple bands in the Osaka and Tokyo area, including as a leader with her trio Hatsune Hirakura Trio. Pianist for Terri Lyne Carrington Berklee summer jazz workshop band in 2016. A Japan tour with her duo this December includes guest artists such as Takuya Kuroda on Trumpet. In April in 2019, 4 nights performance at the Bern jazz festival in Switzerland with drummer Ralph Peterson . In May in 2019, tour with Saxophonist Melissa Aldana in Boston, Connecticut, Philadelphia, and New York. Returned to Japan in 2020 and is active in the Japanese jazz scene based in Tokyo.After releasing her debut work 'Tears' (2022), she released 'Wheel of Time' (2023) and 'Moon and Venus' (2024) from <Days of Delight>. She is attracting attention as a talented young pianist.

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  Hatsune Hirakuraの他のリリース

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    Wheel of Time Hatsune Hirakura
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    Moon and Venus Hatsune Hirakura