Imininingwane yokuzijabulisa
Dennis Frese (izigubhu)
Wazalelwa eHanover, eJalimane. Uthole iziqu e-Berklee College of Music phezulu ekilasini lakhe. Ngemva kokubuyela eJalimane, wenza noBranford Marsalis, uJesse Davis, uMichel Reis, uJulian & Roman Wasserfuhr, uMartin Sasse, nabanye, futhi wandisa imisebenzi yakhe yokusebenza kulo lonke elaseYurophu, kuyilapho enza uphawu emkhakheni wezemfundo. Isekelwe e-Tokyo kusukela ngo-2009. Abalingisi abakhulu bahlanganisa uMakoto Ozone, Sadao Watanabe, Seiko Matsuda, Lisa Ono, Seiichi Nakamura, Tomonao Hara, Kengo Nakamura, Takana Miyamoto, Dan Nimmer, Jun Abe, no-Elena Terakubo. Ibambe iqhaza ekurekhodweni kuka-Miki Imai, u-Eisaku Yoshida, u-Kanji Ishimaru, u-JuJu, njll. Uyavela nasezinhlelweni zomculo nasezikhangisweni. Ikhiphe i-albhamu ehamba phambili ku-78LABEL, eholwa ngu-Satoshi Konno. Njengamanje, ufundisa abafundi abancane njengomfundisi eSenzoku Gakuen College of Music Jazz Course. Umxhasi we-Canopus, Zildjan, kanye nethiphu ye-Regal.
Jima Kano (izigubhu)
Ukushaya kwakhe isigubhu okumangalisayo, kwesinye isikhathi kuyashukumisa futhi kwesinye isikhathi kuyazwela, kuyajabulisa izihlabani zakhe kanye nezethameli. Wazalelwa e-Osaka ngo-1975. Ethonywe abazali bakhe abathanda umculo, waqala ukuthanda izigubhu kusukela esemncane. Lapho eneminyaka engu-19, wathuthela e-United States futhi wabhalisa eSikhungo Somculo eLos Angeles. Ngemva kokuphothula iziqu, waqhubeka nokuba nezikhathi namaqembu omculo we-jazz, isiLatini, i-funk, ne-pop ikakhulukazi e-LA, futhi wabamba iqhaza emaqenjini afana noShannon McNally, uDale Fielder, uRafael Moreira, noRed Young. Ubuyele e-Japan ngo-2000. Uqale imisebenzi yakhe eJapan ngokubamba iqhaza ku-Takehisa Tanaka Trio, futhi useke wabamba iqhaza emaqenjini afana ne-PINK BONGO kanye nekaGetao Takahashi ethi CRYSTAL JAZZ LATINO. Ubonisa amakhono akhe ngezitayela ezahlukene zeseshini, imibukiso ebukhoma, nokuqoshwa.
Kazuhiro Odagiri (izigubhu)
Wazalelwa eYokohama ngo-1987 emndenini ocula umculo, wachayeka emculweni kusukela esemncane. Waqala ukudlala izinsimbi zomculo ezishaywayo eneminyaka engu-12 kanye nezigubhu eneminyaka engu-17, futhi ngemva kokungena e-Kunitachi College of Music, wafunda umculo we-classical ne-jazz. Esafunda isikole, ikhono lakhe latholwa abaculi abaphambili baseJapan abafana noSadao Watanabe (saxophone) noMakoto Ozone (pf), futhi wawina umklomelo weYosuke Yamashita lapho ethweswa iziqu. Wabe esefunda phesheya eBerklee College of Music eBoston njengomfundi wemifundaze, waphothula phezulu ekilasini lakhe. Ngenkathi esafunda isikole, wabonakala kuBlue Note NY, Beantown Jazz Festival, WBGO Jazz 88.3FM, njll., futhi ngemva kokuphothula, wathuthela eNew York. Ucule nabaculi abahlukahlukene kuzo zonke izinhlobo zezinhlobo, okuhlanganisa uMaria Schneider, Amajeketi Aphuzi, uKoichi Sugiyama, uTakuya Kuroda, kanye neTokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Ngokusekelwe ku-Jazz, uhileleke emculweni we-Funk, i-Rock, i-R&B, i-Reggae, i-Brazilian, i-Afro-cuban, ne-Madagascan, futhi isitayela sakhe sokusebenza, esinganqunyelwe uhlobo, sidonse ukunaka ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene. "CANOPUS" inkontileka yamaciko aphesheya kwezilwandle, uNonaka Boeki Istanbul “Agop” umxhasi.
Mayuko Katakura (piano)
Wazalelwa eSendai City, eMiyagi Prefecture ngo-1980. Uqale ukudlala upiyano lwakudala esemncane. Lapho engena eSenzo Gakuen Junior College, washintshela ophiyano lwe-jazz wafunda upiyano ngaphansi kweMasaaki Imaizumi. Ngemva kokuphothula eyunivesithi efanayo phezulu ekilasini lakhe, wathola umfundaze eBerklee College of Music ngo-2002 futhi wabhalisa lapho. Esafunda isikole, wayedlala ngokuphindaphindiwe ezindlini ezihlala eBoston noChristian Scott, Dave Santoro, nabanye. Ngo-2004, uthole umklomelo wePiano Achievement Award futhi waphothula. Ngemva kokuphothula izifundo zakhe, wacula noDick Oates, uJerry Burgany, nabanye, wabonakala njengomdlali wepiyano kaDave Santoro kuLitchfield Jazz Festival ngo-August 2004. Ngo-September 8, wangena Juilliard School of Music. Ufunde upiyano no-Kenny Barron futhi wahlanganisa u-Carl Allen no-Ben Wolf. Esesesikoleni, wadlala noHank Jones, uDonald Harrison, uCarl Allen, uBen Wolfe, u-Eddie Henderson, uVictor Goins, noDominic Farinacci. Ngo-2005, wawina umncintiswano weMary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Piano Competition, kwathi ngoMeyi olandelayo, wahola abakhe abathathu ukuthi bacule emcimbini ofanayo we-jazz. Uphinde waqokwa njengowandulela owamanqamu emqhudelwaneni iThelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition owawungoSepthemba 9. Njengamanje uyasebenza njengelungu leqembu lakhe abathathu, iMasabumi Yamaguchi Quartet, iMasahiko Osaka Group, iKimiko Ito Group, iNao Takeuchi Quartet, i-MOST, njll. Ngo-September 2006, wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe ehamba phambili ethi "Inspiration". Uthole Indondo Yenkanyezi Entsha kuma-5rd Jazz Disc Awards axhaswe yi-Swing Journal. Ngo-September 2006, i-albhamu yabo yesibili "Face" yakhululwa.
Junichi Sato (bass)
Wazalelwa eTokyo. Wathola i-jazz esikoleni esiphakeme futhi waqala ukudlala i-bass. Uthole iziqu e-Kunitachi College of Music, Department of Performance and Creative Writing, Majoring in Jazz and Majoring in Jazz Bass. Ufunde ibhesi ngaphansi kuka-Yosuke Inoue no-Ken Kaneko. Ngo-2016 nango-2017, wakhethwa okhethweni lwe-BigBand JFC All Star BigBand ku-Jazz Festival e-Conservatory iminyaka emibili ilandelana, futhi wadlala e-Tokyo Jazz. Useke walingisa noMakoto Ozone, Yosuke Yamashita, Takana Miyamoto, Steven Feifke, Eiji Kitamura, Eijiro Nakagawa, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Stafford Hunter, Akira Jimbo, Toru Takahashi, noMeg Okura. Isebenza kakhulu e-Tokyo nge-acoustic bass namabhesi kagesi.