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Shigeki Kawahara
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Shigeki Kawahara was born in Albany, New York, USA in 1960. One year later, he moved to Japan. He began learning the piano at the age of three.
In 1972, he bought an album of Quincy Jones named “Smackwater Jack”. He liked TV program “Ironside” at the time. Soundtrack was produced by Quincy Jones. This album turned him to Jazz music. It was really fascinating for him to listen to such rich and jazzy arrangement he had never listened to before. Ever since then, he became a long time big fan of Quincy. He learned many cool sounds of musical instruments such as Rhodes Electric piano, Mini Moog, Hammond B-3, Solina String Ensemble, and many more.
During his high school age, he joined a brass band where he had experiences in playing trumpets and saxophones. In that brass band, he became more like an arranger/ band leader than a horn player, practicing arrangement of bigband, and learning characteristics of different horn instruments. You can see, he was already a “Quincy-wanna-bee”.
In his first 3 years in college (1979-82), he was most active and busy as a keyboard and piano player mostly in live performance. He was playing with a 9-piece jazz/ fusion combo around 50 live sessions per year. At the time, Joe Sample and Herbie Hancock were (sure, they still are) his idle. “Rhodes Piano” was a main keyboard. Even now, Rhodes sound is a basic ingredient of his sound arrangement.
In 1972, he bought an album of Quincy Jones named “Smackwater Jack”. He liked TV program “Ironside” at the time. Soundtrack was produced by Quincy Jones. This album turned him to Jazz music. It was really fascinating for him to listen to such rich and jazzy arrangement he had never listened to before. Ever since then, he became a long time big fan of Quincy. He learned many cool sounds of musical instruments such as Rhodes Electric piano, Mini Moog, Hammond B-3, Solina String Ensemble, and many more.
During his high school age, he joined a brass band where he had experiences in playing trumpets and saxophones. In that brass band, he became more like an arranger/ band leader than a horn player, practicing arrangement of bigband, and learning characteristics of different horn instruments. You can see, he was already a “Quincy-wanna-bee”.
In his first 3 years in college (1979-82), he was most active and busy as a keyboard and piano player mostly in live performance. He was playing with a 9-piece jazz/ fusion combo around 50 live sessions per year. At the time, Joe Sample and Herbie Hancock were (sure, they still are) his idle. “Rhodes Piano” was a main keyboard. Even now, Rhodes sound is a basic ingredient of his sound arrangement.
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The Streamliner
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playcolt wrote:
Oggi si sente si sente molta jazz fusion, la maggior parte molto ripetitiva e banale,fotunatamente Shigeki non fa parte di questa maggioranza,anzi........!
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reimusho wrote:
have a try later
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mirijoijo wrote:
Shigeki...!, Fantastic musical harmony, I like to listen to this theme with the instruments. I know I've learned to listen and adapt the saxophone to my ear through your music. I wish you all the best and keep your creativity so. Wooow...!, I've 60 srobblings at the moment...
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MirkoFait wrote:
I've downloaded it... ;) great! thanks!!!
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DoubleUIM wrote:
I don't know why but driving in the night to another funky world makes me fly over the horizon! Sometimes a bit too slick but I love it! Fine guitar playing too! DoubleUIM
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jay_cortez wrote:
hello Yep i like your music :) keep it going. Arigato! Jay
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bkantelis wrote:
Love the rich keyboards in The Streamliner. The same wonderful robust melody that I enjoy from Joe Sample. Count me a fan!
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Jin Radio intorducing Shigeki and TIG
5 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/Shigeki Kawahara -
南国でビタミン補給！
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Seawindが復活する4: "Reunion"が発売されました！
26 Apr 2009 | from homepage.mac.com/shigekikawahara/shigekijazz/index.html
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stanko72 tagged Shigeki Kawahara with ‘smooth jazz’. yesterday morning
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