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Tak Shindo

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Born
11 November 1922
Born In
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, United States
Died
17 April 2002 (aged 79)
Tak Shindo (1922–2002) led an extraordinary musical career while remaining primarily in the background. He served as arranger, composer, and musical advisor for film, television, radio, and Las Vegas revues. He released several successful albums in the genre, was a dance band leader who never missed a New Year’s Eve in forty years, performed in recording sessions on and on a variety of band instruments, acted in bit parts in Hollywood, served as a translator and tour guide in Japan, was a musical columnist and publisher, studied historical musicology and Asian religions… read more
Tak Shindo (1922–2002) led an extraordinary musical career while remaining primarily in the background. He served as arranger, composer, and musical advisor for film, television, radio, and Las Vegas revues. He released several successful albums in the genre, was a dance band leader w… read more
Tak Shindo (1922–2002) led an extraordinary musical career while remaining primarily in the background. He served as arranger, composer, and musical advisor for film, television, radio, and Las Vegas revues. He released several successful albums in the genre, was a dance band leader who never missed a New Year’s Eve in forty years, performed in recording … read more

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1 Play track Mganga! Mombasa Love Song
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2 Bali Ha'i - Digitally Remastered 1995 Bali Ha'i - Digitally Remastered 1995
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3 Some Skin: A Modern Harmonic Bongo & Percussion Party Wild Percussion
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4 Play track Tak Shindo. Brass and Bamboo / Accent on Bambo. Exciting Big-Band Standards with an Oriental Flavor Stumbling
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5 Mganga! The Primitive Sounds of Tak Shindo Safari to Kenya
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6 Stumbling - Remastered Stumbling - Remastered
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7 Mganga! Mwanza Market Place
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8 Play track Tak Shindo. Brass and Bamboo / Accent on Bambo. Exciting Big-Band Standards with an Oriental Flavor Bali Ha'i
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9 Mganga! The Primitive Sounds of Tak Shindo Bantu Spear Dance
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10 N'ga--The Maiden N'ga--The Maiden
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  1. 8,553 listeners

    1 Oct 2017 · 12 tracks

    Mganga!
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  2. 1,268 listeners

    48 tracks

    Presenting Tak Shindo
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  3. 1,253 listeners

    1 Oct 2014 · 24 tracks

    Tak Shindo. Brass and Bamboo / Accent on Bambo. Exciting Big-Band Standards with an Oriental Flavor
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  4. 979 listeners

    18 Jun 2013 · 14 tracks

    Brass and Bamboo (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1959)
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