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| Location: | Brooklyn, New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jul 25, 2008 (523 days back) |
About Me |
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| Akihiro Nishiguchi was born and raised in Japan with great family and friends.At age of 12,He went to Konan junior high school where he had met Big band jazz for the first time. He took private lesson with Hiroshi Ozone for 5years since he was 18 years old,and his serious study of the tenor saxophone began.In 1997, He won the first prize from the Student Jazz Festivals that is held every year by Japan Association for Jazz Education. While attending the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto(His major was Psychology), he started to perform with his own band. In 2003, He was awarded a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music. And,he decided to become a musician and moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music in 2004.At Berklee, He had opportunities to study with Joe Lovano, Hal Crook, George Garzone,Dave Santoro and Frank Tiberi; also, he had a honor of being the first Saxophone chair in the Berklee’s finest large ensembles: the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra that is led by Greg Hopkins and the Rainbow Band that is led by Phil Wilson. Since coming to Boston, He has toured Ecuador, USA and Japan. In addition, he played the International Association of Jazz Educators annual conference in 2006. Recently, He graduated from Berklee College of Music with honors and moved to New York City.He has had many opportunities to share the stage with: Joe Lovano, Makoto Ozone, Greg Hopkins, Phil Wilson, Manhattan Jazz Orchestra, Benny Powell, Jason Palmer, George Garzone, Jimmy Heath, Bob Mintzer, Yellow Jackets, Sadao Watanabe, Willie Jones III, and more. Moreover, he has performed at prestigious Jazz festivals and places, such as, Phoenix Jazz Festival (Japan), Caramoor Jazz Festival (New York), Swing 46 (New York), Blues Alley Jazz Festival (Washington DC), Casa De La Musica (Ecuador), Cleopatra’s Needle (New York), Ryle’s (Boston), Wally’s Jazz Club (Boston), Le Club Jazz (Kyoto),Satin Doll(Kobe) and more. | |
My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 3/21/2006Band Website: akihironishiguchi.com Band Members: More gently,feel nature: Uri Gurvich,Aki Nishiguchi,Takashi Sugawa,Ori Dakari Moment's Notice:Hogyu Hwang(bs) Ramiro Olasiregui(gt) Lawrence Field(pf) Nick Falk(ds) Influences: John Coltrane,George Garzone,Joe Lovano,Mark Turner,Stan Getz,Sonny Stitt,Dexter Gordon,Brad Meldau,Chris Potter,My friends,etc......... Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz / Other) |
My Friends |
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Joseph, Nick Falk, The Fringe, Ramiro Olaciregui, KURIKO TSUGAWA, Uri Gurvich, Ori Dakari, HOGYU, BuenaVentura, HyungMee Jeong, Moto Fukushima, SHIN, Sara Serpa, Joe Lovano, Maeve Gilchrist Trio, kohei kamuro, Hal Crook, Mika Nishimura, Masahiro Yamamoto, Alex Terrier, Takuya Sakazaki [坂崎 拓也], Voro Garcia, BeanTown Jazz Festival, Colin Kenniff, Jean Oh, Simon Yu, Julian, Mika Mimura, erena, みずいろ, Eddy Khaimovich, michael isvara montgomery, Megumi Yonezawa, Miki Hirose, Dino Govoni, Ilia Skibinsky, Sandi Kuhn, Jazz à Part, Luiz Santos Music, Lee, Akira Tanidono, Yuko Yamamura, David Cowan, the Young Prof, Hitoshi Kanda, John Radosta Jr, Helmut Engel-Musehold, Steve Mohacey, big¥uki, Nick Anderson!, MASTER
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