The Jazz Organ Scene
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金子祐太
Yuta was born in Tokyo and grew up mainly in Kanagawa Prefecture. When he was little, they had a
foot-pump reed organ at home. He often played with it and that was the beginning. After that he
started learning the organ at JVC and Yamaha music school from second grade. Also, there was a time
when he attended church influenced by his parents, and he had to play the organ there. He then
came across a Hammond organ and he really got into it.
(Yuta Kaneko) Among the teachers whom he took the lessons from, there were a couple of people who were leaning towards jazz. Later, while he was studying jazz by himself and playing in jam sessions in the USA it became clear that jazz was something he couldnt live without. After a little less than a year of having jam sessions in various parts of the United States, he started Aquapit to make something unique as a Japanese musician. Originally they organized the rhythm section with organ, bass, and drums as a basic unit. The band had various guests as a lead such as wind instruments and singers, gospel groups, DJs and dancers. In Aquapit, they want to keep the old image of jazz as the accompaniment of dance rather than the main music that people come to appreciate. |
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Mood Swings Verve Records UCGJ-7001 |
Akiko, vocals Akio Fujita, alto sax, flute Gakutaro Miyauchi, trombone Osamu Ueishi, flugelhorn Shunji Takenaka, guitar Yuri Dazai, Fender Rhodes Yuta Kaneko, organ Yosuke Yamashita, piano Chikara Tsuzuki, harmonica Toru Kase, double bass Kiichiro Komobuchi, double bass Toru Nishijima, double bass Setsu Fujii, drums Kimihiro Yoshio, drums Masatoshi Kainuma, percussion Aaron Blackmon, voice |
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Mood Indigo Verve Records UCGJ-7003 recorded January to April 2004 in Tokyo/Japan |
Akiko, vocals Makoto Oka, tenor sax, flute Daniele Scannapieco, tenor sax Masakuni Takeno, tenor sax Satoshi Sano, trombone, harmonica Fabrizio Bosso, trumpet Shiro Sasaki, trumpet, cornet Shunji Takenaka, guitar Hirofumi Asamoto, Wurlitzer piano Yuri Dazai, piano Yuta Kaneko, organ Pietro Lussu, piano Keiji Matsumoto, piano Hajime Yoshizawa, piano, Fender Rhodes Mikiko Ise, violin Sachi Iwata, violin Yuko Kajitani, viola Orie Hirayama, cello Pietro Ciancaglini, bass Tetsuya Hayakawa, bass Kiyoshi Ikeda, bass Keisuke Torigoe, bass Setsu Fujii, drums Dairiki Hara, drums Lorenzo Tutti, drums Yoichi Okabe, percussion Kenichi Yamakita, percussion Arvin Homa Aya, narrator |
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