Since 28 November, 2003
Last Updated 1 July, 2006
Welcome to Atsuko's!
Hi, my name is Atsuko, playing sax. Here goes a brief introduction of myself.
My first musical experience was piano at the age of 3. Then joined a student band as a keyboardist in the band called "Acid Test", (based in Caterbury, the UK. I'm a graduate of the University of Kent at Canterbury). One day I finally met an alto saxophone and now it became my voice. I play jazz, funk, big band and others, and having gigs at several places in Tokyo area, including street performance. Born in Tokyo, Japan.
My instrument is King's model Super 20 Silver Sonic, matched with Beechler Metal mouthpiece for alto, and Prima Yanagisawa for soprano.
At present I'm performing in:
Alinco-Nolinco
Playing standard jazz numbers, and oddly enough, however, none of us has jazz background. The result is quite interesting mix of classics, rock, pops, fusion, etc. If you like Chick Corea's "SPAIN", you'll love us.
All 4 members (as, pf, b, ds).
GaijinJunk
Jam band playing funk, with members from various countries of the world. So far, we have Japanese Guitarist as a leader, Belgian singer, New Zealand bassist, American drummer, Japanese percussionist, and Japanese sax (me)
All 6 members (vo, as, gt, b, ds, perc).
To all the jazz FANs !! Could anybody let me know your passion and enthusiasm towards jazz. What in jazz attracts you most, why is your heart so captivated byjazz, what does jazz mean to you... and so forth. Express anything about YOUR jazz on my BBS or via e-mail. The more personal your feeling is, the more welcome!
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