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Toshiyuki Sekine Trio
5+ albums
japanese jazzjazz
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Born January 10, 1955 in Tokyo. Since junior high school and high school, he has been familiar with bossa nova, rock and jazz such as Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66, Doors, Wes Montgomery and John Coltrane. Started jazz piano by self-education around the age of 16. Learned from Sergio Mendes, Bud Powell, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Phineas Newborn, Herbie Hancock and more. Entered a professional in 1974. Since then, he has been active in co-starring and recording with Takashi Mizuhashi, Yoshio Otomo, Osamu Kawakami, Takao Uematsu, Toshio Osumi, George Otsuka, Mabumi Yamaguchi, Miroslav Vitous, Nana Vasconcelos, Steve Grossman, etc. In 1978, released the leader album "Love for Sale" (Osamu Kawakami on bass, Hideo Yamaki on drums). He was mainly active in a live house in Tokyo, but in 1985, he met Shin Idaki, a healing artist, and was shocked to get involved in his concert promotion work. Retires from his own playing activities. (1988) 1998 The experience of co-starring with Mr. Idaki (private concert) became one of the triggers, and the feeling of exploring his own music became stronger again. Performing activities resumed in 2002. Currently, he is actively performing mainly at live houses in Tokyo, and in February 2007, he released reprinted CDs "Strode Road" and "Stop Over" from the Think label. Almost at the same time, he released the leader album "Birth" for the first time in 29 years, and produced the debut album "Fragrance" of vocalist Ayumi Kawano. In 2011, he releas
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