In order to express the image that date leader Naokazu Tone had for Tone Quartet, production for their latest album ‘Tomorrow’ was carried out using vintage recording equipment.

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Janette Keiko Kawasuji, Jazz Vocalist and bandleader, winner of the 1st Kobe Jazz Vocal Contest  in 2001. At the top of her game as both a singer and radio DJ Janette has a wealth of experience on stage in front of audiences.

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Mariko Endo first encounter with the world of music was at the age of four. Starting with the piano she gradually built her musical background until ten years later, she made the transition to the saxophone.

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Yasutaka Yorozu was born and raised in the culture capital of Kyoto [Japan], home to recent progressive, cutting-edge crossover-jazz producers such as Kyoto Jazz Massive among others. He was first introduced to the world of music early on by his father, a devout blues fan and musician alike.

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Harumi Igarashi, born in Osaka and based in Tokyo, has been causing quite a stir on the domestic scene lately.

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Steve Hanuman, born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, conducts the morphing, eclectic-electro-acoustic soundscape that is Flow33.

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Originally from Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Larry Marshall has just moved to Osaka, Japan after spending the last 10 years in South Florida, where he made a name for himself both in the jazz drumming teaching arena and the playing arena.

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Hashimoto’s relationship with the Hammond Organ started at an early age. Her first contact with the B3 electromechanical beast was at the age of four, beginning with popular songs and jazz standards.

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