Born
in Nagoya, Japan, composer and pianist Shoko Nagai has been
evolving as a professional musician for twelve years. After
graduating from Berklee College of Music in 1999 she moved
to New York City and quickly established herself in the
downtown jazz scene performing with such renowned artists
as John Zorn, Rasheid Ali, Buch Morris,Tom Rainy, Louie Beloginis, Ikue
Mori, Satoshi Takeishi, Cuog Vu, Roy Champbell, Sam Newsome,
Greg Tardy, Lukas Ligeti, Daniel Carter. The Shoko Nagai
Quintet which features some of New York's best musicians
has performed extensively at the BlueNote, Knitting factory,
Tonic as well as at other top New York clubs. Nagai released
her first CD "Two levels Crossing" in 2000, 2nd
CD "VORTEX" in 2002, 3rd. CD "Vsoon"
in 2003 which sky productions records. Nagai has performed
in Norway (Natt Jazz Festival 1998), Switzerland and Israel.
Her most recent project is "Vortex" which is a
free improvisation duet with electronics. In 2004, she received
a grant from Philadelphia Music Project 2004 Grant for JazzJaunts,
a project in which seven jazz artists will compose and premiere
compositions that incorporate musical traditions from their
cultural roots, spanning South Africa, Cuba, Brazil, South
India, Iraq, Japan, and the Jewish Diaspora.
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SatoshiTakeishi,drummer,percussionist,
and arranger is a native of Mito Japan. He studied music
at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. While
at Berklee he developed and interest in the music of South
America and went to live in Colombia following the invitation
of a friend. He spent four years there and forgemany musical
and personal relationships. His interest expanded to the
rhythms and melodies of the middle east where he studied
and performed with Armenian-American oud master Joe Zeytoonian.
Since moving to New York in 1991 he has performed and collaborated
with many musicians such as Ray Barretto, Carlos
Valdes,Eliane Elias, Herbie Mann, Paul Winter Consort,
Rabih Abu Khalil, Dave Liebman, Randy Brecker, Mark Helias,
John Zorn, Anthony Braxton, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Mark Murphy,
Toshiko Akiyoshi big band and Pablo Ziegler to name a few.
He continues to explore multi-cultural and improvisational
music with local musicians and composers in New York.
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Born and raising
in Virginia.He reled on the Dutch label Criss Crossfor 10
years.Already a highly respected saxphonist in the mid-90s
in Telance Blanchard's Quintet.Also he has performed with
Donald Byrd,Mulgrew Miller, Leon Parker Avishai cohen, Jeff
'Tain' Watts,David Berkman.His carreer changing move that
has paid off richly with his Columbia records debut.His Palmetto
debut in 1999, Sam Newsome & Global Unity expands upon
that project's amalgam of world rhythms African,Brazilian,Indian,Middle
Eastern,Latin and funk.He is difenetary master jazz,playing
are passion and deep more than tequnic.Satoshi Taleishi is
one of the member in his band.
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Born and raised in New York City, Dave Hertzberg has been
playing upright and electric bass on the New York scene for
four years. Experienced in a wide range of musical styles
including jazz, rock, fusion, and folk, he has appeared in
countless venuesthroughout the New York area. Hertzberg has
performed with such talented musicians as Greg Tardy, Sam
Newsome, Jordan McLean, Nick Mancini, Richard Bennett, Joe
Deninzon, and Janita, and is currently a member of the jazz
collective Quantum Quartet, the rock-country-jazz-folk band
Mad Cow Town, and the Shoko Nagai Quintet, with whom he toured
Japan in October 2001. The bassist is currently touring the
U.S. with the popular jazz-funk band Ulu, and will be traveling
to Peru this summer to perform with Peruvian singer Corrina
Bartra. In addition to performing, Hertzberg has an active
teaching career. He teaches music workshops in New York City
public schools through the non-profit organization LEAP, and
also gives private bass lessons. Hertzberg will be attending
the Manhattan School of Music graduate program in the fall
of 2002.
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