Shigeki Ikemoto (Trombone)

Ua puka ʻo ia mai ke Kulanui o ke Kaiapuni a me nā Haʻawina ʻIke ma ke Kulanui ʻo Keio. ʻOiai ma ke kulanui, he lālā ʻo ia no ka Keio University Light Music Society, kahi i lawelawe ai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi mele no kahi o ʻekolu mau makahiki a lanakila i ka makana kiʻekiʻe (kahi 1) ma ka YAMANO BIG BAND JAZZ CONTEST no ʻekolu mau makahiki i ka lālani. Ua komo ʻo ia i ka Kuroda Takuya Group a hōʻike ʻo Junko Onishi iā "THE ORCHESTRA". I kēia manawa, hana nui ʻo ia ma Tokyo me kāna hui nui ponoʻī "isles" a me quintet. Me "isles", ua hoʻokuʻu lākou i kā lākou mini-album mua ʻo "Oath" i Iulai 2023 a ua hoʻopaʻa i kahi hoʻokuʻu ola ma Marunouchi COTTON CLUB. I Iulai 2024, ua hana pū ʻo ia me Maria Schneider, he mea lanakila ʻehiku manawa o ka Grammy Award. Ma ke ʻano o ka hana kākoʻo, ua komo ʻo ia i nā hoʻopaʻa leo a me nā huakaʻi me Gen Hoshino lāua ʻo King Gnu.

ʻO David Negrete (alto saxophone)

Hānau ʻia ma Kaleponi, USA i ka makahiki 1984. Ua aʻo ʻia ma lalo o Charles McPherson. I ka makahiki 2004, ua komo ʻo ia i ke Kulanui Mele ʻo Berklee ma Boston ma ke kālā piha. Ua neʻe ʻo ia i Iapana i ka makahiki 2011 a hoʻokuʻu i kāna album mua, "Tribe of D," i ka makahiki 2016. Ua komo ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila hoʻokahi i ka huakaʻi Iapana a David Foster a me ka huakaʻi honua a ASKA. Ua hoʻokuʻu i kāna album ʻelua, "WHISPER," i ka makahiki 2024. Ua hoʻokuʻu i kāna album ʻekolu, "Live at The Moment," i ka makahiki 2025.

ʻO Tomoaki Baba (Tenor Saxophone)

Hānau ʻia ma Sapporo, Hokkaido i ka makahiki 1992. I ka makahiki 2010, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia e komo i ka Berklee Summer Jazz Workshop i mālama ʻia e Terri Lyne Carrington. I ka makahiki 2011, ua komo ʻo ia i ke Kulanui Mele ʻo Berklee ma ke kālā piha. Ma hope o kona puka ʻana, ua noho ʻo ia ma New York. Mai ka makahiki 2016 no ʻehā mau makahiki, ʻo kāna hui "J-Squad" ke kuleana o ke mele kumuhana no "Hodo Station" a TV Asahi. Ma hope o kona hoʻi ʻana i Iapana i ka makahiki 2020, ua kālele ʻo ia i kāna mau papahana alakaʻi a ua hoʻokuʻu i ʻelua mau album alakaʻi a hiki i kēia lā: "Storyteller" (2020) a me "Gathering" (2022). Ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni animated 2023 "BLUE GIANT" (mele: Hiromi Uehara), ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i ka saxophone no ke kanaka nui, ʻo Dai Miyamoto. Hoʻonohonoho pū ʻo ia i ka "BaBaBar," kahi hanana hui pū me nā mea hoʻokani pila mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua. I ka makahiki 2024, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kāna album mua nui, ʻo ELECTRIC RIDER. I ka makahiki 2025, ua komo ʻo ia i ka International Jazz Day Global. Ua hana ʻo ia i nā ʻaha mele me nā mea pena kiʻi e like me Herbie Hancock lāua ʻo John McLaughlin.

ʻO Yusuke Sase (pū)

Ua hānau ʻia ma Hokkaido, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana ʻoiai ʻo ia ma ke kulanui, e lanakila ana i nā makana he nui i nā hoʻokūkū like ʻole, me ka 44th YBBJC Best Soloist Award. Ma hope o ke puka ʻana, ua hana ikaika ʻo ia i nā hōʻike ola a me nā hoʻopaʻa leo kalepa, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ka jazz. I ka makahiki 2021, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kāna album alakaʻi mua, "#1," a i ka makahiki 2025, ʻo kāna album ʻelua, "BELLOWS," ʻo ia mau mea ʻelua i loaʻa maikaʻi. I kēia manawa, ua hana ikaika ʻo ia i nā papahana like ʻole, me ke komo ʻana i ka GENTLE FOREST JAZZ BAND, Answer To Remember i alakaʻi ʻia e Shun Ishiwaka, a me 'SAI', kahi hui i hoʻokumu ʻia e TAIHEI o Suchmos, a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā mea pena kiʻi e like me JUJU, KIDFRESINO, Sakura Fujiwara, MISIA, STUTS, a me Gen Hoshino.

Kota Kaihori (piano)

Hānau ʻia i ka makahiki 1992 ma ke Kulanakauhale ʻo Kyoto. Hoʻomaka i ka hoʻokani piano i ka makahiki 5 a ua ʻike i ka jazz i ka makahiki 14. Hoʻomaka i ka hana ʻoihana i kona wā e hele ana i ke Kulanui ʻo Waseda. Ua lanakila i ka Grand Prix ma ka 34th Asakusa Jazz Contest. Hana nui ʻo ia i kēia manawa ma Tokyo.

Shinpei Ogawa (bass)

Ua hānau ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Okazaki, ʻo Aichi Prefecture i ka makahiki 1994. Ua neʻe ʻo ia i Tokyo e hele i ke kulanui, kahi āna i aʻo ai i ka jazz ma lalo o Koichi Noda a me ke mele mele ma lalo o Yasuyuki Se. Ma hope o kona puka ʻana mai ke kulanui, ua hele ʻo ia i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a kākau inoa ma ka California Jazz Conservatory. Ma hope o kona puka ʻana, ua neʻe ʻo ia i New York a hana ma laila no hoʻokahi makahiki ma mua o kona hoʻi ʻana i Iapana. A laila ua neʻe ʻo ia i kona kahua i Tokyo a ua hana pū me nā mea pena kiʻi he nui e like me Terumasa Hino, Makoto Ozone, Gene Jackson, Takuya Kuroda, a me Takeshi Obayashi.

Kazuhiro Odagiri (Pahu)

Hānau ʻia i ka makahiki 1987 ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Yokohama i loko o kahi ʻohana mele, ua ulu a puni ʻo ia i ke mele mai kona wā ʻōpiopio. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻokani i nā mea kani i ka makahiki 12 a me nā pahu i ka makahiki 17, a ma hope o ke komo ʻana i ke Kulanui Mele ʻo Kunitachi, ua aʻo ʻo ia i ke mele kuʻuna a me ka jazz. ʻOiai he haumāna ia, ua ʻike ʻia kona talena e nā mea hoʻokani pila Kepanī alakaʻi e like me Sadao Watanabe (sax) lāua ʻo Makoto Ozone (pf), a ua loaʻa iā ia ka makana Yosuke Yamashita ma hope o ke puka ʻana. Ma hope o kēlā, ua aʻo ʻo ia ma ke Kulanui Mele ʻo Berklee ma Boston ma ke ʻano he haumāna haʻawina, e puka ana ma ke poʻo o kāna papa. ʻOiai he haumāna ia, ua hana ʻo ia ma nā wahi e like me Blue Note NY, Beantown Jazz Festival, a me WBGOJazz 88.3FM, a ma hope o ke puka ʻana, ua neʻe ʻo ia i kona kahua i New York. Ua hana pū ʻo ia me nā ʻano mea hoʻokani pila like ʻole ma nā ʻano mele like ʻole, me Maria Schneider, Yellow Jackets, Koichi Sugiyama, Takuya Kuroda, Tomoaki Baba, a me ka Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Ma muli o ka jazz, ua hoʻokomo ʻo ia i ka Funk, Rock, R&B, Reggae, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, a me Madagascar. ʻO kāna komo ʻana i ke mele a me kāna ʻano hana hoʻokūkū ʻano like ʻole ua huki i ka manaʻo mai nā ʻano like ʻole. Ua kau inoa ʻo ia iā "CANOPUS" ma ke ʻano he mea pena kiʻi honua a he mea kākoʻo no "Agop" a Nonaka Trading Istanbul.

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