Okuda Hideo

Adulated in his native Japan, drummer Hideo Shiraki led the most famous Japanese jazz group of the early 60’s. His combining jazz and traditional Japanese music brought him an invitation to the 1965 Berlin Jazz Festival and a record date. Three women playing Koto, the traditional Japanese stringed instrument, accompanied the quintet. The results: world music that works.

Recorded by Yoshihiko Akiyama at The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, NY Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018 - Artists at Noguchi.

La parola Ikigai in giapponese può essere tradotta come ciò per cui vale la pena vivere. L'autrice Selene Calloni Williams e Noburu Okuda Dō con questo libro entrano nel profondo di ognuno di noi indirizzandoci verso ciò che dà senso e significato alla nostra esistenza. Centrare le proprie giornate su ciò che vale la pena di essere vissuto. Ciò che, quando apri gli occhi al mattino, ti dà l’energia e l’entusiasmo per affrontare la vita è la condizione migliore nella quale esistere. Questo libro è una guida pratica…

Hideo Yamaki - Japan’s most renown, respected and in demand drummer. Veteran of countless recording and live projects with Japan’s most celebrated pop / rock artists. As well as many collaborations with Japanese icons such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Toshinori Kondo, DJ Krush, Akira Sakata and many others.

The music of Horace Silver presented here by drummer Hideo Shiraki with almost the same approach to soul jazz you'd find on Silver's best Blue Note sides of the late 50s

Adulated in his native Japan, drummer Hideo Shiraki led the most famous Japanese jazz group of the early 60’s. His combining jazz and traditional Japanese music brought him an invitation to the 1965 Berlin Jazz Festival and a record date. Three women playing Koto, the traditional Japanese stringed instrument, accompanied the quintet. The results: world music that works.