CICHLA TEMENSIS, a Japanese rock band, was founded in 2006 as an art rock trio with flute by Takumi KOKUBU (bass), Masahiko NUGUCHI (drums), Haruna FUKAZAWA(flute). Their 2008 album, “Another Triangle”, was released. The second album, “Affine Space”, was released the following year. Trieste Summer Rock Festival (2010) was a great venue, but they were … Read more
For Great 3 (Kikuchi-Peacock-Togashi trio) search under “Great 3”. Masabumi “Poo” Kikuchi, a Japanese jazz pianist of great stature, had a huge discography that included everything from straight-up postbop and vanguard classic to fusion recordings, solo synthesizer dates and even digital dub. Sonny Rollins and Lionel Hampton were among his many collaborators. He also recorded … Read more
Rebecca Kilgore, a vocalist and guitarist from America, is a master interpreter of American classic songs from the 1930s to 1940s. She has helped jazz fans of today relive the great hits of yesterday. Born in Waltham MA in 1949, she moved to Portland, OR at the age 30. She began her musical career as … Read more
In 2000, the Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble was formed to create new music for silent movies. Gideon Kiers, (Telcosystems) and Jason Kohnen (aka Bong Ra), are both Utrecht School of Arts graduates. They combined their audio-visual skills to reinterpret classic F.W. movies. Murnau (Nosferatu), and F. Lang (“Metropolis”) were both graduates of the Utrecht School of … Read more
A Beninese singer who is known for her Fon-language dance music, and percussive rhythms. After achieving international success with her 1991 album Logozo, West African singer Angelique kidjo was a household name in world music. She combines her multilingual fusions of Afrobeat and pop with jazz, reggae and other African traditions with collaborators from Philip … Read more
Soul-jazz fans are familiar with Calvin Keys, a jazz guitarist who is well-known for his work as a session musician and the small number of albums he has released under his own name. Keys is well-known for his muscular, single-string solo style. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1943. Otis Keys, his father and … Read more
Donna Khalife, a singer, double-bass player, composer, arranger, was born in Lebanon. At a young age, she began piano lessons. She moves to Paris in 2003 to continue her music education: piano, orchestration and harmony. Her conducting classes with Nicolas Brochot, as well as her jazz and improvisation classes taught by Guillaume Roy, have a … Read more
Khan was born into a musical family in Bangladesh. His father, a composer, poet, and instrumentalist, gave Khan and his brothers a solid foundation in Indian classical music. Khan was trained in Indian drumming from age eight to nine. However, Khan’s musical life was forever changed when his brother brought home a bootleg copy Frampton … Read more
Sean Khan, a London-born jazz saxophonist, is also known as Sean Khan. Sean Khan’s record career began as a leader in the cult Broken Beat band, the SKradicals. He was the first to sign an album to Goya music (People Records) with this group. With them, he released “When will we belong”, the world’s first … Read more
