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Hirofumi Okamoto

I'm guitarist&composer pursue beatiful melody.

About Me

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Okamoto was born in 1960. He is from Hiroshima city, now living in Kyoto.
He started his career as jazz guitarist.
Then he has been playing many kinds of music,such as blues, R&B, funk, folklore, tango, Indian music,Japanese folk and more.
He learned chord works from Bret Willmott in Boston, Folklore from Juan Falu in Buenos Aires.
His guitar play, both of acoustic and electric guitar, obtained him high evaluation.
Especially he is a very few Japanese professional guitarist can play tango.
He released two albums [Jawango/1998] as acoustic guitarist,
[Grand Blue/2007] as electric guitarist.
Now he is the one of most important guitarist in Japan.
The main musicians that he ever played is:
Kazumi Watanabe (g/Japan) as duo
Rie Akagi(fl/Janpan)
Hiroki Miyano(g/Japan)
Tomohiro Yahiro(per/Japan)
Vagabond Suzuki(b/Japan)
Gustavo Gregorio(Bass/Argentine)
Jorge Cumbo (kena/Argentine) works in 2years on Japan tour. (He played with Simon and Garfunkel on El Condor Paso)
Muguel Cantiro (Vo/Argentine)
Cesar Olguin(Bandneon/Argentine)
Miguel Balcos (p/Argentine)
Milva (Vo/Argentine)
Prodigio (Cuatro/Puerto Rico)
Fidel Morales Reyes (dr/Puerto Rico)
Luis Pelico Ortis (tp /Puerto Rico)
Giovanni Hidalgo(per/Puerto Rico)
and Many famous Japanese Musicians!
YouTube
http://jp.youtube.com/user/okamotoisland
岡本博文(ギター)プロフィール
京都在住。関西をベースにしながら、全国で 活動する数少ない存在である。
ジャズをベースにしたテクニックを持つが、
コンテンポラリーな感覚とオリジナリティー で活動は多岐にわたり、
アコースティック、エレクトリック両方で高 い評価を得ている。
アコースティックでは,村上ポンタ秀一(ドム©ãƒ ï¼‰ã®ãƒ—ロデュースで
ピーヴァインからソロアルバム『Jawango』
エレクトリックでは、2007年にリーダー バンド『Okamoto Island』で
「Okamoto Island/Grand Blue」¥ラグマニア (XQCJ- 1003)
を発表。
 特筆すべきは、日本でも数少ない本格的タ ンゴバンド『アストロリコ』のメンバー。
2008年春には、赤木りえ(フルート)のプエム«ãƒˆãƒªã‚³ãƒ„アーに参加。
タンゴ、フォルクローレ、ラテン一般を幅広 く弾けるジャズギタリストとして
、 日本でも貴重な存在となっている。
岡本博文
[email protected]
岡本博文ホームページ(Hirofumi Okamoto )
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~jawango/
Okamoto Islandホームページ(Okamoto Island)
http://web.mac.com/jawango1960/iWeb/Site/
岡本博文ブログ
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/okamotoisland/
岡本博文ブログ携帯アクセス
http://blogs.mobile.yahoo.co.jp/p/blog/myblog/mytop?bid=okam otoisland
Report of Puertrio tour http://web.mac.com/jawango1960/iWeb/Site%209/puertorico%20to p.html
Report of 2008tour Okamoto island http://web.mac.com/jawango1960/iWeb/tour2008May/top.html

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/18/2007
Band Website: eonet.ne.jp/~jawango/
Band Members: Okamoto Island is:
Hirofumi Okamoto(Guitar/Compose/arrenge)
Junichi Saeki(Keyboards)
Israel Cedeno(bass)
Marty Bracey(Drums)

Acoustic Band Jawango is:
Hirofumi Okamoto(Guitar/Compose/arrenge)
Tomohiro Yahiro(per)
Bakabon Suzuki(Bass)

Influences: Jazz,Latin music,Forklore,Tango,Funk,Blues......C,S,N&Y,Devid Bowie,Police,Jorge Cumbo,Astor Piazzolla,Miles Davis,John Scofield,Wayne Kranz,Pat Metheny,John Mclaughlin,King Crimson,Yes,Stravinsky,Holst,Jim Hall,David T Walker,TBonewalker,Eath,Wind&Fire
Sounds Like: Okamoto Island is an expression on the electric side of my music.
Basically It will sounds Jazz fusion.
But It has influence from forklore,tango,latin&more.
I think my melody sense is most inportant thing for me.
Rythm section of Okamoto Island is from Chicago and New York.
It's a fusion of Japase meody sense&American rythm sense.

Record Label: RAGMANIA
Type of Label: Indie