Ryosuke Hashizume

Born in 1970. Started playing alto saxophone at age 15, has been playing in the high school band. At the age 19, he has received the scholarship from Berklee College Of Music in Boston, USA. 1990, he moved to Boston to study music. At age 23, he switched his principal instrument to tenor saxophone. After graduated from jazz composition major at Berklee, he released his first self composed/arranged CD "AND THEN YOU HEARD TALES"(HAO RECORD 428)". Next year, he released his 2nd CD "IN A STRANGER'S HAND"(HAO RECORD 429)" . After he moved to Tokyo Japan in 1997, he has formed new group and playing at many clubs in Tokyo and Osaka area to crate new improvisational music. In 2006, He released CD "WORDLESS (P.J.L. MTCJ-3031)". In 2008, "AS WE BREATHE (B.J.L. DDCB-13004)" is released. In 2009, live recorded album "Needful Things (Grapes Records GPS1206)" is released.