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Makoto Kadowaki

first cd "STOP and GO", out on Jan '08!!

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Makoto Kadowaki is a pianist born in 1980, Tottori, Japan. He spent his teenage years playing the french horn and the piano, writing and arranging songs for a school concert band. After graduation of a local highschool, he moved to Tokyo to attend Tokyo College of Music majoring composition for industrial music. That was about when he began to perform various concerts and gigs as a pianist. Later he decided to quit the college and move to Boston for further study for jazz performance. Graduated Berklee College of Music in 2005 with performance and jazz composition majors, he performed extensively in and out of Boston and NYC until came back to Japan in 2006.
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Lately he has formed his own piano trio dedicated to play mainly his original compositions, and the trio has been performing regularly in Tokyo. The first trio cd will be out in January, 2008.
11/07/2007 the recording session
random pics

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Member Since: 11/14/2007
Band Website: makotokadowaki.com
Band Members: Makoto Kadowaki Trio
album "STOP and GO"
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Makoto Kadowaki (piano)
Kumpei Nakabayashi (bass)
Kohei Ota (drums)

Influences: Frank Carlberg, Fred Hersch, Kurt Elling, Maria Schneider, Danilo Perez, Vince Mendoza, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Peterson, Brian Blade, Blad Mehldau, Bill Charlap, Bob James, Bruce Barth, Chet Baker, Cyrus Chestnut, D'Angelo, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, Kenny Wheeler, Lizz Wright, Mint Condition, MISIA, Peter Bernstein, Take 6, Terence Blanchard, Kazumasa Oda (小田和正), etc...
Record Label: UZU Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

updates for the new cd

Makoto Kadowaki's first recording  "STOP AND GO" including 7 originals and 1 standard will be released in Japan on January 25th, 2008 (available on Amazon) There will be some events and gigs in T...
Posted by Makoto Kadowaki on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:08:00 PST

finished mixing

Just finished mixing today. The sound part of the cd is now done!!  Now the rest is design.  My designer has done awesome work to it and we just need to fix a few little things.  A...
Posted by Makoto Kadowaki on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:16:00 PST

the trio’s new cd

I'm really happy to announce that my piano trio will be releasing its first original album titled "STOP and GO" in this coming January.  It will contain 7 of my original compositions and 2 other ...
Posted by Makoto Kadowaki on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:24:00 PST