PIANO LOUNGE

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A new project from the Couluer Cafe series DJ KGO and LD&K.
Its name is ``UDAGAWA JAZZ PROJEKT'' The theme is ``instrumental music for adults'' that can be played in any situation simply and stylishly.

An arrangement of the 80's masterpieces, which everyone is familiar with, into stylish, superb piano JAZZ.
“Takahiro Izumikawa”, who is attracting attention as a young jazz pianist centered on “DJ KGO”, is also active in the world.
A high-quality performance that is worth listening to with the participation of the veteran arranger Kumi Nakagawa.

[Profile of participating musicians]
■ DJ KGO aka Tanaka Keigo Producer & Drum Programmer
Their debut work was included in Italy IRMA's flagship compilation "Chill Out Cafe" and became a hot topic.
A world release from Mad Mats' affiliate label Basic Fingers, a popular cafe compilation that has sold over 300,000 copies in Japan.
Produced the "Couleur Cafe" series. MIXCD "Running Style" for running won the 1st place on the iTunes genre chart respectively.

■ Takahiro Izumikawa Piano
Born October 18, 1986. Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
After 4 years of professional activity in Osaka, upon graduating from university, he moved to New York alone and deepened his friendship with Bill Mates, the pianist of the Phil Woods Quartet.
greatly affected. After returning to Japan in 2011, he moved to Tokyo and released the 1st album of the eight-member club band "king crombia".
Available at Tower Records, Village Vanguard, etc. Performed at FUJI ROCK FESTIBAL'11 with the same band.
Currently, TOKU (TP, flh) group, akiko (vo), Kaori Kobayashi (as) group, CHAKA (vo), Takeshi Ito (as) big band,
Yuutake Ohashi (gt) group keyboard, Kazuki Katsuta (DIMENSION) (As) & Ryoji Iorihara (Ts) double band,
In addition to the regular pianist of the group Mei Inoue (gt) who debuted from Toshiba EMI in October 2011,
Recording of famous J-POP artists such as Nanase Aikawa, support for jazz, fusion, funk, R&B, pops, etc.
Active in recording and in his own jazz trio.

Kumi Nakagawa Arranger & Piano
Active as a freelance composer and arranger. Studied abroad at Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA, received a scholarship and moved to New York after graduation.
After returning to Japan, he participated in the Japan-France-US co-production "JOURNEY TO MT.FUJI" as music director.

<Recorded songs> All 12 songs