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Japan: Shugo Tokumaru トクマルシューゴ
Sometimes an artist comes along that who is so unique, so multi-talented, so artistic that my attention is immediately captured and I’m an instant fan. Shugo Tokumaru is that kind of artist. The guy does everything; singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, mixer and producer. Every instrument you hear (and you’ll hear a lot of them) features [...]
Japan: Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi is a Japanese American jazz pianist, orchestra leader and composer, one of the most successful female jazz artists of all time and one of very few successful Japanese women in her field. Born in Liaoyang, China to Japanese parents, they lost everything during the war and came back to Japan, living in Beppu [...]
