Takashi

b. Takashi Matsunaga, 1987, Japan. Matsunaga was presented at age five to jazz by his dad and fast progressed into an achieved pianist. His gleaming technique first seduced interest in his homeland but his superstar begun to rise internationally in 2004 when he agreed upon to Blue Take note Records. Owing partly to vigorous promotion and to the contemporaneous advertising within the record sector of ‘youngsters for youngsters’s sake’, he was shortly drawing compliment from many quarters. Although a fascinating player, it had been clear in the Blue Note established that he previously however to mature right into a special individualist. Rather, his stylistic strategy carries echoes of several others through the long background of jazz piano; however, this arranged was comprised completely of his personal compositions. On Surprise Area he led a trio curved out by Daiki Yasukagawa (bass) and Junji Hirose (drums).