Shingo Okudaira

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Shingo Okudaira ( Japanese 奥 平 真 吾 , Okudaira Shingo ; * 1966 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz musician (drums).

Shingo Okudaira started playing drums at the age of three and received his first music lessons from his parents. He came to New York with his family in 1971 and lived in Nairobi for the following years . After returning to Japan, he attended elementary school; At the age of nine he appeared as a drummer for the first time, and at the age of eleven he presented his debut album Maiden Voyage . and played with Tsuyoshi Yamamoto ( Well You Needn't , 1978), Shungo Sawada ( Shungo , 1983) and Tatsuya Sato . While attending middle school, he worked with Toshihiko Honda .

After attending high school, he studied at Hōsei University ; During this time he played with Mikio Masuda and Fumio Karashima before moving to New York City in 1991. There he worked a. a. with Carlos Garnett . In 1995 he presented the album Kilifi (with Tim Armacost , Mark Gross , Gerald Cannon ), followed by the solo album Makonde (1996) and Alisema (1998). In New York he also played with the Continental Jazz Trio (with Tim Armacost and Joris Teepe ), with Kenny Garrett , Steve Elmer , Yosuke Inoue , Fumio Karashima and Duke Jordan ( Plays Standards & More , 1994). In the field of jazz he was involved in 29 recording sessions between 1978 and 2014. In July 2010 he returned to Japan and formed the band Okudaira Shingo The Force ( 奥 平 真 吾 The Force).

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  1. ↑ Maiden Voyage: With Hiroshi Murata (tp), Toshiyuki Honda (sop, as), Jake Conception (ts), Hideo Ichikawa (keyboards, arr), Yoshio Ikeda , Takashi "Gon" Mizuhashi (b) and Sadayasu Fujii (arr) ; see Tom Lord: Jazz discography.
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 1, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Okudaira, Shingo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 奥 平 真 吾 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz musician (drums)
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo prefecture