Stomu Takeishi

Stomu Takeishi with Hernán Hecht and Mark Aanderud

Stomu Takeishi ( Japanese 武石務 , Takeishi Tsutomu ; * 1964 in Mito ) is a Japanese bass guitarist of creative jazz .

Takeishi started out as a koto player. In 1983 he moved to the United States to study at Berklee College of Music . In 1986 he went to New York City . There he made a name for himself on Fretless Bass as a member of Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band , Henry Threadgill's Make a Move and Zooid , Myra Melford's Crush Trio (with drummer Kenny Wollesen ), and Erik Friedlander's Topaz (with his brother Satoshi Takeishi as a percussionist). With most of these groups he also performed in Europe. He also played with Don Cherry , Dave Liebman , Randy Brecker , Wynton Marsalis , Cuong Vu and Butch Morris . In 2009 and 2010, Takeishi led the Down Beat critics poll as Rising Star with the electric bassists .

Discographic notes

Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band ( JMT , 1993)
Ned Rothenberg / Tony Buck / Stomu Takeishi with Tronzo - The Fell Clutch (Animul 2005-6)
Henry Threadgill This Brings Us to Volume 1 ( Pi , 2009)
Myra Melford's Be Bread The Whole Tree Gone ( Firehouse 12 , 2010, with Cuong Vu, Ben Goldberg , Brandon Ross, Matt Wilson )
Taylor Ho Bynum 9-tette: The Ambiguity Manifesto (Firehouse 12, 2019)

personal data
SURNAME	Takeishi, Stomu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Takeishi Tsutomu (real name); 武石務 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese creative jazz bass guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH	1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mito