Taku Yabuki Trio

Taku Yabuki — PianoTrio

Takeshi Sakamoto– Drums

Toshi — Bass

Taku Yabuki

Born on 20 September, 1975

Japanese pianist, keyboardist, composer and arranger.

Released 4 original solo albums to date.

Known for writing songs for Play Station Game, such as “Gran Turismo”.

At age 5, he started to take classical piano lessons (and majored in piano at Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music as adult student from 2005 – graduated in March 2007).

He began playing with various bands in different genres when he was attending Tokyo Gakugei University.

After graduating from Tokyo Gakugei University, he continued his study on jazz and music theory, attending Berklee College of Music in Boston for 6 months.

Since moving back to Japan, he has been active performing at jazz/live music clubs, while engaging in diverse cross-genre works with both professional and non-professional musicians, by supporting different singers, composing, arranging, recording, and teaching.

On top of his career with Japanese artists, he has also involved in gigs, clinics etc. in Japan with Allen Hinds (Gt), Jeff Kollman (Gt), and Hadrien Feraud (Ba).

In May 2007 he joined “Koenji Hyakkei”, a progressive band led by Tatsuya Yoshida, an underground music guru, on their tour in the US and Canada. The band performed at “NearFest”, the largest progressive music festival in the US in June 2008, where Liquid Tension Experiment and Banco also appeared, and earned high acclaim for their performance. Koenji Hyakkei has done some shows in Madrid/Spain, Lyon/France, Bern/Switzerland, and played at a festival in Wurzburg/Germany, too, gaining great response. The band has won raves in Japan as well.

☆Composed and recorded “Gran Turismo 5&6” for PlayStation 3

☆Recorded piano for “Final Fantasy XIII-2 Original Soundtrack Noel’s Theme”, and many more…

Entrance Fee 門票: $400   Including a drink ( 含一杯飲料)

music starts 表演 : 9.30pm