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Aki Nishiguchi
Jazz / Other



Brooklyn, New York
United States

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Last Login:  6/27/2009
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Member Since3/21/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.akihironishiguchi.com
Band MembersAbstracted Camel-TUNA(Takashi Sugawa-bs,Uri Gurvich-as,bansuri flute,Nick Falk-drums,Aki Nishiguchi-ts,Gourd flute) More gently,Feel nature- Uri Gurvich,Aki Nishiguchi,Takashi Sugawa,Ori Dakari Moment's Notice-Hogyu Hwang(bs) Ramiro Olasiregui(gt) Lawrence Field(pf) Nick Falk(ds)
InfluencesJohn Coltrane,George Garzone,Joe Lovano,Mark Turner,Stan Getz,Sonny Stitt,Dexter Gordon,Brad Meldau,Chris Potter,My friends,etc.........
Type of LabelMajor


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   About Aki Nishiguchi
Akihiro Nishiguchi was born and raised in Japan with great family and friends. At age of 12,He went to Konan junior high school where he had met Big band jazz for the first time. He took private lesson with Hiroshi Ozone for 5years since he was 18 years old,and his serious study of the tenor saxophone began. In 1997, He won the first prize from the Student Jazz Festivals that is held every year by Japan Association for Jazz Education. While attending the Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto(His major was Psychology), he started to perform with his own band. In 2003, He was awarded a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music. And,he decided to become a musician and moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music in 2004. At Berklee, He had opportunities to study with Joe Lovano, Hal Crook, George Garzone,Dave Santoro and Frank Tiberi; also, he had a honor of being the first Saxophone chair in the Berklee’s finest large ensembles: the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra that is led by Greg Hopkins and the Rainbow Band that is led by Phil Wilson. Since coming to Boston, He has toured Ecuador, USA and Japan. In addition, he played the International Association of Jazz Educators annual conference in 2006. Recently, He graduated from Berklee College of Music with honors and moved to New York City. He has had many opportunities to share the stage with: Joe Lovano, Makoto Ozone, Greg Hopkins, Phil Wilson, Manhattan Jazz Orchestra, Benny Powell, Jason Palmer, George Garzone, Jimmy Heath, Bob Mintzer, Yellow Jackets, Sadao Watanabe, Willie Jones III, and more. Moreover, he has performed at prestigious Jazz festivals and places, such as, Phoenix Jazz Festival (Japan), Caramoor Jazz Festival (New York), Swing 46 (New York), Blues Alley Jazz Festival (Washington DC), Casa De La Musica (Ecuador), Cleopatra’s Needle (New York), Ryle’s (Boston), Wally’s Jazz Club (Boston), Le Club Jazz (Kyoto),Satin Doll(Kobe) and more.

   Aki Nishiguchi's Friend Space (Top 21)
Aki Nishiguchi has 424 friends.
 Joseph Santa Maria 


 Nick Falk 


 The Fringe 


 Ramiro Olaciregui 


 KURIKO TSUGAWA 


 Uri Gurvich 


 Ori Dakari 


 HOGYU 


 HyungMee Jeong 


 Moto Fukushima 


 SHIN 


 Sara Serpa 


 Joe Lovano 


 kohei kamuro 


 Hal Crook 


 Mika Nishimura 


 Masahiro Yamamoto 


 Alex Terrier 


 Takuya Sakazaki [坂崎 拓也] 


 Voro Garcia 


 BeanTown Jazz Festival 





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Jean Oh





Jun 19 2009 1:00 AM

Hey~~ Aki
How are you !!!!!?
We should play together again!!
Jeff





Jun 18 2009 8:39 PM

All the best...Makin' music...BigBends

bigbends.com
Ramiro Olaciregui





Jun 4 2009 5:51 AM

Aki!!! you are a true master! great hang at hagi the other day. see you soon!
Jeff





Jun 2 2009 12:56 AM

Hi folks, thanks for the friendship! Let all your guitar players know about Big Bends Nut Sauce tuning lubricant as used on the guitars of players from Satriani to Brad Paisley to Duke Robbilard to Brad Gillis. Check out bigbends.com if you have a chance.

All the best,
Jeff @ Big Bends
Mitsuhiro Furuya





May 21 2009 1:29 PM

add有り難うです!
英語勉強せな・・・・
Aki Ishiguro: Rhetoric





Mar 27 2009 4:07 PM

have a great time in Japan! awesome playing with you yesterday. let's kick it again when you come back!!!!
Asen Doykin





Mar 15 2009 12:54 AM

Hey Man,
it was nice meeting you and playing with you the other day. Let's try to play session soon.
THE OFFICIAL BLEU OCEAN MUSIC PAGE





Feb 2 2009 2:34 PM

HI ♫♪♪ From
THE OFFIC​IAL BLEU OCEAN​ MUSIC​ PAGE!​​​​​
Thank​s for your Frien​dship​ .
And your posts​ .
Do keep in touch​ and have a great​ week full of music​ and fun .
AND Have A HAPPY​ NEW YEAR .​​​2009
PS DROP ME A POST ANY TIME
From your Drumm​er Frien​d .
BLEU OCEAN​
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I ENJOY​ED Your Site and Music​ ​​​​ ! Thank​s
J-Pop World





Feb 1 2009 10:18 PM

Thanks for the friendship Aki Nishiguchi.

J-Pop World is dedicated to promoting Japanese music and related artists from around the world.

Stop by and let us know who you want to see interviewed next.
AUGUSTO PITTA





Feb 1 2009 5:07 PM

HEY AKI, GREETINGS FROM BRAZIL! THANKS FOR THE ADD. GREAT MUSIC, MAN! JUST HOPE YOU LIKE MINE AS WELL. KEEP IN TOUCH. AUGUSTO
KIKE GOYA





Dec 31 2008 3:00 AM

Happy Birthday and a Happy New Year!!!
All the best for you!!
A big hug from Japan.
KIKE,
Matthieu Lebrun





Dec 18 2008 11:36 AM

Hi !

Thanks for the add.

Great music !

ML
HyungMee Jeong





Nov 15 2008 4:44 AM

I love abstracted carmel! Cool!
Ori Dakari





Oct 31 2008 9:38 PM

Aki, soon the jefferson hang will come alive again!
muahahahahaha
Jean Oh





Sep 23 2008 4:30 AM

Hey, Aki How are you, man?
Everything is fine in New York?
I miss to play with you, man.
You know what
My CD has been released through cdbaby.com
I just wanna let you know~
and please spread the words.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/jeanoh
hope seeing you again
Daryl's Music Space





Aug 26 2008 5:36 PM

Hi Aki,
Thank You for the add.
Great Music & Sound!!!
Best Wishes.
Daryl
KIKE GOYA





Aug 23 2008 11:44 PM

Hi, Aki san... Thank you so much for adding me... Great music and excellent performance!!... Congratulations!!... A big hug from Japan...
LUIZSANTOSMUSIC.com( twitter.com/luizsantosmusic )





Aug 20 2008 5:04 PM

Hi Aki,

All the best to you.
Peace,
Luiz
Luizsantosmusic.com
Takashi Sugawa





Aug 13 2008 6:49 PM

Gussan!!
just uploaded Maria Elena on my page, very happy with this tune... thanks man.
Ramiro Olaciregui





Jul 25 2008 9:11 PM

aki!!! whats up? im good,
playing with joe, its great.
hows ny? say hi to takashi.
youre the man aki!
Joseph Santa Maria





Jul 12 2008 7:46 AM

When will the blues leave is awesome. Badass music!
Ori Dakari





Jul 9 2008 4:54 PM

muah muah muah..
aki! I just came back from 2 days in the desert area.. serios stuff

I heard the new spike hill tunes, killing
how is the hang?
Jean Oh





Jul 9 2008 12:28 AM

Hey ~~ How are you ? Aki.
How's New York Life?
Fun?
You know what, I often play with Sang-Min, we talked about you.
Hey, let's play some time later in Korea and Japan !!!
I like your playing man~~
Simon C.F. Yu 余俊鋒





Jun 11 2008 4:37 AM

西口さん、どーもサイモンです。お疲れ様でした。
もし今度26日に時間があったら、是非すがわさんとのセッションに参加してください。西口さんのプレイをすごく拝見したいです^v^

これからもよろしくお願いします。
Julian





Apr 30 2008 4:11 PM

Aki,


yo brotha ill be seeing you soon
we gotta hit it

-j
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