Yoshimi and Carolina Shout
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(With Bill Allred at Elkhart Jazz Festival in Indiana, USA)
"Yoshimi and Carolina Shout" has been playing traditional jazz
for more than 15 years mainly in Tokyo, Japan.
We released CDs "THREE STEPS" in 2003, "CHOKOT CONCERT 2005","TOKIO RAG" in 2008.
The band is sextet form - piano, guitar, bass, drums, trumpet and clarinet.
In 2007, my band was invited to Elkhart Jazz Festival in Elkhart, Indiana
and our performance got good reviews.
Our appearance was reported in " The Mississippi Rag"
and some Newspapers in Indiana like "The Truth " and "The Southbend Tribune".
And we were invited to Elkhart again this June.
"Yoshimi Fukasawa and Carolina Shout, a band formed in Tokyo in 1993,
echoed the sounds of New Orleans with the leader's piano, Tetsu Shimoma,trumpet;
Koji Shiraishi,clarinet; Nagome Sakuma,guitar; Shigematsu Tano,acoustic bass,and Hiroshi Hidaka,drums.
This was an interesting and compelling group, attracting a lot of attention"
From"The Mississippi Rag"(Sep.2007)
Currently the band plays in sextet or septet format at jazz festivals
and in concerts constantly.
Yoshimi Fukasawa (Leader,Piano)
Yoshimi has started her professional career at her age of 21.
From 1992 to 1996, she was a regular pianist of Raymond Conde (clarinet) trio
at Ginza Maxim de Paris, and currently plays at piano bar Ginza Orions.
In her career, she has performed at various concerts and jazz festivals including ;
Kobe Jazz Street ( Hyougo, Japan), 1998-2001
Shinjuku Trad Jazz Festival ( Tokyo, Japan), 2002-2007
Elkhart Jazz Festival ( Indiana, USA ), 2007-2008
Yokohama Jazz Promenade (Yokohama,Japan),2007
And she presided Jazz Cruising at Ginza, Tokyo
called g Jazz Hinamatsurih succesfully on March, 2006-2008.
Tetsu Shimoma (Trumpet)
Since 1976, he has been a trumpeter with Yasuhiko Arima and Dixie Jive.
Also he performs with his own band g Tetsu-Gakudanh and many bands invite him
as a featured trumpeter.
In his career, he has appeared many Jazz Festivals
including Sacramento Jazz Festival (1981,1983,1984) in California,
Montsalbat Jazz Festival in Melbourne, Australia,
Kobe Jazz Street in Kobe, and Shinjuku Trad Jazz Festival in Tokyo, Japan.
In Sacramento, he had an opportunity to play with clarinetist Chuck Hedges.
Also he has participated in dozens of recording sessions with Japanese jazz greats.
Koji Shiraishi (Clarinet)
He started playing jazz saxophone at his college bigband.
After graduating, he played with many bigbands including Tokyo Disneyland Band,
at which he met dixieland jazz, and he's been playing the clarinet mainly since then.
Currently he is a member of "Kenichi Sonoda and The Dixie Kings"
which is the most famous Dixieland jazz Band in Japan.
Also, he plays with many swing bands, bigbands and musical orchestras
as saxophonist and clarinettist,
and leads his own band "Swingin' Buddies".
He performed at Wine Country Vintage Jazz Festival (California) in 2005,
Shinjuku Trad Jazz Festival(Japan).
Nagome Sakuma (Guitar)
He started playing the guitar at the age of 13, and majored in jazz guitar
at Musashino Ongakuin college.@
Making a commitment to orthodox style like George Van Eps, Charlie Christian,
his powerful cutting with favorite old Gibson L-5 pick guitar (made on 1928)
gives wonderful swing to the band, and earns a reputation second to none.
Currently he plays with various swing jazz bands likegEiji Hanaoka and Swing Shotsh,
and some musical orchestras,
also played George Gershwin program
with Nihon Philharmonic orchestra and Tokyo Philharmonic orchestra.
He performed at Breda Jazz Festival (Netherland), Kobe Jazz Street (Japan)
Shigematsu Tano (Acoustic Bass)
He started his professional career at his age of 18.
In 1988, he joined Tokyo Hot Club Band and appeared many concerts and TV shows,
also recorded some CDs.
He has toured such country as France, England, Australia, and of course United States.
Especially, in 1999 he played at Sweet And Hot Music Festival at Los Angels
and in 2000 performed at Kansas City and received ghonorary citizen award of Kansas Cityh.
Currently he is very active as a freelance bassist.
Besides playing with many bands including Yoshimi and Carolina Shout,
he plays on TV, radio, and musicals.
Hiroshi Hidaka(Drums)
He studied with Japanese famous drummers Takeshi Inomata
and Yasushi Ichihara in his college days.
After supporting many vocalists,
he joined "Yoshihiro Nakagawa's Dixie Dix" and " Kei Tani's Super Marcket" ,
played at many live houses and in TV programs.
He also leads his own band in pursuit of traditional jazz style drumming.
He performed at Sacramento Jazz Jubilee at 2000,
and many jazz festivals in Japan like Shinjuku Trad Jazz Festival,
Asagaya Jazz Festival and Yokohama Jazz Promenade,
and took place in many CDs with Dixie Dix,
guitarist Hiroshi Abe and Kiyoshi Kobayashi, and more.