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Yasushi Nakamura
Yasushi Nakamura is praised for imaginative, quicksilver bass lines that deepen the groove. His blend of guitar-like precision and gut-level blues has sparked collaborations with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Hank Jones, Dave Douglas, Steve Miller, etc. With his charismatic stage presence and artful, hard swinging melodic touch, Nakamura is a first-call performer capturing new audiences and fans around the world.
Born in Tokyo, Nakamura moved to the United States at age 9, and considers both places home. He began with clarinet and tenor saxophone, but his older brother’s study of guitar and drums drove him to pick up the bass. His love of rock and funk aside, the music of Charlie Parker, Ray Brown, Miles Davis were a potent influence on him. Nakamura received a BA in Jazz Performance from Berklee School of Music in 2000, and was awarded a full scholarship to The Juilliard School for his Artist Diploma in 2006. He credits Myron Walden as an early champion, and keeps close ties to Juilliard mentors Victor Goines, Wycliffe Gordon, and Carl Allen, Ben Wolfe all of whom maintain him in their bands.
Universal Truth
By Emmet Cohen
Label: Verve Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Budo; Well You Needn't; My Funny Valentine; Gingerbread Boy; I. Eternal Glimpse; II. Compassion;
III.
Universal Truth; Blue Trane.
Around the World with U
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: Prodigal Son; Bebop & Confirmation; Espresso; Morning Prayer; Mo’ Betta Blues; New
York; The Light That Grew Amonst Us; Little Girl Power; Stardust; Road Life; I’m Not
So Sure.
Emmet Cohen: Universal Truth
by Mike Jurkovic
There is an old-world saying that some folks are just born with an old soul. Pianist and social media conqueror Emmet Cohen--his pandemic- founded livestream, Live From Emmet's Place, has been viewed by millions across the globe--proves, positively, that the old wisdom still stands and forever will. For within the heart and soul of every jazzman ...
Ulysses Owens, Jr. and Generation Y: Around the World with U
by Jack Bowers
Drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. has a keen eye and ear for talent, which is obvious from the first notes of Around the World with U, his second recording as leader of the Art Blakey-style quintet, Generation Y. When marshaling the ensemble, Owens chose his teammates with care, and they repay his confidence by producing a splendid ...
The Big Room
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Continuance; What Am I Waiting For?; All Said and Done; I Fall in Love Too Easily; You Already Know; Prime
Time.
Shadows and Silence: The Erik Satie Project
By Tessa Souter
Label: NOANARA Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: A Song For You (Gnossienne No. 1);
Mood (Musica Universalis);
Holding On To Beauty (Gnossienne No. 3);
Peace (Gnossienne No. 2);
Avec le Temps;
D'Ou Venons-Nous (Gymnopedie No. 3);
I Kiss Your Heart/Vexations;
Never Broken (ESP);
Rayga's Song (Gymnopedie No.1);
If You Go Away/Ne Me Quitte Pas.
It's About Time
Label: Arbors Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Song for Wycliffe; Summertime; Julia; Free Flight; Fake News; For Those We’ve Lost; Computer
Says No; Pamela; Battle Hymn of the Republic; Irish Goodbye.
Oh Snap
Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: I Am a Volcano; Anything but Bow; Take This Stone; What Does Blue Mean to You; Brick House; Oh Snap; Second Guessing; Expanse; Eureka; Thank You; A Little Bit More; Nun; A Frog Jumps In.
Holiday Fun!
Label: Arbors Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Joy to the World; Winter Wonderland; Green
Chimneys; Do You Hear What I Hear?/Little Drummer Boy; The Christmas Song; What Child
Is This?; Frosty the Snowman; Silent Night; The Christmas Blues; Baby, It’s Cold Outside; The
Mistletoe Blues; Auld Lang Syne.
