[UNITS]
■Makoto Kuriya Trio:
Piano trio with great jazz drummer Masahiko Osaka and
gut string bassist Tetsuya Hayakawa. As a leader.
■RHYTHMATRIX:
Latin-jazz unit with two Brazilian feeling artists, Ki-ichiro
Komobuchi(b) and Gennoshin Yasui(perc). As a leader.
■TOKYO FREEDOM SOUL:
Nu-jazz unit with two amazing young men, Keisuke Toriogoe(b) and Masanori Amakura(ds). As a leader.
■Rhythm of Elements:
Club unit with brilliant DJ Uchikawa. As a co-leader.
[Performed With]
Chuck Mangione, Nathan Davis, John Faddis, Jonny Griffin, Billy Cobham, Donald Byrd, James Moody, Toots Thielmans, Curtis Fuller, Chico Freeman, Arthur Blythe, Wallace Roney, Billy Drummond, Mark Whitfield, Bennie Maupin, John B, Williams, Paul Jackson, Bill Watrous, Tom Brown, Michael O'Neill, Eric Marienthal, Maurice Brown, Stanley Jordan, Abraham Laboriel, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Dennis Chambers, Carroll Thompson, Ron Brown, Daniel Humair, Stephane Huchard, Philippe Chayeb, Pierre Boussaguet, Gianluca Renzi. Youn SunNah, Zakir Hussain, Michael Paulo, Gary Thomas, Rick Margitza, Toninho Horta, Shiela Jordan, Mike Metheny, James Genus, Jack Walrath, Steve Wilson, Santi Debriano, Winard Harper, Jim Pugh, Tommy Campbell, etc.
Born in Kobe, Japan, graduated from West Virginia University with linguistics major, and later studied and performed with Nathan Davis at the University of Pittsburgh. He spent most of 80's in the States and toured with Grammy winning Chuck Mangione in the late 80's. Back to Japan in 1990, he produced a series of CD’s, and was also much in demand for commercial recording work. In the mid 90’, he performed the soundtrack for the platinum winning “Neo Genesis Evangelion” which became a global success.
Since 2001, Kuriya has been writing and producing songs for best selling pop artist, Ken Hirai. In 2002, he completed the movie soundtrack for “Nitaboh” performed by the Warsaw Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and later the production of an album “Jurassic” for the multi European award winning saxophonist, Masataka Hirano. In 2004, Kuriya performed with his own group and with Herbie Hancock at "Tokyo Jazz", the largest jazz festival in Japan, and in Paris for the “International Music Day” organized by UNESCO, with such greats as John Faddis, Jonny Griffin and Billy Cobham,. He has also performed with many famous musicians including Donald Byrd, James Moody, Toots Thielmans and Curtis Fuller.
In 2005 and 2006, the European tours ended in great success. In 2006, Kuriya produced a Japan-Australia joint project and toured with the mixture unit in both countries. The year 2007 is with the third European tour in spring.
Greetings from Las Vegas! Thank you very much for connecting with me and also for your time and effort on sending me a message. Have a wonderful day and I wish you the best. Keep up the good work.
Blue Smith「ORGAN LOVE」「ORGAN CLUB」 12月3日、12月10日連続リリース
ハモンドオルガン奏者 ブルー・スミスがコラボレーションアルバム「ORGAN LOVE」と「ORGAN CLUB」を12月に連続リリースする。 ブルー・スミスは、アメリカ屈指のハモンドオルガン奏者ジミー・スミスの愛弟子。12月3日リリースの「ORGAN LOVE」はデビュー作となり、ORANGE RANGE、松本素生（GOING UNDER GROUND)、河野丈洋（GOING UNDER GROUND)、村上てつや（ゴスペラーズ）、TAKE（Skoop On Somebody）、DJ KAORIなど彼の奏でるオルガンに魅せられた数多くのアーティストが参加。オリジナル曲に加え山下達郎の「クリスマス・イヴ」や刑事ドラマ「太陽に吠えろ！」のテーマなどのカバーを含む全12曲が収録される。 12月10日発売の「ORGAN CLUB」には、クラブ系アーティストが多数参加。世界を舞台に活躍するFantastic Plastic Machine、DEXPISTOLS、松浦俊夫等が手がけたリミックス10曲を収録。スタイリッシュな雰囲気の漂う クラブミュージックアルバムとなっている。>
インタビュー＆雑誌 12/30(火) Quanto 12/19(金) ADLIB 12/17(水) キーボードマガジン12/10(水) Fine Boys 12/1(月) 月刊ローソンチケット 12/1(月) EYESCREAM メディア 渋谷街頭ビジョン(7基同時放映) 11月27日～12月10日(14日間) 全国ローソン8,500店舗 12/4～12/10ヘビープレイ！ 配信モバイルサイト「DAM★うた」「DAM★うたフル」内での着うたフル無料プレゼントページにて 「太陽にほえろ feat. SIMON」の60秒着DAMうたオリジナルVer.を11/22～先行無料配信！ http://www. clubdam. com/melodamdx
関連イベント 12月12日（金）Blue Smith Presents【iDRYMA】X ORGAN CLUB PRE RELEASE PARTY 「ORGAN LOVE」または「ORGAN LOVE」ご購入者無料ご招待！ ※ 注意 当日「ORGAN LOVE」または「ORGAN CLUB」のCD帯を会場入り口にて御呈示ください。 LA FABRIQUE 東京都渋谷区宇田川町16-9 ZERO GATE B1 Tel: 03-5428-5100
Kuriya-san, hello! It's been a while, how're you doing? I hope everything's flowing smoothly for you, and that you're as always "to the max"!! Cheers from Paris, Hidé
