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Nobuki Takamen / Guitar
Henry Lugo / Bass
George Mastrogiannis / Drums

Guitarist Nobuki Takamen was born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1977. Jazz historian Scott Yanow describes him as ''an excellent improviser in his own bop-inspired style.'' John Heidt of Vintage Guitar Magazine has also called him ''a mature player with keen sense of composition [and] considerable technical skill.''

A mainstay of the New York jazz scene, Nobuki leads his own group which has toured in the USA, Canada and Europe (France, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary & Montenegro), and appeared at jazz festivals and clubs including the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Rochester International Jazz Festival, Blue Note NY, Smalls Jazz Club, Bar Next Door and Iridium Jazz Club...

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Nobuki Takamen / Guitar
Henry Lugo / Bass
George Mastrogiannis / Drums

Guitarist Nobuki Takamen was born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1977. Jazz historian Scott Yanow describes him as ''an excellent improviser in his own bop-inspired style.'' John Heidt of Vintage Guitar Magazine has also called him ''a mature player with keen sense of composition [and] considerable technical skill.''

A mainstay of the New York jazz scene, Nobuki leads his own group which has toured in the USA, Canada and Europe (France, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary & Montenegro), and appeared at jazz festivals and clubs including the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Rochester International Jazz Festival, Blue Note NY, Smalls Jazz Club, Bar Next Door and Iridium Jazz Club. He has also toured annually throughout Japan since 2004.

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