AKIRA JIMBO
Pop/Art Song/Folk / Post-Fusion Contemporary / Fusion / RnB / Latin Jazz / Funk Jazz • Japan
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A player with remarkable technical skill and energy, Akira Jimbo has in recent years become the first Japanese drum set artist to achieve worldwide acclaim on the clinic circuit. His amazing ambidexterity and musical command of both acoustic and electronic sounds always brings the house down.
Akira came to fame with the four-piece Japanese jazz-fusion band Casiopea. Casiopea was formed in 1979 by guitarist Issei Noro, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai and drummer Takashi Sasaki. The band released its first album in May of 1979, a high-energy fusion of jazz and funk augmented by a horn section consisting of top American stars Michael and Randy Brecker and David Sanborn. Akira took over the drum chair in 1980, appearing on the band’s third album, Thunder Live, the first of several live albums. Akira stayed until the end of the decade, during which time the band toured the world three times, appearing
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Cotton
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1986
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Jimbo
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1990
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Slow Boat
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1991
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Palette
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1993
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Panama Man
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1995
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Flower
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1997
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Get Up!
Fusion
2008
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Jimbo Gumbo
Post-Fusion Contemporary
2010
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Smile Smile
Post-Fusion Contemporary
2012
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Mind Scope
Post-Fusion Contemporary
2013
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Munity
Post-Fusion Contemporary
2016
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21
Pop/Art Song/Folk
2017
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Pacifica
Pop/Art Song/Folk
1997
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Jimbest
Pop/Art Song/Folk
2010
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Evolution
Jazz Related Electronica/Hip-Hop
1999
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