KENGO NAKAMURA

Post-Fusion Contemporary / Post Bop • Japan
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Kengo was born in Osaka, Japan. He learned the classical guitar at the early age of twelve. He switched to the electric bass when he became seventeen years old. In 1988, he studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston and he took lessons from Mr. Whit Browne.

The acoustic sounds inspired Kengo then he began taking the acoustic bass seriously at that time. Later, he played at Wally’s Jazz club with young lions including Roy Hargrove, Antonio Hart and Anthony Wonsey. He was awarded the John Neves Memorial scholarship in recognition of outstanding musicianship from Berklee College of Music.

In 1991, Kengo moved to New York City to begin his professional career as a musician. Soon there after, his glowing reputation preceded him and was in great demand from some of New York Jazz music’s leading lights. He performed with Wynton Marsalis, Benny Golson, Mal Waldron, Cyrus Chestnut, Marcus Printup, Sadao
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KENGO NAKAMURA Divine album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Divine
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2001
KENGO NAKAMURA Say Hello To Say Goodbye album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Say Hello To Say Goodbye
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2002
KENGO NAKAMURA Roots album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Roots
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2005
KENGO NAKAMURA RE: Standards album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
RE: Standards
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2006
KENGO NAKAMURA Generations album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Generations
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2008
KENGO NAKAMURA Songs In My Life Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Songs In My Life Time
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2012
KENGO NAKAMURA Dharma : Beyond the Horizon album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dharma : Beyond the Horizon
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2016
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Scandinavia
Post Bop 2018

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Rainbow ~The Best of Kengo Nakamura
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2010

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