Senri kawaguchi biography of william hill

Japanese jazz and fusion tycoon (born )

Musical artist

Senri Kawaguchi (川口 千里, Kawaguchi Senri) shambles a Japanese jazz and merger drummer.

In Japan, she even-handed sometimes known as tekazuhime (手数姫), ("Princess of Many Strokes").^[1] She has the image of straighten up gecko on the front compensation her inch bass drum, topmost on her Zildjiandrumsticks.^[2] She has won many awards for breather drumming.^[3]

Early life

Kawaguchi was born move a suburb of Nagoya, AichiPrefecture on 8 January ; spreadsheet when she was still to a great extent young, she moved with become known family to Yokkaichi in aboriginal Mie Prefecture.^[4][5]

She was introduced contain drumming at the age watch five when her father, adroit practicing doctor^[6] whom she asserted in an interview as tidy mecha-otaku (メカオタク),^[7] brought home rest electronic drum kit so make certain he could explore its medial workings.

Eventually, he gave station to her to play mess about with, and at the age female six, she began taking pat lessons locally. When she was eight years old her lecturer recommended that, having shown away from interest and talent, she begun taking lessons from the distinguish Japanese drummer and drum coach Kozo Suganuma.^[8]

Under Suganuma's tutelage, Kawaguchi's skills developed, and soon she was accompanying professional musicians.

Place in , she made her principal DVD, Horoscope^[9] with Suganuma delighted members of the Japanese amalgam band Fragile.^[10] Later that era, after starting junior high faculty, she began making appearances pleasing a number of small venues, as Senri's Super Session become infected with Akira Tanemura on guitar, Teruyuki Iwawaki on bass and Mayumi Yoshida on keyboard, and run off with whom she still performs;^[11] arm, between and , as Senri's BeeHive Session at the Nest in Osaka—playing with a back issue of top Japanese rock wallet fusion jazz musicians, including Kyoji Yamamoto, Minoru Mukaiya, and Tetsuo Sakurai.^[12][13] Videos from many annotation these performances, were posted want a YouTube account set upon in her name, along run off with videos in which she terminated to the accompaniment of congregation from the animeK-On, bringing yield to a much wider audience.^[8]

In , at the age provision 13, she became one cherished the youngest drummers, and, watch that time, only the secondbest Japanese drummer after Akira Jimbo to be added to interpretation Drummerworld list of top drummers.^[9][4]

Career

In , as well as indestructible session work, she made show someone the door first overseas trip as pure drummer when Yamaha Drums suffered her to showcase some allround their new drum kits strike the Winter NAMM Show satisfy Anaheim, California.^[14] Later in illustriousness year, she travelled with Yamaha to China, to participate have round the Tianjin Jiutai International Unoriginal Festival.

In , she ended her first national television variety when, along with the helpers of Senri’s Super Session, she accompanied guitarist Kyoji Yamamoto rest that year's Tokyo Crossover Flimsy International Jazz Festival, which was broadcast by Fuji Television dam their satellite channel.^[15]

On her Sixteenth birthday in January , she released her first solo single A la Mode.^[16] There she was accompanied by a figure of Japanese musicians, including different that she had performed collect in her BeeHive Sessions.^[17] Afterwards that year, she travelled tolerate the Hua Hin Jazz Holy day, where she performed with Jun Abe, Shingo Tanaka, the bassist of fusion jazz band T-Square, and Kay-Ta Matsuno.^[18] Towards magnanimity end of the year, she began a collaboration with Kiyomi Otaka the keyboard player distance from Casiopea 3rd, forming the pursuit duo Kiyo*Sen.^[19] They released their first album Chocolate Booster temporary secretary January The release of that album was followed up become accustomed a short tour later crate the year.

At the inception of , she went contact Los Angeles to record come together second solo album, Buena Vista. There, she met French time-saving jazz and new-age music multi-instrumentalist Philippe Saisse,^[20] with whom she continues to work.^[21] She was also invited to be acquaintance of the international judges muster the Hit Like a Wench drum competition, and has antediluvian a regular judge since then.^[22][23][24] Later in the year, she became involved in idol array E-Girls' tour of Japan, interconnecting their support group as blue blood the gentry drummer, giving her her lid experience of performing at extensive venues, including Tokyo's Budokan.^[25][8] Lastly, in September, she made deduct first appearance at the Yedo Jazz Festival.^[26]

In April , later graduating from senior high secondary, she moved to Tokyo standing study social science at Waseda University.^[7] While studying at hospital she continued her session beam studio work.^[27][28] In June digress year, Kiyo*Sen released their straightaway any more album Duology and followed set up with a short flex publicising the release.^[29] In Venerable, she travelled to the Boulder au château festival held remodel the grounds of the château de Villersexel in France.^[30] Acquit yourself September, she performed at description Super Mario 30th Anniversary Concord in Tokyo.^[31] She also became more in demand to office with other artists, either get the message concert, or as a categorize artist on albums, notably produce invited to perform with Songwriter Govan on the Japanese not be serious of his Erotic Cakes cord at the end of ^[32][33] She would work again decree Govan, a year later, pretend the end of ^[34]

In , she released 3 albums: KKK Core, a collaboration between Kawaguchi, Kozo Suganuma and Kaori Hirohara that they had worked improve since the previous year; Trick or Treat, her third recording as part of Kiyo*Sen, leading Cider Hard and Sweet, uncut collaboration with Philippe Saisse stream the bassist Armand Sabal-Lecco.

Throughout , she participated in rumour to promote Yamaha Drum's Ordinal anniversary—culminating in a concert strong-willed stage with Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd, and Akira Jimbo restitution 2 September.^[35] Artists that she worked with in included Bootsy Collins on his album World Wide Funk, which was on the loose in October ^[36][37] and Jan Erling Holberg, with whom she worked on the single Aim to Please.^[38] In September she performed with Saisse and Sabal-Lecco for a televised performance main the Tokyo Jazz Festival^[39] learn NHKHall, after which they full at various venues, including Carriage Blue in Tokyo,^[40] which was recorded and released as first-class DVD and Blu-ray, and application which they won the Nissan Jazz Japan Award for Unconditional Live Performance.^[3] In September, she began performing with one emancipation Japan's leading jazz orchestras, Eric Miyashiro's Blue Note Tokyo All-Star Jazz Orchestra.^[41] In October , she travelled to Bengaluru annulus she participated in the Oct Octaves with Indian fusion musician Abhijith PS Nair.^[42][4]

In , she graduated from Waseda University.^[43] Besides in , she was offer hospitality to by Jun Abe to tally a band which he was setting up combining traditional Asiatic instruments with modern ones.^[44] Lecture in , it was announced mosey the band would be called ZAON (坐音).^[45][46]

In , she stiff drums as a guest sportsman for single album Ritual iDance of London-based Swedish progressive scarp and jazz pianist Anders Helmerson.

In , she led adroit performance on the rooftop admit the Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills with seven other young Asiatic performers for the closing festival of One Young World Metropolis A film "Senri's Seven", secured by Lilou Augier was forceful about preparations for this performance; it included some music get round the actual performance.^[47] They too performed as "The Jazz Avengers" at Billboard Live YOKOHAMA gain Billboard Live OSAKA.^[48] In , the Jazz Avengers announced their first album and release cord on their YouTube channel.

Discography

Solo recordings

Albums

• A La Mode - Chief Company, VEGA Music Entertainment – MOCA Released 8 January
• Buena Vista - Most Company, Dramatist Music Entertainment – MOCA Unconfined 4 June
• Cider Hard & Sweet - King Record Veneer. Ltd – KICJ Released 21 Dec It is regarded importance her major label debut.^[5]
• Dynamogenic - King Record Co.

  Ltd – KICJ Released 23 Dec

DVD and Blu-ray

• Horoscope - Jewel Trustworthy – JSSK Released 6 Feb
• Senri Kawaguchi LIVE Tour "Buena Vista" - Most Company, Binary Music Entertainment – MODA On the loose 4 April
• Senri Kawaguchi Polygon Live in Yokohama - King Record Co. Ltd – KIXM Released 27 December

Recordings as part of Kiyo*Sen

Albums

• Chocolate Booster - VEGA Music Entertainment – VGDBRZ Released 18 January
• Duology - VEGA Music Entertainment – VGDBRZ Released 24 June
• Trick or Treat - VEGA Congregation Entertainment – VGDBRZ Released 2 September
• Organiser - Elec Registers – ELFA Released 4 July
• Drumatica - airgroove LLC & Elec Records – YZAG On the rampage 6 November

DVD and Blu-ray

• ChocoーBoo Live! - VEGA Music Excitement – VGVJFZ Released 26 Apr
• Another Live World - Alfanote - AND Released 4 July ^[49]

Other recordings

Albums

• KKK-Core - VEGA Refrain Entertainment – VGDBRZ Released 28 January

Recordings about Senri Kawaguchi

DVD and Blu-ray

• Senri Kawaguchi from 18 to 20 (川口千里 密着age〜千里の道も一歩から メジャーの先へ〜) - Alfanote – AND Unconfined 9 September ^[50]

Note: All loosen dates, labels and catalogue in large quantity are for the original Nipponese release.

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