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I found this guy while surfing around the wide world of the web. You see, Blues and Japanese people is something that you don’t really hear much. I’ve come across lot’s of Japanese Jazz band. From what i gather, He migrated to the USA at the age of 19! Now he’s in New Orleans….talk about going for your dreams eh? Pretty inspirational.

So let the music do the talking. you may want to check out his
Youtube profile and his MySpace profile.

From his MySpace profile:

TAKASHI “Guitar YAKUZA” is professional southrn R&B guitar player. He goes to over-seas tour with New Orlerans greatest musicians such a Umbria Jazz Fest(Italy), New Orleans JAzz Fest (Innsbruck Austria), Bourbon st. Fest (Sao Paulo Brazil), etc….

He has too many faces. People know him as Takashi “Giovanni” Matsumura or Mr.T. He is not only Guitar Player, also Composer arrenger and track maker, too.

He was born in kyoto, Japan.
His blood roots is Notorious “Lord Danjo Matsunaga”:1510-1577. He was so wild around Sengoku period (which means samurai war generation.)

The Guitar Yakuza started to play the guitar 9 Years old.
He grow up with Blues, Soul, Funk and went to America 19 years old.

At first,He came to play music and learning culture in United States like Borat.(That ain’t no joke.)

Now He’s workin’ with many legendary New Orleans musicians Such a international tour gigs.

His gig is mainly Borbon st. He play with a greatest New Orleans musicians
as Gary Brown, June Gardner, Cyril Neville, Carl Marshal, Lionel Talbert, Kurt Brunus, Parker Shy, Marphy Tyler, Mardi Gras Indians about 7 years now.
After Katrina he try to made his own music.
He’s still workin’ Bourbon St on 6 hours 4 days of a week for 6 years.

Now he try to make music for fun himself on his thrift records.

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