Two award-winning female Japanese jazz composers, Asuka Kakitani and Noriko Ueda, have joined forces to form Sakura Jazz Orchestra. Named for Japan’s most iconic flower, the cherry blossom, Sakura ...
Sakura Maki is a saxophonist who was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She started playing trumpet in her elementary school band at the age of 9 and started playing jazz tenor saxophone at the age of ...
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