Dan Kawamoto

"... often not the case with ?contemporary? Jazz. ?Atomic Cafe? starts out with DJ scratches and then moves into a Crusaders fed, with trombonist Ira Joining band founder and toader Dan Kuramoto on tenor saxophone during the thema Koto player June Kuramoto, dan's exwife leads on the lovdy chacha ?China Latina,? with Dan Kuramoto offering an easy sax solo. ?Obon the title refers to its of recording offers from the Kuramoto, Dan on flute and later as dramatic taiko drum from Shoti Kameda. On ?Pharaoh,? dedicated to saxo- Sanders, its feels the band will break into some straightahead at any moment. ..."

"... color, however, is little substance. With the exception of ?Fifths." on which Peter Hau offers a challenging and sometimes exciting guitar solo. "Third Generation" is just a pleasant diversion. Dan Kuramoto plays sax on several cuts, bul never shows any great proficiency. "From the Heart" includes a decent allo solo, but don't throw away your Charlie Parker records. Likewise. "We Are" ..."

"... lt created 'Hiroshima. Hiroshima, who performed lut night at the Fulton is to admit IU members are not from Japan. In Introducing songs from the band's new album, ?Igo,? Dan Kuramoto, told the crowd that, "If the truth be known, our Japanese to not that hot." Just about everything wu though. The band displayed one of the musical of growing up ..."

"... persistent absence of original material on Walker's latter albums. Billy Jim Baker usually provides one gem per album, but yet another version of "Me and Bobby McGee? HIROSHIMA (Arista). Dan Kuramoto must be schizophrenic. He claims his group hiroshima's new album (of the same name) is about an mankind as an ?indestructable force.? he's mistaken. Instead, it's an expression of the ..."