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Jazz Artists - Returning in 2011!
Aimee Fackrell Nolte
 Aimee and Hide's playlist is on MySpace.com |
Aimee Fackrell Nolte grew up in Northern California, where she began playing piano at the age of 5. She studied both piano and voice, and decided that rather than choose, she preferred to do both.
After getting her music degree from Brigham Young University, she and her husband moved to New York City, where Ms. Nolte further honed her skills and was fortunate enough to, take lessons from Eric Reed and Jacky Terrasson.
Since moving to the LA area in 2001, she has appeared at various local venues, and most recently can be heard weekly with her guitarist, Hideaki Tokunaga at "Bobby London" in Koreatown.
Her first CD release in 2006 was "Up Till Now" which is made up of 10 original songs, that showcase Aimee's vocal and piano abilities, as well as her emergence as a powerful songwriter, producer and arranger, having arranged every track on the album.
Residing currently in Pomona, CA, Aimee is writing, arranging, and performing regularly in the LA area. Her next CD is set to release before the end of 2010.
Hideaki Tokunaga
Born in Osaka Japan, the guitarist, Hideaki Tokunaga came to the United States in 1985 and settled in New York, playing with an organization called Music Under New York (MUNY), which arranged for musicians to play in subways. In 1990 he moved to Southern California and started attending Calfornia Institute of the Arts through the Charlie Mingus Scholarship Program. In 1998 he graduated from CalArts with his Master's Degree.
During his school years the 18th Annual Down Beat Magazine Student Music Awards gave one of three Best USA Jazz Instrumental Soloist-College Awards to Hideaki Tokunaga. "The Awards," explains CalArts Jazz Program director, pianist David Roitstein, "bring a lot of competition. Students in high schools, colleges and universities all over the world submit their work and pieces are judged by internationally known musicians who know what they are listening to. There is a high level of competition and winning an award is a big honor."
After receiving this award, Tokunaga contracted with Moo/MIDI Records. His debut cd "The Wind Told Me" was released in 1997 and the second album "Midnight Rainbow" was released in 1998. On "Midnight Rainbow" the core band features the Hammond B3 playing of Greg Kustin and the drums of legendary jazz drummer Billy Higgins. This trio is augmented by a string quartet as they swing through a program of Hideaki's own music and eclectic jazz standards.
Jazz Program founder, bassist Charlie Haden said " Some people think that only musicians who grew up in this country can play jazz. I totally disagree with it. Listen to how Django Reinhardt used to improvise on his guitar. He really digged jazz theory. And Hideaki is another example, if I close my eyes to listen to how he plays bebop, I would think he was from Brooklyn." As a matter fact, he lived in Brooklyn when he met his wife, and followed her to Los Angeles.
His warm, beautiful, solid and grooving guitar sound has been capturing the hearts of every Jazz fan.
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