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Kazumi Watanabe 渡辺香津美（吉他演奏家、作曲家、制作人）作为日本世界级的顶级爵士吉他手，渡辺香津美可谓名符其实。他的快节奏编织迷人的即兴和丰富的旋律；他以精心结合各种表演技巧、将丰富的表现力注入每一个音符、创造出一种独一无二的“Kazumi Sound”而闻名。在过去的45年里，他将世界作为自己的舞台，跨越流派和国界，与众多国内外艺术家合作演出。这位天生的即兴创作者构建了一个独特的作曲和编曲的世界，始终是乐界最前沿的开拓者。
Kazut Watanabe于1953年出生于东京，在7岁时就开始学习钢琴，但在12岁时由Ventures启发学习吉他。15岁时，他对Wes Montgomery的音乐感到震惊，并致力于爵士乐。17岁时的他在爵士界首次亮相，迅速地成为非凡的吉他神童。在Masaru Imada，Sadao Watanabe和Isao Suzuki等艺术家领导的日本顶级团体期间，他也带领了自己的乐队。
从专辑《Olive Steps》（1977）开始，他带领了融合吉他音乐的流行浪潮，不仅吸引了爵士乐迷，还吸引了很多摇滚乐迷。1979年在日本乐坛他成立了KYLYN，即坂本龙一，矢野显子和Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami，随后发行专辑，进行巡演。KYLYN在日本音乐界产生巨大影响并得到了认可。在那年秋天（1979年），Kazumi作为嘉宾吉他手参加了Yellow Magic Orchestra的世界巡演。在YMO的世界巡演中大受好评，与此同时他的名字在国际舞台更加响亮。
Kazumi Watanabe (Guitarist, Composer and Producer)
Kazumi Watanabe lives up to his name as the Japan’s world-class, top jazz guitarist. His quick tempo weaves fascinating ad libs and affluent melodies; he has been noted for elaborately combining various performing techniques and infusing rich expressive power to each and every note to create a one-of-a-kind “Kazumi Sound”. He has made the world his stage for over 45 years, transgressing genres and borders to perform with an outstanding number of domestic and international artists. The natural-born improviser also builds a unique world of composition and arrangements, always pioneering frontier instrumental music.
Born 1953 in Tokyo, Kazumi Watanabe took the piano at the tender age of seven, but picked up the guitar at age 12 inspired by the Ventures. At 15, he was stunned by the music of Wes Montgomery and turned his aspiration to jazz. He made his debut at age 17 with Infinite and was quickly hailed as the guitar prodigy extraordinaire. While playing in Japan’s top-profile groups led by artists such as Masaru Imada, Sadao Watanabe, and Isao Suzuki, he led his own band as well.
From around Olive Steps (1977), he rode the wave of popularity of fusion and guitar music, taking in not only jazz fans but also rock fans under his wings. In 1979 he formed KYLYN with then-up-and-coming stars in the Japanese music scene, namely Ryuichi Sakamoto, Akiko Yano, and Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami, and went on to release an album, perform live, and tour. KYLYN earned the recognition as the legendary band that had made a tremendous influence on the Japanese music scene thereafter, with each member still playing pivotal roles in respective scenes. In the fall of that year (1979) Kazumi participated in Yellow Magic Orchestra’s world tour as guest guitarist. His play won rave reviews in everywhere he went, which catapulted his name to international fame.
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80 年代，作为融合爵士的代表性巨作、史无前例的热门专辑《Tochika》的灵魂人物活跃于舞台。至今，与包括世界知名音乐家在内的许多日本国内外艺术家合作，开展过海内外演出。其即兴演奏大师的经验，使他的作曲及编曲也独具一格。2001年，在其出道30周年纪念之际，创作、演出并发表同名专辑《吉他组曲》，挑战了从木吉他、到电吉他、民谣吉他的可能性。2003年担任NHK教育电视台《木吉他入门》节目讲师，以“国民一人一乐器”的构想，开始了他的音乐文化普及运动。2005年起2年间，由他主持的NHK FM的《Jazz Tonight》节目中，经其独自选曲、编排的爵士启蒙节目深受好评。
TO CHI KA (1980), produced by Mike Mainieri, marked an unprecedented sales figure and brought Kazumi to the forefront of the fusion scene. The release was followed by an 11-city tour with Mainieri on vibraphone, Warren Bernhardt on piano and keyboards, Marcus Miller on bass and Omar Hakim on drums. Then up to 1985, he made more epoch-making steps than you could count, such as playing alongside Eddie Gomez and Steve Gadd in the Japan tour of STEPS, a group of cream of the New York-based musicians, as well as the Brecker Brothers Band’s performances at New York’s Seventh Avenue South and their Japan tour, and bassist Jaco Pastorius’ Japan tour to name a few.
《Tochika》
另一方面，Kazumi继续在Kazumi Band中推动融合的极限，他自己的乐队由萨克斯手Yasuaki Shimizu、键盘手Masanori Sasaji、贝司手Kenji Takamizu和鼓手Hideo Yamaki这些杰出的音乐家组成。与另一个乐队MoboⅢ——由贝斯手格Greg Lee和Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami组成。此外，与Marcus Miller (bass), Omar Hakim (drums), Robbie Shakespeare (bass), Sly Dunbar (drums), and Michael Brecker (saxophone)等重量级人物合作录制的专辑《Mobo》，作为一种新声音的实验性尝试，赢得了很高的赞誉。在此期间，Kazumi创作了融合史上许多开创性的作品，并确立了他作为日本顶级吉他手的地位。
80年代末，Kazumi积极探索新的领域，在伦敦与鼓手Bill Bruford和贝斯手Jeff Berlin一起录制了一张专辑。Bill Bruford是英国摇滚巨头，以他在King Crimson的活动而闻名。该乐队在日本12个城市巡回演出，并在伦敦录制了另一张专辑，并进行了更多巡回演出，赢得了全国进步摇滚歌迷的大力支持。他还带领着一支乐队，键盘手Kei Akagi、贝斯手Bunny Brunel，鼓手John Wackerman。他在美国的9个城市巡演，并在瑞士的Montreux爵士音乐节上表演。在日本基金会赞助的一次巡演中，他访问了印度尼西亚、斯里兰卡、孟加拉国、泰国和中国，并与当地音乐家一起演出。
90年代，Kazumi开始沉浸在原声吉他中，并将其与电吉他相结合，进一步扩展了他的音乐领域。他与著名的自由爵士钢琴家山下洋辅(Yosuke Yamashita)贝斯井野幸男(Nobuyoshi Ino)一起在欧洲演奏了一系列演出。
On the other hand, Kazumi continued to push the envelope of fusion in Kazumi Band, his own band formed with musicians of notable, extraordinary techniques such as saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu, keyboardist Masanori Sasaji, bassist Kenji Takamizu and drummer Hideo Yamaki. With another band MoboⅢ, a trio with bassist Greg Lee and Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami. Furthermore, recorded with ultra-heavyweights such as Marcus Miller (bass), Omar Hakim (drums), Robbie Shakespeare (bass), Sly Dunbar (drums), and Michael Brecker (saxophone), album Mobo earned high acclaim as a work of experimental approaches to a new sound. During this time, Kazumi produced a number of seminal works in the history of fusion, and established his stature as Japan’s top guitarist.
In the late 80s, Kazumi actively explored new fields and recorded an album in London with drummer Bill Bruford, the British rock giant renowned for his activities in King Crimson, and bassist Jeff Berlin. The unit toured twelve cities in Japan, and went on to record another album in London as well as doing many more tours, winning overwhelming support from progressive rock fans across the nation. He also led a band with Kei Akagi on keyboards, Bunny Brunel on bass, and John Wackerman on drums, touring 9 cities in the United States and performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. On a tour sponsored by The Japan Foundation, he visited Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, and China, and performed with local musicians.
In the 90s, Kazumi began to immerse himself into acoustic guitar as well, combining it with electric to further expand his musical field. He played strings of European dates such as Barcelona (Spain), Italy, and France with leading free jazz pianist Yosuke Yamashita, as well as Bulgaria and Lisbon (Portugal) with bassist Nobuyoshi Ino, all enjoying high acclaim.
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步入21世纪，Kazumi发行了《Beyond the Infinite》，这是一组吉他组曲，以纪念他作为吉他手30周年。在创作和编排音乐时，他站在即兴演奏者的角色，创造了自己独特的世界，使组曲成为一件无国界的艺术作品，自由地跨越了古典音乐、当代音乐、爵士、摇滚和民谣等流派。该组曲首次公演并作为专辑发行。后来，它被重新编排为一个管弦乐组曲，并在2006年首演由Seikyo Kim指挥演出。
2003年2月，Kazumi发行了《Guitar Renaissance》，这是他职业生涯中第一张纯独奏的专辑。同年5月，他与贝斯手Richard Bona和鼓手Horacio " el Negro " Hernandez在纽约共同录制了新专辑《Mo 'Bop》。这个三重奏在2003年东京爵士音乐节首演时受到了广泛的关注。从那时起，在接下来的四年里，他继续发行一系列的电声项目。
2007年，Kazumi与钢琴家/作曲家Koko Tanikawa合作了“空中楼阁”（Castle In The Air），这是一个合作项目。1997年以来，Koko Tanikawa一直是Kazumi的音乐和个人合作伙伴，从专辑制作到现场表演，他的所有活动都是由Koko Tanikawa负责。这张专辑于2007年末发行。后Kazumi还发起了“回归爵士项目”。他在2009年秋季发行了《Jazz Impression》，并继续与贝斯手井上洋辅（Yosuke Inoue）合作在全国各地现场表演，偶尔也会与客座艺术家合作。
在2009年由日本基金会赞助的四城七秀中国巡演中，Kazumi与爵士乐萨克斯演奏家Masato Honda, Koko Tanikawa，以及中国琵琶演奏家蒋婷一起演绎了当代音乐，获得了很高的好评。这段经历让他意识到，在中国，特别是在爵士乐和融合方面，有一种新的热情和潜力，体现了培养本土年轻爵士演奏家的重要性。
Stepping into the 21st century, Kazumi released ”Beyond The Infinite”, a guitar suite to commemorate the 30th year of his career as a guitarist. Upon composing and arranging the music, he drew on his improviser’s side and created his own unique world, making the suite a borderless work of art that freely transgresses genres such as classical music, contemporary music, jazz, rock, and folk. The suite was premiered and released as an album as well. Later, it was rearranged as an orchestral suite and was premiered in 2006 conducted by Seikyo Kim.
In February 2003, Kazumi released “Guitar Renaissance”, the first album in his career he performed completely solo. In May that year, he recorded “Mo’Bop” in New York as the New Electric Trio with bassist Richard Bona and drummer Horacio ”el Negro” Hernandez. The trio was highly publicized when they world premiered at Tokyo Jazz 2003. Since then for the next four years, he continued to release and perform series of acoustic and electric projects in parallel.
In 2007, Kazumi produced Castle In The Air, a collaborative project with pianist/composer Koko Tanikawa, his musical and personal partner since 1997, who had been producing his overall activities from album making to live performances. The album was released in late 2007. As part of the duo unit also named Castle In The Air, he supported Koko’s worldview and music, rooted in her deep insight on world environment and the concept of coexistence with nature. The unit also contributed music for the live-action version of movie Grave Of The Fireflies that hit theaters in 2008. In the midst of such myriad activities, Kazumi also launched the “Return To Jazz Project” to focus on his point of origin. He released “Jazz Impression” in fall 2009, and continues to perform live all across the nation as the trio with bassist Yosuke Inoue and drummer Hiroyuki Noritake, occasionally with guest artists.
In the four-city, seven-show China tour sponsored by The Japan Foundation in 2009, Kazumi presented a stereoscopic rendition of contemporary music with jazz saxophonist Masato Honda, Koko Tanikawa, and Chinese Pipa player Jiang Ting, which enjoyed high acclaim. This experience made him realize a new enthusiasm and potential in contemporary China especially in terms of jazz and fusion, as well as the importance of nurturing young local jazz players.
《TOKYO WANDERER》
2010年，为了纪念Kazumi作为吉他手的职业生涯，他举办了一系列的巡演活动。2016年Kazumi发行了的专辑《Guitar is Beautiful KW45（华纳音乐）》被日本Music Pen Club评为年度最佳流行专辑，在东京举办的演唱会也获得了好评。最新专辑《TOKYO WANDERER （东京流浪者）》（2017, 华纳音乐）是与弦乐合奏组合大村爱(Ai Okumura Strings)合作推出的，不仅受到爵士乐迷的欢迎，也受到更广泛的音乐爱好者和音乐会观众的欢迎。
2016年，庆祝他的首张专辑45周年，专辑《Guitar is Beautiful -KW45》由11位吉他手参与，所有的曲目全部由二重奏展现，如Lee Ritenour, Mike Stern, Char, Kotaro Oshio, Jin Oki, SUGIZO…等。
作为““Return to Jazz Project”的十周年纪念，2019年将举办几场音乐会。今年4月，第一次在中国北京举行的海外演出受到观众的热烈欢迎。Kazumi曾在电视、广播和他们的特别节目中多次曝光。他也在平面媒体上分享自己在音乐生活中的经历，偶尔也会定期发表文章。
Kazumi Watanabe目前是森佐库学院音乐学院爵士课程的客座教授。1991年，因专辑《Guitar is Beautiful -KW45》(日本华纳音乐)获得著名的文雄南日奖、音乐笔会奖、“2016年最佳流行专辑”。
2010 has seen a string of events commemorating Kazumi’s fingerprints career anniversary as a guitarist, including a concert with an orchestra in July where he played all movements of Concierto de Aranjuez, the gold standard of guitar concertos, with a pick. Being the first person in all genres to take on such a challenge, the concert naturally garnered much attention. On top of this, he will perform at Tokyo Jazz in early September leading "TO CHI KA 2010”, a one-night-only reunion with then-tour mates Mike Mainieri (vibraphone), Warren Bernhardt (piano/keyboards), Marcus Miller (bass) and Omar Hakim (drums) for the first time in 30 years, raising expectations among long time jazz/fusion fans. Recently, he also performed at the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto as part of a special unit deriving from the Toru Takemitsu Tribute project that had enjoyed rave reviews at the Japan Week 2008 in Washington DC. The unit will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York and in Orange County in December.
2016, celebrated his debut 45th anniversary, album “ Guitar is Beautiful -KW45” released with featured 11 guitarists, all tracks are recorded by completely duo, such as Lee Ritenour, Mike Stern, Char, Kotaro Oshio, Jin Oki, SUGIZO… and more. As 10th anniversary of “Return to Jazz Project”, several concerts are scheduled in 2019. The first abroad gigs in Beijing, China, was favorably welcomed by audience in April. Kazumi has enjoyed numerous exposures on TV, radio, and their special programs. He shares his experiences in his musical life in print media as well, contributing essays occasionally and regularly. Kazumi Watanabe is currently guest professor at the jazz course of Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. He has received the prestigious Fumio Nanri Award in 1991, Music Pen Club Award, “The Best Popular Album of the Year 2016“ for the album “ Guitar is Beautiful -KW45” (Warner Music Japan).
乐队成员
Kazumi Watanabe/渡辺香津美 - guitar
Gregg Lee/山本樹晏 - bass
Akira Yamada/山田玲- drums
演出时间
日期/Date：2019年9月19日（周四）
入场时间/Door Time：6:00 PM
演出时间/Show Time：7:30PM
日期/Date：2019年9月20日（周五）
第一场1st
入场时间/Door Time：6:00 PM
演出时间/Show Time：7:30PM
第二场2nd
入场时间/Door Time：9:30PM
演出时间/Show Time：10:00PM
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