YuichiroTokuda RALYZZDIG

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Yuichiro Tokuda RALYZZDIG are...

Yuichiro Tokuda \ Alto & Sopranino Sax, Vocal, Composition
Naoto Suzuki \ Guitars
Kazuhiro Tamura \ Piano
Kumpei Nakbayashi \ Bass
Gaku Hasegawa \ Drums

RALYZZDIG = Dig "RAY + LYRIC + JAZZ".

"PRESS REVIEW"

"the cutting edge of the present progressive form of jazz"
_JazzLife Magazine (2007 Japan)

"Masterpiece", throughout the album, That's it!!
_CD Journal Magzine (2010 Japan)

"70 minutes powerful album!!"
full of the enthusiasm and very unique tone and play style.
_JazzLife Magazine (2010 Japan)

"Imagination" is enormously impressive,
and definitely as excellent work as I assure it is ahead of a couple generations.
_CD Jorunal Magazine (2010 Japan)

The perfect blend of jazz fused with rock styles
makes for truly the most appealing cross-genre grooving music.
You might be wondering why we would feature him here.
Well, because his music is AMAZING.
Open your ears and your mind and take a listen to any one of his songs.
_NEO Magazine (2012 New York)

"Past Activity / Awards"

In Jun 2011, Original song "Nothing There" received a prize of
"International Songwriting Competition 2010 / Honorabul Mention Award" in Jazz Category.
and "Two Semi-Finalist Awards" received also in Jazz category.

"The story of Japanese Jazz artist Yuichiro Tokuda" aired on BBC Radio America 2011/6/15.

RALYZZ DIG are featured @ "All about Jazz / Borneo Jazz 2011"

In Sep 2011, The UK Songwriting Contest / Jazz Category FINALIST Award.

RALYZZ DIG played at 10th Nanjing International Jazz Festival,China.

In Dec 2011, The USA Songwriting Competition 2011 / Jazz Category FINALIST Award.

Yuichiro's article is on NY's magazine "NEO Magazine - 2012 January issue"

In Mar 2012, RALYZZ DIG played @ Canadian Music Week(Toronto,CANADA)

"Profiles"

RALYZZ DIG players are...

Yuichiro Tokuda _Sax / Vocal & Composition,

an emerging star in the Japanese music scene.
After studying at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston,
he returned to Japan to form the Yuichiro Tokuda Quintet whose first album was acclaimed as
"the cutting edge of the present progressive form of jazz" in Jazz Life magazine.
In 2008, Tokuda received an award as the "New Face of the Year in Art & Culture"
from the Chiba-City Government, the first time ever for a jazz artist.
In 2008, Tokuda changed his band's name to Yuichiro Tokuda RALYZZ DIG.
Every year he perform in Japan's most prestigious jazz festival "Yokohama Jazz Promenade"
as well as in numerous other smaller festival throughout the country.
Yuichiro Tokuda RALYZZDIG has released five CDs.

Naoto Suzuki,

He is an award winning guitarist.
He is the recipient of the 2004 GIBSON Jazz Guitar Contest
as well as the 2009 Jazz Session on YouTube.
He works, records and tours with many different jazz, pop and rock artists in Japan.

On Piano, Kazuhiro Tamura

Kazuhiro started learning piano at a very early age.
He has played with musicians and bands far beyond his years and across all genres.
Some of these include Ken Kaneko Trio,
Mari Nakamoto group and Mitsuru Okada Yoshimi to name but a few.

Kumpei Nakabayashi,

He was voted bassist of the year
in the Moriguchi / Kadoma Jazz Contest" in 2003.
Nakabayashi, a diverse musician, partakes in collaborations with theatre companies,
as well as other famous jazz and rock musicians from Japan.

Drummer, Gaku Hasegawa

He is a graduate of prestigious Berklee College of Music
where he secured a scholarship on his musical merits in 2003.
Shortly after his graduation he moved to New York to pursue a career in percussion.
After relocating back to Japan in 2005,
Hasegawa played many jazz festivals, appeared in live recordings
and tours and nationwide productions covering many different genres of music.

"Yuichiro Tokuda RALYZZ DIG"

This gruoup is a jazz collective of extremely talented musicians
that are well traveled and versed in what they do best.
Each has their own story to tell as an individual musician
as well as their achievements as a group.