Tropical Jazz Big Band Explained

Tropical Jazz Big Band (Japanese: 熱帯JAZZ楽団, Nettai Jazz Gakudan); incorrectly referred to in the United States as Nettai Tropical Jazz Big Band, is a Japanese latin jazz big band.

Led by Carlos Kanno from Orquesta de la Luz, the Tropical Jazz Big Band started out as a group of friends playing for fun and evolved into an 18-piece ensemble. Boasting four percussionists, a three-piece rhythm section, and powerful horns, the band released their first album Live in Yokohama in 1998. That year the band also played in United States.^[1] They have played at various jazz festivals and venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York City, United States.^[2]

Members

Source:^[3]

• Shirō Sasaki, Trumpet
• Masanori Suzuki, Trumpet
• Kenji Matsushima, Trumpet
• Sho Okumura, Trumpet
• Hideaki Nakaji, Trombone
• Dairo Miyamoto, Bass Saxophone
• Taisei Aoki, Trombone
• Kan Nishida, Bass Trombone
• Kazuhiko Kondo, Alto Saxophone
• Masahiro Fujioka, Alto Saxophone
• Manteru Nonoda, Tenor Saxophone
• Salt Shionoya, Piano
• Getao Takahashi, Bass
• Akira Jimbo, Drums
• Carlos Kanno, Percussion
• Michiaki Tanaka, Percussion
• Cosmos Kapitza, Percussion
• Gen Ogimi, Percussion
• Yoshi Iba, Percussion

Discography

• Nettai I - Live in Yokohama (1998)
  • First Live Concert Recording and first overall album
• Nettai II - September (1999)
• Nettai III - My Favorite (2000)
• Nettai IV - La Rumba (2000)
• Nettai V - La Noche Tropical (2001)
• Nettai VI - En Vivo (2002)
  • Second Live Concert Recording
• Nettai VII - Spain (2003)
• Nettai VIII - The Covers (2004)
  • First Compilation of their Cover-songs from the previous albums
• Nettai IX - Mas Tropical (2005)
• Nettai X - Swing con Clave (2006)
• Nettai XI - Let's Groove (2007)
• Nettai XII - The Originals (2008)
  • Compilation of Original Compositions from the previous albums
• Nettai XIII - Fantasy (2009)
• Nettai XIV - Liberty (2010)
• Nettai XV - Covers 2 (2012)
  • Second Compilation of their Cover-songs from the previous albums
• Nettai XVI - Easy Lover (2014)
• Nettai XVII - The Best from Movies (2015)
  • Compilation of their Cover-songs that were originally used in movies.

See also

• Latin music
• Latin jazz

External links

• • Carlos Kanno's Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nettai Tropical Jazz Big Band . Allmusic . 2012-03-30.
2. Web site: Carlos Kanno interview . 1999-07-02 . 2012-03-30.
3. Web site: Nettai Tropical Jazz Big Band--My Favorite (2000)(Akira Jimbo) . 2009-05-02 . 2012-03-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120807114326/http://ibis56.blogspot.com/2009/05/nettai-tropical-jazz-big-band-my.html . 2012-08-07 .