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Who & Where

Name: Keita Ogawa
City/Place: Brooklyn, NY
Country: United States
Hometown: Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

Life & Work

Bio: Originally from Sasebo City, Nagasaki, Japan, Keita Ogawa is a 2 time Grammy nominees and a Grammy winner and one of the most versatile and sought-after percussionists and drummers in New York City.

He started his music career on drum set at the age of 15.

After performing regularly in Tokyo for several years, Keita decided to pursue his musical studies overseas. He was accepted into the prestigious Berklee College of Music in fall of 2005 where he studied with legendary musicians and educators Manuel “Egui” Castrillo, Jamey Haddad, Tito De Gracia, David Rosado, and Mark Walker. Seeking full immersion into the world of Brazilian percussion, Keita relocated to Rio de Janeiro for 3 months and studied with the some of the country’s most respected musicians- Jorginho do Pandeiro, Celsinho Silva, Kiko Freitas, and Marcio Bahia among others.

Since his arrival in America, Keita has worked with some of the biggest names in modern music including Yo-yo-ma, Assad Brothers, Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, Romero Lubambo, Clarice Assad, Jaques Morelenbaum, Osvaldo Golijov, Les Nubians, Charlie Hunter, Benny Green, Eric Harland, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and more.

Currently he works with several projects like, Snarky Puppy, Bokanté, Banda Magda, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Charlie Hunter, JSquad, Camila Meza and the Nectar Orchestra, Clarice Assad and more.

In 2016 He wrote opening Theme for National TV Program in Japan. Program Called “Hodo Station”.

In 2017 He became the Ambassador of Tourism of his Hometown, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan.

He is endorsed by Canopus Drum, Meinl Percussion, Meinl Cymbal, Vic Firth, Evans Drumhead, Stack Ring Percussion, Cooperman Company, Dem Sticks, Parka Percussion and Decora 43.

Keita can virtually play any percussion instrument and musical style with fluency and unparalleled musicality. Despite his youth, he has set an example for the next generation of world-class musicians. Keita’s passion for crossing musical borders and uniting differences in cultures is a rare talent which he exhibits with a smile and an open heart.

小川慶太

82年生まれ長崎県佐世保市出身。

15歳のときにドラムをはじめる。

高校卒業後神戸にある甲陽音楽学院で２年間学ぶ。その後東京で２年活動した後2005年渡米。その年の秋にバークリー音楽学院に専攻をドラムセットからハンドパーカッションに変えて入学。バークリでは、ジェイミー・ハダッド、エギー・カストリオロ、ティト・デ・グラシア、デビッド・ロサード、マーク・ウォーカーなどに師事する。

そして2007年ブラジルのリオデジャネイロで３ヶ月、ブラジル音楽シーンにおいて重要なジョルジーニョ・ド・パンデーロ、セルシーニョ・シルバ、キコ・フレイタス、マルシオ・バイーアなどに師事する。

渡米後、ヨーヨーマをはじめ、アサド兄弟、チャーリー•ハンター、レ•ヌビアンズ、エリック・ハーランド、マリア・シュナイダージャズオーケストラ、ジャキス•モレレンバウム、ボストン・シンフォニーオーケストラなどジャンルを超えて現在の音楽シーンを代表する世界のトップアーティストたちと共演し続けている。

現在はスナーキーパピー、セシル•マクロレン•サルヴァント、バンダマグダ、ボカンテ、チャーリー•ハンタートリオ、カミラ•メーザ＆ネクターオーケストラのメンバーで、

現在ニューヨークを拠点に、アメリカ国内、カナダ、ヨーロッパ、アジアなどで世界各国で活躍中。

2016年4月から新しくなったテレビ朝日報道ステーションのオープニングテーマもJSquadの一員として音楽を手がけている。他にもMISIA, 原田知世, 伊藤ゴロー, 東方神起, 佐藤竹善などの作品にも参加している。

2017年10月に佐世保観光名誉大使に就任。

2017年にスナーキー•パピーの一員としてグラミー賞を受賞。

2020年にはBokanteとSara Gazarekでグラミー賞２部門ノミネートされる。

“慶太は、ほぼすべての打楽器の類を、圧倒的な音楽性で、難なく演奏する。

彼はまだ若いが、次代を担う世界レベルのミュージシャンの一人だ。

彼の笑顔や大らかな人間性に秘められた情熱は、音楽のジャンルを超え、

あらゆる異文化を繋いでいく。彼の才能は尊く、類まれなものだ。”

by Jamey Haddad

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THE MATRIX WAS BUILT HERE, inspired in (the kabbalah-inspired fiction of) Borges' El Aleph, that in the pillar in Cairo's Mosque of Amr, where the universe in its entirety throughout all time is perceivable as an infinite hum from deep within the stone... The Brazilian Aleph doesn't hum...it sings!

Sprawled across broad equatorial latitudes
Stoked and steamed and sensual in the widest sense of the word
Limned in prosody and cadenced song
brəˈzɪl / from "brasa" / Latin for "ember"

w/ David Dye for U.S. National Public Radio

Given the immense untapped power of the small-world phenomenon, from Brazilians the matrix was expanded to include nodes per jazz artists, given jazz's common roots with Brazilian music (nodes based in publicly available information; some artists we informed — Bob Mintzer, Kamasi Washington, David "Fuse" Fiuczynski, Vijay Iyer, Greg Osby — and got thumbs up, others we'll get to), and moved on from there. Artists/academics/"creative people" are welcome to create their own nodes and curate (connect to other artist nodes, so that others may follow).

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