Shigeki Kawahara 
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Read moreA few days ago, I found the rainbow stretching down from the thunderhead cloud. Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue...Ok, keep our heads up. Stay safe and keep the music playing.
RGDs Shigeki
Greetings from Japan.
Hope this message finds you well.
All of us face a very difficult time, especially for those providing venues for live performances. Many well-known old jazz clubs had come to close the doors. However, there are some new ways to deliver live music such as remote broadcasting via the internet. It is not really the same as the old ways. For the time being, we should start trying some new ways.
Stay safe and keep the music playing.
Shigeki
"Ballad of Your Smile" is an easy listening piece that I composed with an appreciation of my family always embracing me with her gentle smile. No complicated arrangement. Just piano and organ with some calm fillers to finish the total sound in good spherical shape. Hope you like this small and peaceful tune.
All the best, Shigeki
"Flying Over the Horizon" is one of the songs I produced under a recording unit "TIG: the Three In the Groove." Members of the unit are Hiroki IDE (drums, mix), Toru ISHIWATA (guitar), and me Shigeki KAWAHARA (Keyboards, arranger, and composer). "Flying Over the Horizon" had been popular on a playlist rotation of "Best Smooth Jazz with Rod Lucas" from London, UK. It was once used for the opening song of the program.
Read moreLet me introduce my song "The Streamliner." I composed "The Streamliner" as an authentic piano jazz fusion piece with a clear reminiscence of the 1970s-80s. I love the piece to play in a very "pianistic" way. Some long-time listeners of my music pleasantly say that "The Streamliner is Shigeki's signature piece." For those not familiar with this song, please give it a try and let me know how you find it.
Read moreGreetings from Japan.
I uploaded a song featuring a vocalist, "Naomi," and soprano sax solo by Chika Asamoto. Please give it a try. I wrote this song way back in the 1980s for a live performing band with a male vocal that I played together at the time. I remade all arrangements for Naomi to sing. Enjoy the song as smooth as silk.
All the best
Shigeki
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About Shigeki Kawahara
...by DJ Aki, JAPAN INDIES:
"Japanese Smooth Jazz artist Shigeki Kawahara you could say is an internet success story that continues to be told. A very accomplished keyboardist/pianist, he began recording music in 1995 and released his first CD (and to date only full album) “Another World” in 2005. He had been doing music on the side while his day job as an economist takes him around the world. The convenience of the internet, however, allowed him to release his music via the world wide web, catching the attention of FM DJs abroad. The album was an online success leading Kawahara-san to form the jazz trio TIG (Three In the Groove) with Toru Ishiwata (guitar) and Hiroki Ide (drums). Previews of their music can be heard online on his "Shigeki Kawahara/ TIG and Friends" Facebook page. Kawahara’s and TIG’s music is reminiscent of smooth jazz legends like Joe Sample, Bob James, and FourPlay."
Comment by Peter Boehi, DJ of SmoothVibes Radio:
"I added your track "Night Flight" to our playlist because it fits very well and I like the vintage touch of the song."
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Dec 12
7:30 PM
Japan, Tokyo, Setagaya
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Nov 14
12:30 PM
Japan, Tokyo, Tsukiji 5-6-10, Chuo-ku, 1040045
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Oct 06
1:30 PM
Japan, 東京都目黒区自由が丘１丁目２１−４ Ｊ１２１ビルB1, Japan
