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A Japanese playing the blues? Well, to me, the blues is universal. Yes, those little things you must go through when you are growing up, say, the one you loved didn’t know you even existed, or you really got mistreated, and so on. That’s how I met the blues music as a young boy. It really helped me. If it wasn’t for the blues, I think I wouldn’t have made it till today. So here I am playing the same old blues…
But as far as listening concerned, I do listen to more Jazz music than the straight blues.
My favorite guitarists are: Herb Ellis, Tiny Grimes, Melvin Sparks, David T Walker, Cornell Dupree, Robben Ford, Eric Gale, Chris Cain, Larry Carlton, Stanley Jordan, Jim Mullen, and of course, Chris Standring.
Other instruments/vocals: Dinah Washington, Etta Jones, Ruth Brown, Esther Phillips, Ernestine Anderson, Randy Crawford, Diane Reeves, Diana Krall, Eva Cassidy, Joe Williams, Jimmy Witherspoon, Bill Doggett, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Shirley Scott, Joey DeFrancesco,Bobby Timmons, Ray Bryant, Hank Crawford, David Sanborn, Rusty Bryant, Houston Person, etc.
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