Artist Info: Kazutoki Umezu

Kazutoki Umezu (梅津和時) is one of the most important reed players in the world. He works with many different kinds of music and dance performances. He is always learning new material for improvisation and composition.

The one thing that does not change is the sound of his saxophone. It's always clear ,beautiful and strong. He blows it strong and speedy like a devil and then sometimes very humorous and then again sometimes melancholy like the blues or Japanese ENKA. [read more...]