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Ayumi “Azucar” Suzuki
RESILIENZA Resilience is the ability of an individual to face a negative event by transforming and reorganizing their life in a positive way, including improving the previous situation. The title is deliberately left in Italian to indicate the country of origin of La Maxima 79 and to indicate that Salsa today has become something Global with orchestras and dancers from all over the world under one family.
A special thanks goes to all the DJs and dancers of the World who help from the beginning La Maxima 79 to grow and spread their music and keep doing it. Thanks to the entire iLatin Music Ilario Cali 'Seal family, Sara Spazzini, Laura Fossati, Dj Alexio Grossi and Massimiliano Pioli for always supporting the production.
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Takashi Nakazato Multi- percussionist specializing in various musical genres.
Born in Asakusa, Tokyo is a multi-percussionist specializing in various musical genres.
He has performed with numerous well-known artists throughout his career, as well as performing with “The Lion King, The Musical” for ve years. Nakazato has toured most of Europe and Asia with the Jaribu Afrobeat Orchestra, Jazztronik, Fried Pride(Tokyo Jazz Festival etc) Kyoto Jazz Massive(North Sea Jazz Festival,Tokyo Crossover Jazz Festival etc) and toured China with the Online Game Orchestra (Ro Legend 2016) Takashi has also toured Japan with famed pianist, Yukie Nishimura and toured Mala in Cuba.
He was the only Japanese percussionist to be hired for the gig. Takashi studied for a long while in Cuban, learning Cuban folklore and Bata under the wing of greats like Adonis
Panter Calderon, Barbaro Yordany Crespo Richard(Osain Del Monte) and Angel Boraño.
He studied the Conga drum under Tomas “El Panga” Ramos, Edger Martinez and Joaquin Pozo.
His timbal mentor was Juan Carlos Rojas. He made Santo, Obatala, while in Cuba.
Nakazato has his own fusion band, Piecework, and is also a member of 10 piece percussion group, Orquesta Nadge! Nadge! And Ayumigos
(Japanese and Cuban members of Latin Jazz).
Nakazato released his rst album “Clandestina,” which included guests Luisito Quintero, Robert Quintero, Calixto Oviedo, Karl Vanden Bossche and Olí Savill. His percussion instruction book & DVD was published in 2014.
He is currently a member of the orchestra of maestro Jimmy Bosch ¨The Trombon Criollo de La Salsa ¨ and at the same time is an exclusive artist of the percussion instrument brand Gon Bops in Los Angeles California.
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Ayumi "Azucar " Suzuki
Ayumi was born in Japan. She plays Latin percussion, Classic percussion, Marimba & Vibraphone.
She graduated from the Faculty of Percussion, Tokyo College of Music. At the college; she began to study percussion in earnest mainly with classic music and gained experience of ensemble in orchestras, brass bands, musicals, operas, etc.
At the same time, she started to organize concerts and participate as percussionist, keyboard percussionist or drummer. She has been also teaching eurythmics at a nursery school.
In 2015, she started her own band, “Ayumania” that features mostly her original compositions and arrangements, where she fuses Japanese atmosphere into Latin rhythm.
Inviting both Japanese and foreign guests, she has been organizing live concerts in various places in Tokyo.
In July 2017, she released her rst album “Oukagekka” in Japan. It has been promoted in overseas radio programs in Colombia, Puerto Rico and New York.
