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Paul Higaki – The One Who Made It Big
On August 2, 1949, legendary Nisei composer and musician Takeshi “Tak” Shindo penned …

Jonathan van Harmelen • June 8, 2023

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442nd Regimental Combat Team Amache concentration camp Chicago Colorado concentration camps generations Illinois jazz music Nisei Paul Fumio Higaki swing music Takeshi “Tak” Shindo trombones United States United States Army World War II camps
442nd Regimental Combat Team Amache concentration camp Chicago Colorado concentration camps generations Illinois jazz music Nisei Paul Fumio Higaki swing music Takeshi “Tak” Shindo trombones United States United States Army World War II camps
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Tokita Tales
Mom Was Young Once, Too!
The North American Post Editor’s note: Tokita’s present-day recounting of Issei an…

Shokichi “Shox” Tokita • May 25, 2023

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families mothers music songs
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Big Band Music is My Jam
When people ask me what my favorite kind of music is, I often see a shocked look on their faces whe…

Kaiden Paul Uyeda • May 22, 2023

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big band music big bands Buddhism jazz Lotus Skyliners (band) music religions Seattle Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple United States Vic Kihara Washington
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Toronto Japanese Canadian Duo Releases Groundbreaking EP
“Quiet now, there is not a thing besides the low, humming sound of the bodyIn my mouth, c…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 2, 2023

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Annie Sumi Brian Kobayakawa Canada Japanese Canadians Kintsugi (exhibition) music Ontario racially mixed people Toronto
Annie Sumi Brian Kobayakawa Canada Japanese Canadians Kintsugi (exhibition) music Ontario racially mixed people Toronto
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American Dream
For professional opera singer Nina Yoshida Nelsen, the path of life has been full of unexpected twi…

Jackie Kojima • March 1, 2023

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An American Dream (opera) Arizona Asian Opera Alliance concentration camps imprisonment incarceration music Nina Yoshida Nelsen opera Poston concentration camp singing United States violins World War II camps
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Grammy-Nominated Musician Masa Takumi and His Move to the U.S. in 2018
To the Most Prestigious of the Music Industry On the list of nominees in the Global Music Album …

Keiko Fukuda • Jan. 20, 2023

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awards California Grammy Awards Los Angeles Masa Takumi music musicians United States
awards California Grammy Awards Los Angeles Masa Takumi music musicians United States
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Harry Manaka: Crystalizing the Sansei Rocker Scene
The late 1960s until the early 1980s...what comes to mind? Perhaps the movies of the era are some…

Chiana Fujiwara • Oct. 21, 2022

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1960s 1970s big bands Chronicles of a Sansei Rocker (book) generations Harry Manaka music musicians Sansei
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Kamisama of the Club — Jazz Player James Araki and Bebop in Japan
If there was a sound that defined United States history, it would be jazz. As Amiri Baraka stated i…

Jonathan van Harmelen • Sept. 13, 2022

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Arizona concentration camps Gila River (Ariz.) Gila River concentration camp James Araki jazz music musicians United States World War II World War II camps
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Yoshinori Matsuyama: A Transnational Japanese Tenor and Composer in America—Part 2
Read Part 1 >> In January 1925, Comoedia magazine reported that Yoshinori Matsuyama would be…

Greg Robinson • Sept. 6, 2022

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music singers singing tenors Yoshinori Matsuyama
music singers singing tenors Yoshinori Matsuyama
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Yoshinori Matsuyama: A Transnational Japanese Tenor and Composer in America—Part 1
In recent decades, Asian-born performers have occupied a visible place in western classical music. …

Greg Robinson • Sept. 5, 2022

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music singers singing tenors United States Yoshinori Matsuyama
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