Masaaki Kikuchi

Jazz bassist, guitarist.
He is the nephew of famous jazz pianist Masabumi Kikuchi.
He was born in Tokyo, September 1st, 1968. He was familiar with various instruments from his childhood.
He has learned to play the double bass from Nobuyoshi Ino. And Traveling to the United States in 1990, he has also studied with Gary Peacock.
He has joined Masabumi's jazz trio "Slash", ambient jazz/dub unit "Tobiatama", Naruyoshi Kikuchi's "Quintet Live Dub" (the predecessor of "Naruyoshi Kikuchi Dub Sextet"), and more.

ON FORGOTTEN POTENCY / Masaaki Kikuchi

Psychedelic Jazz-Fusion mixture featuring Masayasu Tzboguchi (Synthesizers), Nobuo Fujii (Drums), Takumi Matsumura (Flute).
(2012 release)

REARMED FLOWERS / Kikuchi Art Quartet

Masaaki Kikuchi's free jazz quartet featuring Tomohide Midori (Sax), Tetsuya Higashi (Trombone), Naoki Saito (Drums).
(1998 release)

SHORT TALES OF RADIO / Midori Vs Masaaki Kikuchi

Ambient/abstruct jazz/dub soundscape by Masaaki Kikuchi and Tomohide Midori duo.
(1998 release)

BASS SONORITY / Ishimitsu Production feat. Masaaki Kikuchi

Smoky abstruct/illbient breakbeats jazz by Ishimitsu Production featuring Masaaki Kikuchi.
(1997 release)

FORMULA / Masaaki Kikuchi

Electronic music concrete sounds by Masaaki Kikuchi.
(1996 release)