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New Age and Smooth Jazz artist Kazu Matsui was born in Tokyo on June 5, 1954. He studied ethnic arts at UCLA after traveling through Europe and India in the mid 1970’s. He went back to Tokyo to teach Educational Theories at Toyoeiwa Woman's University. At the same time, Matsui began his music career with studio sessions that included major players of the day, Danny O'Keefe (1979’s The Global Blues), Ry Cooder (1982's Slide Area) and Joni Mitchell (1985's Dog Eat Dog). He was a musical contributor to major Hollywood features including Willow, Legends of the Fall and Jumanji. Kazu...

Japanese musician, famous bamboo flute player, who likes west coast music... Kazu Matsui is a contemporary bamboo flute player. He started his "Kazu Matsui Project" in 1981. Beside the "Project", he has build up a career in playing the traditional Japanese bamboo flute. He is the husband of Keiko Matsui. He produced several of her jazz fusion albums. Albums - Bamboo - Direction West - Is That The Way To Your Heart (with Gregory Walker) - Love's A Heartache - Marine Fantasia - Pioneer - See You There - Sign of the Snow Crane - Standing In The Wings -...

Keiko Matsui (松居慶子), born in Tokyo as Keiko Doi on July 26, 1961, is a Japanese smooth jazz/new age pianist and composer whose music and sophisticated elegance have propelled her to success and established a cult following among her fans. A prolific recording artist, Matsui's career spans three decades, during which time she has released twenty CDs (in addition to various compilations) and has received international acclaim. Matsui's music is powerful and introspective, blending both western and eastern musical influences. She has a very spiritual view of composing music, feeling out each composition as though it were, in her words,...