AKIRA JIMBO
Genres: Pop, Art Song, Folk, Classic Fusion, Post-Fusion Contemporary, RnB, Funk Jazz, Latin Jazz, Jazz Related Improv, Composition • Japan

Born on February 27th, 1959 in Tokyo, he is a Japanese drummer and percussionist known for being a former member of Casiopea from 1980 to 1989, later rejoining from 1997 to 2006, and lastly from 2012 to 2022 as a backing musician. In 1990, after departing from Casiopea a year prior, he formed Jimsaku, a drum and bass duo with Tetsuo Sakurai (another former Casiopea member). from discogs A player with remarkable technical skill and energy, Akira Jimbo has in recent years become the first Japanese drum set artist to achieve worldwide acclaim on the clinic circuit. His amazing ambidexterity and musical command of both acoustic and electronic sounds always brings the house down. Akira came to fame with the four-piece Japanese jazz-fusion band Casiopea. Casiopea was formed in 1979 by guitarist Issei Noro, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai and drummer Takashi Sasaki. The band released its first album in May of read more...