Jeff Kashiwa

Jeff Kashiwa is a Seattle saxophonist, bandleader, recording artist, and educator whose projects include Coastal Access and The Sax Pack.

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Career Overview

About Jeff Kashiwa

Kashiwa's official biography identifies him as a Seattle saxophonist whose first decade with The Rippingtons began in 1989. After pursuing independent projects, he returned for the band's twentieth-anniversary tour and continued collaborating through 2016.[1]

His artist site connects that touring history to The Sax Pack, the long-running Coastal Access band, a substantial solo catalog, and teaching in instrumental ensembles and music technology at Shoreline Community College. The site's discography extends from Remember Catalina to Sunrise and the 2024 collaboration Luminoso.[1][2][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader and saxophonist

Coastal Access

Kashiwa's band guide presents Coastal Access as a long-running ensemble whose shared history underpins albums including Sunrise.[2][3]

Co-founder and saxophonist

The Sax Pack

Founded 2004

The official biography traces the touring saxophone project from its formation with Steve Cole and Kim Waters through three group albums.[1]

Instrumental ensemble and music technology educator

Shoreline Community College

Kashiwa's biography documents his work teaching ensembles and music technology and serving as a department chair in the Seattle area.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2000 · Native Language Music

Another Door Opens

Leader, saxophonist, and co-producer

Kashiwa's authorized Bandcamp identifies this as his Native Language debut and documents his production role alongside the album's guest cast.[4]

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2007 · Native Language Music

Play

Leader and saxophonist

The artist-authorized release presents fourteen original tracks recorded with Kashiwa's band and invited studio musicians.[5]

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2012 · Native Language Music

Let It Ride

Leader and saxophonist

Kashiwa's eighth solo project includes guests from his Rippingtons and contemporary-jazz orbit and sits alongside his work with The Sax Pack.[6]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Official Bandcamp catalog

Hear six artist-authorized leader albums with complete streaming, release dates, and album notes.

Official discography

Browse Kashiwa's expanded solo catalog, including Sunrise, Fly Away, Let It Ride, and earlier releases.

SOUTH Jazz Kitchen · Philadelphia

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

[1] Official biography
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[2] Official Coastal Access guide
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[3] Official discography
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[4] Another Door Opens release and audio
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[5] Play release and audio
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[6] Let It Ride release and audio
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