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Takumi Awaya

Takumi Awaya is a Tokyo-based double bassist, electric bassist, composer, and bandleader whose catalog spans piano-trio work and unaccompanied bass.

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Career Overview

About Takumi Awaya

TuneCore Japan's artist biography identifies Awaya as a Kitami-born bassist who began on electric bass at eleven, joined his father's jazz band, and started his professional career with pianist Ryo Fukui's trio after moving to Sapporo. It dates his move to Tokyo to 2020.[1]

The same profile documents his work with visiting pianists Benny Green and Barry Harris and identifies him as a regular member of Sadao Watanabe's band from 2014. His recent leader catalog ranges from the all-solo-bass KODO to the live Takumi Awaya Trio set Breeze Suite.[1][2][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, double bassist, and composer

Takumi Awaya Trio

Breeze Suite documents Awaya leading a live trio with pianist David Bryant and drummer Shinnosuke Takahashi.[3]

Double bassist and regular ensemble member

Sadao Watanabe band

Regular member since 2014

Awaya's distributor biography identifies his sustained work in Watanabe's band after national touring with visiting jazz pianists.[1]

Co-billed double bassist

Mayuko Katakura trio recordings

The artist catalog pairs Awaya with Katakura and drummer Noritaka Tanaka on the companion 2020 albums plays Standards and plays Coltrane.[1][4]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2020

plays Coltrane

Co-billed double bassist with Mayuko Katakura and Noritaka Tanaka

The trio's artist-authorized release applies its piano-bass-drums format to music associated with John Coltrane.[4]

Release details

2022 · Days of Delight

KODO

Solo double bassist and leader

KODO is Awaya's ten-track unaccompanied bass album, presented through his official TuneCore release page.[2][1]

Release details

2023 · SOMETHIN'COOL

Breeze Suite

Trio leader and double bassist

The label-authorized live album captures Awaya's trio at Tokyo's Body & Soul with complete audio and personnel credits.[3]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Official YouTube channel

Watch bass performances and ensemble videos published through Awaya's verified artist channel.

Breeze Suite on Bandcamp

Hear the complete artist-and-label-authorized live trio album with personnel and recording notes.

Official TuneCore catalog

Open Awaya's distributor-maintained artist page for KODO and the two Katakura trio releases.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Mon, Oct 26, 7:30 PM

江藤良人(ds)Trio 片倉真由子(p)粟谷巧(b)

Jazz Inn Lovely · Nagoya

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Evidence-Based Connections

Related Musician Guides

Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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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. [1] Official distributor biography and catalog

    TuneCore Japan

  2. [2] KODO release and listening destinations

    TuneCore Japan

  3. [3] Breeze Suite audio and trio credits

    SOMETHIN'COOL

  4. [4] plays Coltrane release and listening destinations

    TuneCore Japan

  5. [5] Official artist channel and portrait

    Takumi Awaya