Japanese-born New York City-based jazz composer/conductor Asuka Kakitani is fast becoming a notable presence on the modern jazz big band scene. Her recent awards include the BMI Foundation’s 2006 Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, the prestigious Manny Albam Commission in 2007, and Composer Assistance Grants from theAmerican Music Center in 2009 and 2010. Her compositions focus on orchestrational color and melodic development via extended through-composed forms. AKJO’s first recording will be released in early 2013.
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