Tak Matsumoto
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Tak Matsumoto â born Takahiro Matsumoto in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan on March 27, 1961 â is a guitarist, songwriter and producer best known as one-half of The Bâz, the rock duo who have become Japanâs best-selling home grown group. Outside his work with The Bâz, he has also managed a successful solo career and has been honored with many awards including a 2010 Grammy Award for the album Take Your Pick, a collaboration with Larry Carlton. Tak Matsumotoâs musical journey began when he began learning to play the guitar at the age of 13 and purchasing his first electric guitar two years later. He attended a jazz school and became a session musician, tackling a myriad of styles before finding his own âvoiceâ on guitar. After releasing his acclaimed solo debut, Thousand Wave, in May 1988, he discovered vocalist Koshi Inaba and decided to form a rock duo with him. Calling themselves The Bâz, the duo released their self-titled debut album in September 1988. The album entered the Top 50 and paved the way for an additional 21 studio albums, 19 of which reached the top of the Japanese Albums chart. Eight of the groupâs 12 compilation albums reached number 1, as did four of their live albums. The Bâz have earned many honors throughout their career including numerous Japan Gold Disc Awards. While busy with The Bâz, Tak Matsumoto continued his solo career and released over a dozen solo albums, many of which reached the Top 5: Wanna Go Home (1992), Knockinâ âTâ Around (1999), Dragon from the West (2002), Hana (2002), The Hit Parade (2003), Strings of My Soul (2012), New Horizon (2014), Enigma (2016), Bluesman (2020) and The Hit Parade II (2024). He also collaborated with American jazz guitarist Larry Carlton on the Grammy Award-winning album Take Your Pick (2010). He also collaborated with musician Daniel Ho on the 2007 album Electric Island, Acoustic Sea. Tak Matsumoto formed the band TMG (Tak Matsumoto Group) with American rockers Eric Martin (Mr. Big) and Jack Blades (Night Ranger), who released two albums: TMG I (2004) and the long awaited TMG II (2024).
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- Nite Crawler 2010 by Tak Matsumoto
- A Girl From China by Tak Matsumoto
- Neon Blue by Tak Matsumoto
- Tokyo Night by Tak Matsumoto
- Islands of Japan by Tak Matsumoto
- ao by Tak Matsumoto
- Easy Mystery by Tak Matsumoto
- The Way We Were by Tak Matsumoto
- Jazzy Bullets by Tak Matsumoto
- East West Stroll by Tak Matsumoto
- Take Your Pick by Tak Matsumoto
- Da Da Dance by Tak Matsumoto
- Live Life
- Hotalu by Tak Matsumoto
- When You Wish Upon a Star (Disney Super Guitar)
