AEC One Stop Group, Inc.Maki Music Production, Inc.The debut album of guitarist Hideaki Tokunaga, winner of the 1995 Down Beat Music Award for best college Jazz soloist.The 2nd album of guitarist Hideaki Tokunaga, winner of the 1995 Down Beat Music Award for best college Jazz soloist.College Award presented by Down Beat Magazine.My mother taught them to play classical music and they hated it.He grew up listening to rhythm and blues and popular Japanese music, and eventually started getting into jazz.After getting married, he follwed his wife, a movie sound engineer, to Hollywood.There were a lot of talented musicians in New York that had come here.Anand Bennett and Dante Pascuzzo won for recordings done while they attended Los Angeles High School of Performing Arts.After all, the guitarist said, the Japanese often book U.California Institute of the Arts student who graduated in June.The one thing about my country is they love jazz musicians.But they won't invest money toward the talent in Japan.Just as he had hoped, Tokunaga, now 29, hasn't gone unnoticed in the United States.Larry Koonse was Tokunaga's music instructor at the college.It's nice to have a spot in a publication like that.Tokunaga attended CalArts from 1991 to 1995 through the Chales Mingus Scholarship and graduated with bachelor's degree in music.He hopes to attend the Santa Clarita college to earn his master's degree.Youngman with photos by Mike Colyer (photos taken Apr.The duo I came across at the Opal Jazz Lounge were so impressive that I came away inspired by their warmth, their musical cohesiveness and their determination to play music they so obviously love, for the appreciation of the few who were actually paying attention.Moving to the USA in 1985 and living in New York for many years, he perfected his jazz guitar chops while playing with the organization Music Under New York.Tokunaga will be performing at other venues in the Toronto area with Mr.Braid as part of his Canadian tour.Tokunaga is also c...