Tatsuya Nakatani

Tatsuya Nakatani is native of Osaka, Japan, where he studied under
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki. After moving to the U.S. in 1995, Tatsuya emerged as one of the key players in the Boston Jazz/improvisational music scene.
“Tatsuya Nakatani is a different kind of drummer. He is Gagaku. He is Butoh. He is Contemporary” – Bob Falesch.

Tatsuya currently resides in New York City, where he is founding director of the gallery/performing arts space “The Grist Mill”. Tatsuya’s versatility has also lead him to sound engineering, filmscore composition and sessions with country, jazz and rock bands.

Originally from Kobe and Osaka, Japan, Tatsuya Nakatani has resided in the USA since 1995. He has been recognized as a key player in New York’s ever-burgeoning creative music scene. His music often defies category or genre and is broadly influenced by various cultures as well as improvised music, experimental music, jazz, free Jazz, and rock. He has an independent record label and recording studio “H&H PRODUCTION”: www.hhproduction.org.