Jeff Kashiwa
Jeff Kashiwa
Top Songs
| 1 | Hyde Park (The "ah, ooh" Song) | ||
| 2 | Six of One | ||
| 3 | The Night Is Young | ||
| 4 | Do It Again | ||
| 5 | Solstice |
Albums
Jun 2024 • 12 songs
May 2024 • 1 song
Apr 2021 • 10 songs
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About
Biography
One of the most successful smooth jazz saxophonists, Jeff Kashiwa made his name as a member of the popular group the Rippingtons. Born in 1963 in Louisville, Kentucky, Kashiwa moved early on with his family to Seattle, where he started out on the clarinet (a gift from his father) at age ten. However, it would be two years before he switched to saxophone. Influenced by such smooth jazz progenitors as Chuck Mangione and Spyro Gyra, Kashiwa eventually moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music and developed an interest in straight-ahead jazz -- a style that often colo...