Kaze

Hip-Hop

There are several artists named Kaze: 1. A Free Jazz Group 2. A Japanese R&B pop vocalist 3. Kevin “Kaze” Thomas 4. A Spanish rapper 1. Natsuki Tamura – trumpet Christian Pruvost - trumpet Satoko Fujii – piano Peter Orins– drums Formed only seven months before their remarkable debut recording Rafale, Kaze brings together trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and pianist Satoko Fujii, two of Japan's foremost improviser-composers, with trumpeter Christian Pruvost and drummer Peter Orins from the French improvisers collective, Muzzix. The members of this international quartet share an insatiable appetite for sonic experimentation, boundless energy and enthusiasm, and the disciplined intelligence of accomplished spontaneous composers. Melodic, abstract, mysterious, beautiful, and confrontational, Kaze plays free jazz at its most creative and powerful. 2. Kaze debuted as a solo artist from the record label D-topia with the digital single Zurukare in 2011, in addition to featuring on several compilation albums. 3. Kevin “Kaze” Thomas is a versatile artist-producer who captures the spirit of groundbreakers like Run-DMC, Snoop Dog, and Wu-Tang Clan to promote an on-going, innovative hip-hop culture. Hailing from northern Virginia and eastern North Carolina, Kaze grew up in the 80’s memorizing his big sister’s mix tapes of hip-hop legends to lift himself out of an oppressive country lifestyle. As a student in communications at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hil...