Tak Matsumoto
Tak Matsumoto was born in Toyonaka, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan on March 27th, 1961 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 63, Tak Matsumoto biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto (born on March 27, 1961 in Toyonaka, Osaka) is a Grammy Award-winning Japanese guitarist, producer, arranger, composer, singer and songwriter.
In addition to being the guitarist and lead composer for the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan, he has also had a successful solo career.
He is only the fifth guitarist in the world to have his own Gibson signature model guitar.
The instrumental album Take Your Pick (2010) made in collaboration with Larry Carlton won an award for the Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards.
Career
When Matsumoto first heard Eric Clapton's playing on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for the first time, he was inspired to play one. According to reports, he bought his first electric guitar at the age of 15, a Japanese Gibson Les Paul after hearing Deep Purple's guitarist Ritchie Blackmore perform "Smoke on the Water" on live album Made in Japan. Matsumoto has said over the years that he has many favorite musicians, including Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, and Michael Schenker, among other hard rock artists from whom he has drew a lot of inspiration. He has also cited a love of classical music as the catalyst for the introduction of strings into several B'z compositions. He has worked with the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra for many years, and their work appears on several of B'z's older B'z albums.
Matsumoto's jazz school was aspired to by jazz, but his musicianship was cemented when he began working as a session musician and promoting tours like TM Network. His exposure to a multitude of styles inspired him to create his own unique blend, including elements of his jazz experience, blues (his incorporation of the style known as "Kansai Blues") classical, heavy metal, rock, and ska. Matsumoto's session work continued through the 1980s and into the 1980s, with artists such as Mari Hamada, until deciding to jump on the burgeoning solo instrumental trend in Japan at that time. He performed on Thousand Wave as a touring guitarist for Komuro's band TM Network and worked with Tetsuya Komuro as a traveling guitarist for Komuro's band's band TM Network. "99," a simple instrumental with some flamboyant fretwork, is considered one of his finest creations.
Matsumoto's solo album inspired him to start his own band. He began looking for a singer after his session work was behind him and a burgeoning production career. Matsumoto was blown away after being shown a tape from an unknown session singer named Koshi Inaba. The first recorded session of "Let It Be" and "Oh! Darling" by The Beatles, and even though the amp went out, Matsumoto knew he had his new singer. The pair, Matsumoto and Koshi, debuted in September 1988 and was named as Matsumoto and Koshi. B'z has remained one of Japan's most popular bands, thanks in part to the pairing of two very different musical styles. Matsumoto drew his inspiration from blues, classical, and jazz, although Koshi preferred rock music. Tak has continued friendships with musicians including Barry Sparks, Marty Friedman, Billy Sheehan, Eddie Van Halen, Eric Martin, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Steve Vai, and Steve Vai, with whom Tak and Koshi recorded the song "Asian Sky" from the 1999 album, The Ultra Zone. Billy Sheehan performed on tracks for 1999's Brotherhood album as well as touring (along with Shane Gaalaas) as support musicians for 2002's Green Live-Gym Tour. Matsumoto contributed to two albums in 2002 ("Don't Stop Music") "Koiuta") is Misia's fourth album, Kiss in the Sky, has two songs, "Koiuta." After discovering his solo work, she invited him to be a part of the album.
At the 18th Japan Gold Disc Awards, Matsumoto's 2003 solo album The Hit Parade was selected as one of the year's Best Rock & Pop Albums. Eric Martin on vocal, Jack Blades on bass, and Brian Tichy on drums started the "Tak Matsumoto Group" in 2004, forging ahead with his own brand of musical genius. While Eric and Jack wrote lyrics, Tak played guitar, produced the album, and wrote songs. The single "Oh Japan Our Time Is Now" was released on March. On June 23, TMG I, the album that caused Tak to go back and forth to the United States for the recording, was released. Tak has had this project idea for a long time; the album mixes rock and oriental sounds. In the first week, the album reached the top of the charts. Matsumoto's enthusiasm for work continued to rise. He appeared at Suntory Hall on July 18, 19 and 20. Takahiro, a special event held in Tokyo, 2004, Takahiro Matsumoto -HANA-, Takahiro played "Love Phantom" and the solo number "HANA" with just his guitar and Orchestra. TMG's tour continued shortly. The "Dodge The Bullet" tour in Zepp Fukuoka began on July 30. For this tour, Chris Frazier, who performed on the B'z album Big Machine, joined as the drummer. TMG performed 16 shows in eight venues, including the last one in Nihon Budokan. Matsumoto created his own brand, "House of Strings," in November, which emphasizes guitarists and string players. In July, he recorded again in a studio with the orchestra and released it as the first House of Strings CD with the same name on the album. It's an instrumental album with Christmas songs like "Itsukano Merry Christmas" and "Holy Night" included.
He produced the soundtrack for the film Ultraman: The Next in 2005, while the next year wrote the soundtrack for KAT-TUN's "Reality Face." In 2006, "Real Face" became Japan's best-selling single, according to Oricon. Matsumoto worked with guitarist Larry Carlton in 2010, following the tour "Ain't No Magic" with B'z. In June 2010, they released a collection titled Take Your Pick in Japan and around the world. The album was nominated for nine categories of the 2011 Grammy Awards, and it ended up winning the award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. At the 25th Japan Gold Disc Awards, it also earned Jazz Album of the Year. Together they launched a national tour to promote the album, with Matsumoto saying that "being a little anxious playing "Room 335" with Mr. Larry Carlton every night." Matsumoto's debut on Enigma was followed by a three-track EP in 2016, followed by a joint album by himself and Hawaiian artist Daniel Ho, Electric Island, Acoustic Sea.
Strings of My Soul (2012) and New Horizon (2014) received the Japan Gold Disc Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, one of Matsumoto's albums. He received the award for the third time for the 2020 Bluesman.