Sgr Myj

概要

Born on December 15th 1965 in Kobe City, JAPAN, Sguru Miyaji began studying music at the age of 6. His first instrument was a Yamaha “electone” keyboard. He began to play the alto sax when he was high school student and switched to tenor at the age of 20. Won a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, and also completed a three-year program of study of jazz improvisation with Jerry Bergonzi. After graduating from Berklee he moved to NY, and began his musical career with Evelyn Blakey (vo), Denis Charles (ds), Bruce Barth (p), Tito Puente (timb), Jorge Rossi (ds),John Stetch (p),etc at Jazz clubs such as “Bird Land”. He came back to Japan in 1996, and began gigging in the Tokyo area. Sguru has supported many bands such as “Quadra” and also performed on many recording projects. He plays various styles of music including Rock, Pop Music, Latin and many kinds of world music; not to mention Jazz. As well as tenor sax he also plays soprano sax, clarinet, flute, and more.