Stomu Takeishi

Stomu Takeishi (born 1964, in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture) is a Japanese experimental and jazz rock bassist. He is known for playing fretless five-string electric bass guitar and a Klein five-string acoustic bass guitar, often using extended techniques and electronic manipulations such as looping.

Career

Takeishi began as a koto player. Pat Metheny, Satoko Fujii, Laszlo Gardony, Ahmad Mansour, Andy Laster, Ned Rothenberg, and with Molé, a trio with Hernan Hecht and Mark Aanderud. Takeishi also plays in groups with his brother, percussionist Satoshi Takeishi,

Takeishi began duo collaborations with Brandon Ross in the year 2000, having gotten to know him while playing together in Henry Threadgill's Make A Move band in the mid-1990s.

In 2009, the DownBeat Critics Poll named Takeishi Rising Star, Electric Bass.

Discography With Taylor Ho Bynum The Ambiguity Manifesto (Firehouse 12, 2019)

With Erik Friedlander Topaz (Siam, 1999) Skin (Siam, 2000) Quake (Cryptogramaphone, 2003) Prowl (Cryptogramaphone, 2006)

With Myra Melford

Dance Beyond the Color (Arabesque, 2000) with Crush Where the Two Worlds Touch (Arabesque, 2004) with The Tent The Image of Your Body (Cryptogramophone, 2006) with Be Bread The Whole Tree Gone (Firehouse 12, 2010) with Be Bread Snowy Egret (Yellowbird, 2015) The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12, 2018)

With Molé (Mark Aanderud, Hernan Hecht, Takeishi)

RGB (RareNoise Records, 2014)

With Paul Motian Paul Motian and the Electric Bebop Band (Winter & Winter, 2004) With Lucía Pulido Waning Moon (Adventure Music, 2008) With Brandon Ross For Living Lovers : Brandon Ross | Stomu Takeishi - Revealing Essence (Sunnyside Records, 2014)

With Henry Threadgill Where's Your Cup? (Columbia, 1996) Everybodys Mouth's a Book (Pi, 2001) This Brings Us to Volume 1 (Pi, 2009) This Brings Us to Volume 2 (Pi, 2010) Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp (Pi, 2012)

With Cuong Vu

Ragged Jack (Avant, 1997) Bound (Omnitone, 2000) Pure (Knitting Factory, 2000) Come Play with Me (Knitting Factory, 2001) It's Mostly Residual (ArtistShare/EMI, 2005) Vu-Tet (ArtistShare, 2007) Leaps of Faith (Origin, 2011) Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny (Nonesuch, 2016)