Akira Sakata

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Artist
gptkbp:activeYears 1960s-present
gptkbp:artwork Experimental music
Fusion of traditional and modern music.
Respected figure in jazz circles
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Yoshihide_Otomo
Free jazz
gptkbp:awards Japanese_Jazz_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1945-01-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kumamoto,_Japan
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Masahiko_Togashi
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:Kikuchi_Masayuki_Trio
gptkb:Toshinori_Kondo
gptkbp:communityPartnerships Collaborations with international artists
gptkbp:culturalContribution Promoting_jazz_in_Japan
gptkbp:culturalImpact gptkb:Japanese_avant-garde_music
gptkbp:filmFestival gptkb:Sapporo_City_Jazz_Festival
gptkbp:genre Jazz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Akira Sakata
gptkbp:influenced Japanese_jazz_scene
Kizuna_album
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Coltrane
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Traditional_Japanese_music
gptkbp:instrument Saxophone
gptkbp:knownFor Innovative saxophone techniques
gptkbp:label gptkb:Nonesuch_Records
gptkbp:musicComposer Active since the 1960s
gptkbp:musicStyle Avant-garde jazz
gptkbp:nationality Japanese
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Kikuchi_Masayuki
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Tokyo_Jazz_Festival
Kizuna
gptkbp:notableWork Live at the Village Vanguard
gptkbp:performance gptkb:Blue_Note_Tokyo
gptkbp:performances Improvisational
gptkbp:recordings gptkb:The_New_York_Art_Quartet
gptkbp:recordLabel gptkb:P-Vine_Records
gptkbp:soundtrack gptkb:Tokyo_University_of_the_Arts
Influence on younger musicians
Cross-genre experimentation
Extended techniques on saxophone
Freedom in music
Contemporary_jazz_musicians
Yoshihide_Otomo's_projects
gptkbp:style Experimental
gptkbp:website http://www.akira-sakata.com
gptkbp:yearsActive 1960s-present