Hideo Ikegami

IKEGAMI Hideo was born February 7, 1966 in Tottori pref., Japan. He began listening to jazz and avant-garde music when he was 14. When he was 16, IKEGAMI had been to a concert of Chico Freeman (sax) and had been inspired by the bassist , Cecil McBee?s play. IKEGAMI began to play double bass when he was 19, just after he entered Hosei University in Tokyo. In his university days, IKEGAMI played with the university?s big band and studied jazz with MOCHIZUKI Hideaki, the bassist of MORIYAMA Takeo (ds, known as the original drummer of YAMASHITA Yosuke Trio) group. Although he had been interested in avant-garde music and free improvisation, he started a career as a improviser in 1993, when he joined SATO Masahiko?s (pianist) workshop for improvisation named ?RANDOOGA Workshop?. Now, IKEGAMI plays with many musicians and also plays unaccompanied solo improvisation.