Akira Sakata (Japanese: 坂田明) was born in Kure-city, Hiroshima in 1945. Studied marine biology at Hiroshima university. In 1969 he formed a group Saibo-bunretsu (Cell fission) in Tokyo , and was also performing with various free-jazz musicians. He joined Yamashita Yosuke Trio from 1972 till 1979. In 1980 he formed his trio and its three month tour in Japan elicited a great public response. Its performance during this period was released as a live album POCHI.
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Akira Sakata has had 1 concert.
Akira Sakata is most often considered to be Jazz, Experimental, Jazz Fusion, Fusion, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation, and Avantgarde.
The last Akira Sakata concert was on May 21, 2015 in Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The bands that performed were: Marc Ribot / The Ex / Ken Vandermark / John Edwards / Marcin Wasilewski / Ches Smith / Paal Nilssen-Love / Aki Takase / Nate Wooley / Akira Sakata / Steve Noble / Shahzad Ismaily / Johan Berthling / Michel Lambert / Igor Matkovic.
