Gaku Murata began playing guitar at the age of fourteen. His diverse range of influences includes guitarists Wes Montgomery and Slash. Educated at the prestigious Berklee College of Music (B.M. in Performance and Songwriting), Gaku has developed into a multi-genre, tour-de-force guitarist, arranger, and composer. An experienced sideman, he has also performed frequently in the U.S. as the leader of the Gaku Murata Quartet. Gaku has released three CD’s; “No Is What I Say”, “Standards”, and “Journey Through the Night”.
MAJOR APPEARANCES
08/18/2012 Sumida Jazz Festival 2012 (Tokyo, Japan)
Guitarist for Patrick Charles Makandel Group
07/20/2012 102.7 KIISFM (KIIS FM Weekend Mixtape)
Accompanist for Dawn Richard (formerly of Danity Kane and Diddy’s Dirty Money)
03/30/2012 ThatGrapeJuice.TV (Melody Thornton Performs The Splash)
Guitarist for Melody Thronton (formerly of pussycat dolls)
10/08/2011 Yokohama Jazz Promenade 2011 (Kannai Hall in Yokohama, Japan)
Guitarist of Patrick Charles Makandel Group
02/07/2011 Fox (The Rhode Show)
Music director/accompanist for Greg Lato
01/19/2010 Fox
Music director/accompanist for Greg Lato
07/11/2009 Sound Session 2009 (Providence, RI)
Guitarist of Grow
03/03/2008 Comcast (CN8 – Backstage with Barry Nolan)
Music director/accompanist for Heather Schmid
EDUCATION
Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA)
2004 B.M. Double major in Songwriting/Performance
ESP Musical Academy (Tokyo, Japan)
1996 Diploma-Performance
Email: gakumurata@gmail.com
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