Nobu Stowe -
Pochi Neko Ongaku Syuppan

Nobu Stowe
Nobu Stowe was born in Maebashi, Gumma, Japan.
He started taking piano lessons at age 3 and composition at age 6. He moved
to the US to study Music (composition) and Psychology at the University of
California, at Berkeley. During this period, after discovering the
music of Keith Jarrett, he started to play/compose more
improvisation-oriented music. Then, he moved to Chicago to pursue
graduate studies at the University of Chicago. After receiving Ph.D.
in Psychology, he moved to Baltimore to work as a ‘drug researcher’ for the
NIH. In Baltimore, he has formed the post-fusion unit TRIO RICOCHET as well
as the total-improvisation duet A-UN with Alan Munshower. Both TRIO
RICOCHET and A-UN have been performing extensively, including appearances at
some of the top jazz-oriented venues in the East Cost, including An die
Musik (Baltimore), Bohemian Caverns (DC), Twins Jazz (DC), Kavehaz (NYC),
The 55 Bar (NYC) and The Knitting Factory (NYC) as well as a commissioned
performance for Hirshhorn Museum and the Sculpture Garden of Smithonian
Institute (DC).
Nobu has
recently started several more avant-garde projects, including a trio with
the leading NYC free-improvisors, Blaise Siwula (Cecil Taylor etc) on reeds
and Ray Sage (ex-Reverb Mother Fuckers) on drums as well as a duo with the
SF-based sound wizard Lee Pembleton.
Pochi Neko Ongaku Syuppan
Pochi Neko Ongaku Syuppan (Pochi
"the Cat" Music Publishing) was founded
in honor of the greatest "Pochi" who has traveled coast to coast, eats all
day long, gets frustrated very easily, is seriously addicted to "ketsu-tataki"
and most importantly worships "O-Ika-Sama", The company is
affiliated with BMI and administers all of compositions by Nobu Stowe.
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