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Ai Murakami
Born in Oita, Japan. Ms. Ai Murakami attracted to Taiko (Japanese drum) at the age of 4 by attending local summer festival. Since then she started playing Taiko drums and attended festival every year. She started playing drum sets when she was a high school student. She started her professional career while she was in Waseda University. She moved to NY in 1998. She quickly met like-minded musicians and she has been dedicated to pursue her musical achievement. She studied privately with Leroy Williams, Billy Kaye, Mark Taylor, Tim Pleasant. Since she moved to NY, she has worked at many jazz nightclubs including, Smalls, Fat Cat, Swing46 etc. She also leads her own band at various venues. She has been lucky to perform with many notable musicians, such as legendary pianist Gil Coggins, Kent Glenn, Danny Hayes, Zaid Nasser, Dwayne Clemmons, Sacha Perry among others.
