Guitarist/Composer Nobuki Takamen, born in 1977 and raised in Hiroshima, Japan, now resides in Jersey City, NJ and performs in the Tri-State area.
Nobuki leads his own band, NOBUKI TAKAMEN GROUP which performs his original compositions and arrangements. A mainstay of the New York jazz scene, he has performed at jazz festivals, including the Montreal Intreanational Jazz Festival 2009, the Medicine Hat Jazz Fest 2009, the Calgary Jazz Festival 2009 and the Rochester International Jazz Festival 2007 and he has also toured annually throughout Japan since 2004.