Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (東京 スカ パラダイス オーケストラ, briefly called " SKAPARA " or " TSTT ") is a Japanese ska band founded in 1985.
Band History
Since 1985, the nine- piece band offers a mix of fast ska rhythms, jazzy improvisations and dub numbers. In addition to her band are working T.S.P.O. regularly active as DJs that produce a wide range of dancefloor sounds for the label Epic Records, which she discovered in 1989.
The end of 2000 their album Full -tension Beaters (in Japan published by Avex ) was released in Europe by Grover Records, and she toured for the first time for a long time in the Benelux countries and Germany.
Band Instrumentation
- Nargo - Trumpet
- Masahiko Kitahara - trombone
- Gamou - Tenor Saxophone
- Atsushi Yanaka - Baritone Saxophone
- Yuichi Oki - Electronic Piano / Hammond Organ
- Tsuyoshi Kawakami - Bass
- Takashi Kato - Guitar
- Hajime Ohmori - percussion
- Kin -Ichi Motegi - drums