Not much thought went into the band Hiroshima's fusion of traditional Japanese music with American jazz and Latin pop. In fact, band leader Dan Kuramoto didn't even have to leave his house in East Los ...

Nowadays, putting together a jazz festival means embracing musical diversity — the word “jazz” itself has become an umbrella term for many genres, from the sophisticated works of Wynton Marsalis to ...

With a unique musical sound that defies classification, Grammy nominated Hiroshima brings their eclectic, original sound to the Big Island on Saturday at Honoka’a People’s Theatre and Sunday at The ...

A concert held in Hiroshima featured for the first time the digitized sounds of a piano that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of the city 80 years ago. Japanese pianist Hayato Sumino and Argentine ...

Five days before the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing in Japan’s Hiroshima, the daughter of a survivor played the violin inside a church that was destroyed in the attack, to call for peace and ...

Hiroshima's Dan Kuramoto can trace Atlanta's love at least as far back as the mid-1980s, when the band was scheduled to play at a gig in Piedmont Park — though not, apparently, the Atlanta Jazz ...

Ancient Japan and 20th-century America might seem polar opposites, but their cultures meld melodiously in the band Hiroshima. The jazzy ensemble which will perform in Orlando Saturday mixes ...

NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with Dan Kuramoto and his musical partner, June Kuramoto, about growing up Japanese in East Los Angeles. The Kuramotos' group, Hiroshima, has enjoyed a 30-year career in jazz.

A day in the life: A young guy named Juan goes through his paces, from getting off work to swimming with his girlfriend to getting in a shoving match with his father to singing with his band. The ...