Alex Gallafent

Alex Gallafent

Alex Gallafent is the New York-based correspondent for The World. His reporting has taken him to Swaziland, Turkey, Chile, and India, among other places.

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Japanese Composer Asuka Kakitani Committed to Jazz Orchestras

December 3, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment
Asuka Kakitani. (Photo: asukakakitani.com)

Asuka Kakitani. (Photo: asukakakitani.com)

Jazz orchestras are rare creatures nowadays: it’s hard to find the money or the venues to support them.

But new jazz artists, such as Japanese composer Asuka Kakitani, are committed to the format, arguing that it offers a palette of sounds like no other.

The World’s Alex Gallafent reports.


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