Mark Izu

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Mark Izu is an American jazz double bass player and composer. He is of Japanese ancestry and frequently combines jazz with Asian traditional musics (particularly the ancient Japanese court music known as gagaku) in his compositions. He has performed with Anthony Brown and Jon Jang.

In addition to the double bass, he also plays the Chinese sheng (mouth organ).

[edit] External links

• Mark Izu page

[edit] See also

• Asian American jazz