Born in Tokyo, Japan and growing up in Vancouver, Canada, Akira Sato currently resides in the DFW Metroplex where he is a freelance trumpet player, a composer/arranger and an educator. Since 2001, he has been the director of The Meadow Jazz Orchestra at Southern Methodist University where he also teaches jazz theory and improvisation. He is also an adjunct faculty member at The University of North Texas where he teaches jazz arranging. Akira received a master’s degree in jazz arranging from The University of North Texas, where he was a member of The One O’Clock Lab Band and the director of The Three O’Clock Lab Band.
His compositions/arrangements have been performed and recorded by various artists and ensembles including Bobby Shew, Steve Wiest, Lynn Seaton, The Jazz Ambassadors, The Army Blues and The University of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band.
Akira also holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration degree from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Tacos and Pineapples: Akira’s original composition recorded by The University of North Texas One O’Clock Band in 2001. Just A Closer Walk With Thee: Akira’s trumpet solo on a CD released by the Dallas-based band, Corner Pocket.
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