Ryoma Takenada: Jazz Musician in New York

About Ryoma Takenada

Ryoma Takenada is a jazz guitarist heard in New York City settings such as The Jazz Gallery. He has appeared in the TJG Joyce Wein Mentoring Series, sharing the bandstand with drummer Marcus Gilmore in programs presented in partnership with institutions including the Louis Armstrong House Museum and the Jazz Museum in Harlem. Takenada’s work favors close listening and ensemble balance, with guitar lines that sit inside the rhythm rather than on top of it. His performances document an artist shaped by mentorship and the city’s small-room jazz circuit.