Satoshi Takeishi was born on February 6, 1962 in Mito, Japan. In 1981 he came to the US to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He later moved to Colombia, South America to study Latin-American music and worked with Francisco Zumaque and the Bogota Symphony Orchestra while in South America. Subsequently, Satoshi moved to New York City, and began his sideman career working as a drummer and percussionist. Satoshi's Latin-American studies have proved fruitful and he has been drumming for some of the best Latin musicians. He has toured and recorded with Latin Jazz flutist Nestor Torres and helped in the production of Nestor Torres' album Morning Ride for Polygram. He was also the drummer with Ray Barretto's group with whom he toured and recorded Ancestral Messages on the Picante, Concord label. For the past four years Satoshi has been recording and touring as a member of the Eliane Elias Trio.

November 1999