Introduction: Satoshi Kataoka is a professional jazz guitarist based in NYC.
He attended the Jazz Performance program at The City College of New York where he studied with world acknowledged musicians like, John Patittuci, Mike Holober, Scott Reeves and many others.
Satoshi has had opportunities to play with some great players such as John McNeil (Horace Silver, Tom Harrell, Billy Hart, Bob Brookmeyer), Joe Martin (Chris Potter, Brad Mehldau, Fred Hersch, Maria Schneider), Jochen Rueckert (Mark Turner, Marc Copland, Pat Metheny, Sam Yahel) and many more.
He has been actively playing in the city since the college years at the venues such as Iridium, Smalls, Fatcat, Cornelia St Cafe,ShapeShifter Lab and many other places. He also has been invited to play some jazz festivals in China such as Hangzhou jazz festival, and given masterclasses in Beijing, Shanghai.
I graduated from the City College of New York in the jazz performance program in 2010. I already have been teaching various ages of students from 7 to 60 years old at music schools in nyc for 6 years, and had been teaching privately years before. Currently, I teach guitar, music theory and beginners piano at some schools part-time for children and adults, also do private lessons for more professional oriented guitar students. While I was at the college, I gave private lessons to many pre-BFA students to pass the audition. Not only I can play and read music but also I am a very organized and on time person.
As a guitarist, I have performed at many places in New York such as Iridium, Smalls, Fat Cat, 55bar, and many others. I was also invited to participate some jazz festivals in Asia. Therefore, I established a greater trust among many musicians. Through playing and studying with great musicians, I have acquired these skills and taken them seriously
