Hajime Ichikawa MD, Ph.D.

Home city: Osaka, Japan

Vocation outside music: Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon (Retired)

Role in BBSC: Saxophones, Flute

First performance with BBSC: May 2011 World Cafe Philadelphia

Major musical influences: John Coltrane, Steve Grossman, Michael Brecker

Favorite musical genres: Jazz

My most prized instrument: 1956 American made Selmer Mark VI tenor saxophone

Musical projects outside BBSC: My own jazz big band and other 4 big bands, Small jazz combos

Favorite non-musical pursuits: cooking

What I love about BBSC: friendships and the originality of the music by Drs Wenovsky and Karl