Hajime Ichikawa MD, Ph.D.

Home city: Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

Vocation outside music: Pediatric Cardiologist

Role in BBSC: Trumpet

First performance with BBSC: World Café Live 2011

Major musical influences: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, any and all members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Favorite musical genres: Jazz

My most prized instrument: Monette Trumpet

Musical projects outside BBSC: Synagogue Klezmer Band in Chicago under the direction of The Maxwell Street Klezmer band

Favorite non-musical pursuits: Running, biking

What I love about BBSC: Living the dream and the wonderful band members