Aya Iwata started playing drums at the age of 14. She went on to graduate music college and then become a professional jazz drummer. She won best drummer at the Moriguchi Kadoma 2003 Jazz competition in Osaka. Aya took a long break from playing because of being burnt out that lasted about nine years. That all changed after seeing a performance by legendary drummer Fukushi Taninaka who is the drummer in Lou Donaldson's band. his performance opened her eyes and rekindled the fire to play again. Since that day, Aya can't live without the drums and desires to be a great drummer.
Hi Aya. I absolutely love your entry. Quite beautiful.
Hollo! Rikki.
Thank you so much.
Good luck in the contest !! Great job Aya 👊🥁
Thank you so much.🎶
That was awesome!
Hollo!
Thank you so much.🥁
Very nice. It is great hearing brushes and sticks on an old standard in this contest. Musical drum solo following the melody was well played.
Hi Drummerdanva!
Thank you so much.🎵
Aya – thank you for motivating me to work on my brush playing! Smooth and interesting, (re)inspired 🙂 R-
Hollo.Regina-wishpenny !
I’d like to Enjoy playing the drums.
Thank you so much.🎶
素敵ですね。思わずスイングしてしまいました。
Great!!
Ayaさん
jazzのリズムがこちらまで響いてきます
ライブで感じたいです!