Toshinori Kondo is a Japanese electric trumpeter who is highly acclaimed not only in Japan but also in Europe and the United States and in Africa. He has been playing all over the world with musicians of all have strong personalities. He has been involved in a great number of concerts and recordings with Bill Laswell[bass], John Zorn[saxophone], Derek Bailey[guitar], Herbie Hancock[keyboard], Peter Brotzmann[saxophone], DJ-KRUSH, Hotei Taizo[guitar] and Eishiba (a kouta singer: a Japanese ballad singer accompanied on the samisen)