‘Ride Five’ Reaches No. 1 on Three Roots Music Report Charts Takashi Matsunaga’s album Ride Five has reached No. 1 on three charts published by the U.S.-based Roots Music Report (RMR) ・Top 50 Jazz Album Chart – No. 1 ・Top 50 Contemporary Jazz Album Chart – No. 1 ・Top 50 Contemporary Jazz Song Chart – No. 1 (“One, Becoming” from Ride Five)

Top Note Bass Theory by Takashi Matsunaga is now held in the Bodleian Libraries Special Collections at the Weston Library, University of Oxford.

Takashi Matsunaga on piano and Christian McBride on bass perform as a duo on “Ride Five” from the new album, released on July 6, 2026.