Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with German Jazz Musician Naoki Kenji  .. We caught up with him about his 8th album  - 2017’s Akatombo inspired by a  poem created years ago by Naoki’s mother – He is Half German, half Japanese, andspent his early years in Tokyo and Osaka. By 5 he was already taking classical piano lessons and at 18 he left school without his parents consent to dedicate himself to his dream ...  He spoke to us candidly from his home in Germany .. Click here to listen to the interview. Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO on Saturday at 8:00 a.m. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/