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This Day in Japanese Jazz — October 24, 1960

An Economics Graduate from Kyoto Who Crossed to Berklee, Won an Eddie Gomez Award Twice, and Became Sadao Watanabe's Bassist

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Ai Kuwabara Piano Aki Takase Piano akiko Vocals Akiko Grace Piano Akiko Tsuruga Organ ✦ 1967–2025 Akiko Yano Piano Akira Ishikawa Drums ✦ 1934–2002 Akira Jimbo Drums Akira Miyazawa Tenor saxophone ✦ 1927–2000 Akira Okazawa Electric bass Akira Sakata Alto Saxophone Akira Wada Electric guitar ✦ 1956–2021 Akitoshi Igarashi Alto saxophone Ami Nakazono Soprano saxophone Anli Sugano Vocals ✦ 1949–2000 Asuka Kaneko Violin Ayako Hosokawa Vocals ✦ 1938–2020 Ayako Shirasaki Piano ✦ 1969–2021 Ayumi Tanaka Piano Casiopea Guitar (Issei Noro) Chie Ayado Vocals Chihiro Yamanaka Piano Chikara Ueda Piano ✦ 1925–2017 Daisaku Kume Keyboards Daisuke Takeuchi Piano Eiji Kitamura Clarinet Emi Meyer Vocals Eric Miyashiro Trumpet Eriko Shimizu Piano Fumika Asari Guitar Fumio Itabashi Piano Fumio Karashima Piano ✦ 1948–2017 Fumio Nanri Trumpet ✦ 1910–1975 Gene Ess Guitar George Kawaguchi Drums ✦ 1927–2003 George Otsuka Drums ✦ 1937–2020 Hajime Yoshizawa Piano Haruka Yabuno Piano Hidefumi Toki Alto saxophone ✦ 1950–2021 Hidehiko Matsumoto Tenor saxophone ✦ 1926–2000 Hideo Shiraki Drums ✦ 1933–1972 Himiko Kikuchi Piano Hiroaki Katayama Tenor Saxophone ✦ 1951–2018 Hiroaki Mizutani Double Bass Hiroko Kokubu Piano Hiromasa Suzuki Piano ✦ 1940–2001 Hiromi Uehara Piano Hiroshi Fukumura Trombone Hiroshi Hatsuyama Vibraphone Hiroshi Murakami Drums Hiroshi Ozone Alto saxophone Hiroshi Suzuki Trombone ✦ 1933–2020 Hirotaka Izumi Piano ✦ 1958–2021 Hiroyuki Noritake Drums Hōzan Yamamoto Shakuhachi (bamboo flute) ✦ 1937–2014 Ichiko Hashimoto Piano Iori Kimura Piano Isamu Ohashi Guitar ✦ 1967–2023 Isao Suzuki Double bass ✦ 1933–2022 Isoo Fukui Double bass Issei Noro Guitar Itaru Oki Trumpet ✦ 1941–2020 Jimsaku Bass (Tetsuo Sakurai) Jiro Inagaki Tenor saxophone ✦ 1933–2024 John Kaizan Neptune Shakuhachi Jun Abe Piano Jun Fukamachi Keyboards ✦ 1946–2010 Jun Miyake Trumpet Jun Suzuki Double Bass Junji Hirose Tenor saxophone Junko Mine Vocals ✦ 1945–2004 Junko Onishi Piano Kaori Kobayashi Alto Saxophone Kaoru Abe Alto saxophone ✦ 1949–1978 Katsumi Horii Keyboards Katsutoshi Morizono Electric Guitar Kazuki Katsuta Alto saxophone Kazumasa Akiyama Guitar Kazumi Watanabe Guitar Kazuo Imai Guitar Kazutoki Umezu Alto saxophone Kei Akagi Piano Kei Kobayashi Vocals Kei Marimura Vocals Keiji Matsumoto Piano Keiko Lee Vocals Keiko Matsui Piano Keita Ogawa Percussion Ken Tsunoda Drums Ken Watanabe Electric bass Kimiko Itoh Vocals Kimiko Kasai Vocals Kiyohiko Senba Percussion Kiyomi Otaka Organ Kiyoshi Sugimoto Guitar Kiyoto Fujiwara Double bass Kiyotsugu Amano Guitar Kodo Taiko (Japanese drums) Kohsuke Mine Alto Koichi Matsukaze Alto saxophone ✦ 1948–2023 Koji Moriyama Vocals Koji Yamashita Double bass Konosuke Saijo Tenor Saxophone ✦ 1931–2023 Kozo Suganuma Drums ✦ 1959–2021 Kunihiko Sugano Piano Kunimitsu Inaba Double bass Kurena Ishikawa Double Bass Kyoko Kuroda Piano Lisa Ono Vocals Luna Watanabe Alto Saxophone Mabumi Yamaguchi Tenor saxophone Makiko Hirabayashi Piano Makoto Ozone Piano Makoto Terashita Piano MALTA Alto Saxophone Mansaku Kimura Drums Mari Nakamoto Vocals Martha Miyake Vocals ✦ 1933–2025 Masa Kamaguchi Double bass Masaaki Hiyama Drums Masabumi Kikuchi Piano ✦ 1939–2015 Masahiko Ozu Drums ✦ 1941–1997 Masahiko Satoh Piano Masahiko Togashi Drums ✦ 1940–2007 Masahiro Andoh Guitar Masahiro Kikuchi Piano ✦ 1942–2008 Masaki Matsubara Guitar ✦ 1954–2016 Masami Nakagawa Flute Masami Shinoda Alto saxophone ✦ 1958–1992 Masanaga Harada Double bass Masao Yagi Piano ✦ 1932–1991 Masaoki Terakawa Double Bass Masaru Imada Piano ✦ 1932–2025 Masato Honda Alto saxophone Masato Nakamura Tenor Saxophone Masayoshi Takanaka Guitar Masayuki Takayanagi Guitar ✦ 1932–1991 Mayuko Katakura Piano Michiyo Yagi Koto (13, 17, 18 and 21-string) Miho Hazama Composition Miki Hirose Trumpet Mikio Masuda Piano Miku Yonezawa Tenor Saxophone Minoru Mukaiya Keyboards Minoru Muraoka Shakuhachi ✦ 1923–2014 Mitsuaki Kanno Piano ✦ 1939–1983 Mitsuaki Katayama Drums ✦ 1951–2024 Mitsuru Sutoh Electric Bass Monday Michiru Vocals Motoaki Masuo Guitar Motoharu Yoshizawa Double bass ✦ 1931–1998 Motohiko Hamase Bass Motohiko Hino Drums ✦ 1946–1999 Naoko Terai Violin Naosuke Miyamoto Double Bass Naoya Matsuoka Piano ✦ 1937–2014 Naruyoshi Kikuchi Tenor Saxophone Natsuki Tamura Trumpet Nobu Stowe Piano Nobuo Hara Tenor Saxophone ✦ 1926–2021 Nobuyoshi Ino Double Bass noon Vocals Noriaki Kumagai Drums Norio Maeda Piano ✦ 1934–2018 Osamu Kawakami Double Bass Otomo Yoshihide Guitar Rie Furuse Vocals Riyoko Takagi Piano Ryo Fukui Piano ✦ 1948–2016 Ryo Kawasaki Guitar ✦ 1947–2020 Ryo Kusunose Alto saxophone Ryojiro Furusawa Drums ✦ 1945–2011 Ryuichi Sakamoto Piano ✦ 1952–2023 Sachi Hayasaka Alto saxophone Sadanori Nakamure Guitar ✦ 1933–2026 Sadao Watanabe Alto saxophone Saori Yano Alto Saxophone Satoko Fujii Piano Satoshi Bandoh Drums Satoshi Takeishi Drums Shigeharu Mukai Trombone Shigeko Suzuki Vocals Shigeko Toya Vocals Shigemichi Domoto Trombone Shigenori Kamiya Electric guitar Shinji Mori Drums Shinpei Ruike Trumpet Shoji Hano Drums Shoji Yokouchi Guitar Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami Drums ✦ 1951–2021 Shun Ishiwaka Drums Shunzo Ohno Trumpet Soichi Noriki Piano Stomu Takeishi Electric bass Sunao Wada Guitar ✦ 1934–2021 T-Square Guitar (Masahiro Andoh) Tadayuki Harada Baritone saxophone Taka Nawashiro Guitar Takahiro Miyazaki Alto saxophone Takako Ueno Vocals ✦ 1936–2011 Takao Naoi Guitar Takao Uematsu Tenor saxophone Takashi Kako Piano Takashi Masuzaki Guitar Takashi Matsunaga Piano Takashi Mizuhashi Double Bass Takashi Sasaki Drums Takehiro Honda Piano ✦ 1945–2006 Takeo Moriyama Drums Takeru Muraoka Tenor saxophone Takeshi Inomata Drums ✦ 1936–2024 Takeshi Itoh Saxophone Takumi Awaya Double bass Takuya Kuroda Trumpet Tamio Kawabata Double bass ✦ 1947–2000 Tatsuya Takahashi Tenor saxophone ✦ 1931–2008 Teru Sakamoto Piano Terumasa Hino Trumpet Teruo Nakamura Double Bass Tetsu Saitoh Double bass ✦ 1955–2019 Tetsujiro Obara Drums ✦ 1941–2016 Tetsuo Sakurai Bass Tib Kamayatsu Vocals ✦ 1911–1980 TOKU Vocals Tomohiro Yahiro Percussion Toru Takemitsu Composer ✦ 1930–1996 Toshiaki Yokota Flute Toshihiro Akamatsu Vibraphone ✦ 1957–2025 Toshiki Nagata Double bass Toshiko Akiyoshi Piano Toshinori Kondo Trumpet (acoustic and electric/amplified) ✦ 1948–2020 Toshio Oida Vocals ✦ 1925–2003 Toshio Osumi Drums Toshiyuki Daitoku Piano Toshiyuki Honda Alto saxophone Toshiyuki Miyama Alto Saxophone ✦ 1921–2016 Toshiyuki Sekine Piano Tsunehide Matsuki Electric guitar ✦ 1948–2017 Tsutomu Okada Double Bass ✦ 1948–2013 Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Piano Yasuaki Shimizu Tenor saxophone Yasuko Agawa Vocals Yoriyuki Harada Piano Yoshiaki Masuo Guitar Yoshiaki Miyanoue Guitar Yoshihiro Naruse Bass Yoshihito Eto Drums Yoshiko Goto Vocals Yoshinori Imai Drums Yoshio Otomo Alto saxophone Yoshio Suzuki Double bass ✦ 1946–2026 Yoshisaburo Toyozumi Drums Yoshitaka Akimitsu Piano ✦ 1929–2026 Yosuke Yamashita Piano Yu Kuga Tenor Saxophone Yudo Matsuo Guitar Yuji Imamura Percussion Yuji Ohno Piano ✦ 1941–2026 Yuji Toriyama Guitar Yusuke Shima Trumpet Yutaka Sado Conductor Yutaka Yokokura Keyboards

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