Fumio Karashima
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Birth name | Fumio Karashima(Tân đảo văn hùng,Karashima Fumio) |
Born | Oita, Japan | 9 March 1948
Died | 24 February 2017 Tokyo,Japan | (aged 68)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument | Piano |
Years active | 1975–2017 |
Website | www |
Fumio Karashima(Tân đảo văn hùng,Karashima Fumio,9 March 1948 – 24 February 2017)was a Japanesejazzpianist.
Life and career
[edit]Karashima began playing the piano at the age of three.[1]His father was a music teacher atKyushu University;Karashima attended the same university.[1]He stayed in New York in 1973, but returned to Japan the next year.[1]In 1975 he joined drummer George Ohtsuka's band.[1]In 1980 he joinedElvin Jones' Jazz Machine, and stayed for five years, including for tours of Europe and the United States.[1]He then switched to being principally a solo pianist, but also led a quintet from 1988 to 1991.[1]During the 1990s he frequently toured internationally.[1]He died of cancer on 24 February 2017.[2]
Discography
[edit]An asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release.
As leader/co-leader
[edit]Year recorded | Title | Label | Notes |
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2015* | Everything I Love | Pit Inn | Solo piano |
2014* | A Time for Love | Pit Inn | Trio, with Satsuki Kusui (bass), Nobuyuki Komatsu (drums) |
2012* | Summertime | Pit Inn | Quintet, with Atsushi Ikeda and Masanori Okazaki (sax), Satsuk Kusui (bass), Nobuyuki Komastsu (drums) |
2010* | E.J. Blues | Pit Inn | Quartet, with Masanori Okazaki (sax), Ryu Kawamura (bass), Takeo Moriyama (drums) |
2008 | Moon River | VideoArts | Solo piano |
2005 | Great Time | VideoArts | Trio, with Drew Gress (bass),Jack DeJohnette(drums) |
2003 | It's Just Beginning | VideoArts | Trio, with Yosuke Inoue (bass), Shingo Okudaira (drums) |
2002 | Grand New Touch | VideoArts | Duo, withKei Akagi(piano) |
2001 | The Elysian Air | VideoArts | Trio, with Yosuke Inoue (bass), Shingo Okudaira (drums) |
1999* | Rencontre | Emarcy, Polydor Japan | Duet, withToots Thielemans |
1983 | Round Midnight | Absord | Quartet, withLarry Coryell(guitar), Ikuo Sakurai (bass),Motohiko Hino(drums) |
1982 | Elegant Evening | Absord | Trio, with Ikuo Sakurai (bass),Motohiko Hino(drums) |
1981 | A Child in the Wind | Absord | Trio, withRichard Davis(bass), George Ohtsuka (drums) |
1980 | Sho | Absord | Trio, with Nobuyoshi Ino (bass), George Ohtsuka (drums) |
1978 | Hot Islands | Absord | Quartet, with Mabumi Yamaguchi (sax),Miroslav Vitouš(bass), George Ohtsuka (drums) |
1978 | Moonflower | Absord | Trio, with Andy McCloud (bass),Elvin Jones(drums) |
1977 | Gathering | Three Blind Mice | Most tracks trio, withIsao Suzuki(bass), George Ohtsuka (drums); one track solo piano |
1977 | Landscape | Whynot | Trio, withGeorge Mraz(bass), Motohiko Hino (drums) |
1975 | Piranha | Whynot | Trio, with Isao Suzuki (bass), Jimmy Hopps (drums) |
References
[edit]- ^abcdefgIwanami, Yozo; Sugiyama, Kazunori,Karashima, Fumio,Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press,retrieved31 January2015
- ^"ジャズピアニスト, tân đảo văn hùng さん tử khứ...68 tuế"Archived2017-02-26 at theWayback Machine.Yomiuri Shimbun.25 February 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official Homepage
- Fumio Karashimadiscography atDiscogs
- Fumio Karashimadiscography atMusicBrainz