Hiromasa Suzuki
Hiromasa "Colgen" Suzuki ( Japanese 鈴木 宏昌 , Suzuki Hiromasa ; born May 26, 1940 ; † May 21, 2001 in Tokyo Prefecture ) was a Japanese fusion and jazz musician ( piano , keyboards , synthesizer , e-piano , composition, Arrangement), who also worked as a film composer .
Hiromasa Suzuki, who was active in the Japanese jazz, funk and fusion scene from the late 1960s, played with the Kiyoshi Sugimoto Quartet, with Akira Ishikawa and in the Terumasa Hino Quintet, with which the first recordings were made in 1968; He was also a member of The Freedom Unity ( Salute to Soul (Columbia, 1971) with Akira Ishikawa, Hiroshi Suzuki , Kunimitsu Inaba , Takeru Muraoka ). After a debut album, which he presented with RCA in 1972 ( ロ ッ ク ・ ジ ョ イ ン ト 琵琶 〜 組曲 ふ る こ と ふ み ), he released a number of albums with his various band projects such as High-Flying (1976), Colgen World (1976) and Umi no Triton ( 海 の ト リ ト ン , Umi no Toriton ; Columbia, 1978).
From the early 1970s, Suzuki also played with Takeru Muraoka , Abbey Lincoln , ( People in Me , 1973), Jiro Inagaki , Kiyoshi Sugimoto , Norio Maeda , Hidefumi Toki and as accompanist for the singers Kimiko Kasai , Masako Miyazaki , Anli Sugano , Salena Jones and Harumi Kaneko . The discographer Tom Lord lists him in the field of jazz / fusion between 1968 and 1994 in 46 recording sessions in which he was involved. Suzuki also wrote a number of film scores , mostly for television series and shows such as Umi no Triton (1972), Wakakusa no Charlotte (1977) and Kon'ya wa Saikō! (1981).
Discographic notes
- High-Flying (1976), with Shuichi Murakami , Akira Okazawa , Kenji Takamizu , Fujimaru Yoshino , Kiyoshi Sugimoto , Masayoshi Takanaka , Jun Fukamachi , Larry Sunaga , Jiro Inagaki , Kayoko Ishu
- Colgen World (Toshiba, 1976), with Kunimitsu Inaba , Motohiko Hino
- Primrose (Union, 1978), with Nobuyoshi Ino , Steve Jackson
- Umi no Triton (Original Soundtrack, Columbia, 1979)
- Galaxy (Openskye, 1979), with Hideo Iguchi , Tadaomi Anai , Yūichi Togashiki , Akira Okazawa, Tsunehide Matsuki , Mabumi Yamaguchi , Sumio Okada , Yasuo Hirauchi , Yoshimi Mita , Ichirō Nitta , Junichi Kanesaka
- Lonely Falling Star (Lobster, 1980) solo
- Colgen Band: A Lonely Falling Star (Praise, 1981)
Web links
- Hiromasa Suzuki at Discogs (English)
- Hiromasa Suzuki at Allmusic (English)
- Hiromasa Suzuki in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Suzuki, Hiromasa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Suzuki, Colgen (nickname); Hiromasa, Suzuki (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1940 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 2001 |
| Place of death | Tokyo Prefecture |