Anli Sugano
Anli Sugano ( Japanese ア ン リ 菅 野 , Anri Sugano , actually: Shizuko Umeyama ( 梅山 静 子 , Umeyama Shizuko ), born August 7, 1948 in Toshima , Tokyo ; † June 30, 2000 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese jazz singer of mainstream jazz .
Her father was the jazz vocalist Tsutomu Umeyama ( 梅山 勤 , Umeyama Tsutomu ), her mother a pianist, so that she began taking piano and ballet lessons at the age of five. However, she only began studying oil painting at the Musashino Art School . When she attended a modern jazz seminar, she then decided to become a jazz singer. After graduation, she went to New York, where she received classes in modern ballet, jazz and dance. She returned three years later and founded the rock band Anli & Moses with her as lead singer.
Anli Sugano was active in the Tokyo jazz scene from the 1970s; She presented her debut album as a jazz singer Anli Ichi ( あ ん り い ち , Eng. "Anli 1") in 1978, followed by Shining Wave (Far East, 1979), on which she performed well-known pop and jazz standards such as " The Girl from Ipanema " or " We'll Be Together Again ”sang. 1979/1980 she performed in Tokyo with the Concord Jazz All Stars , which also included Scott Hamilton , Warren Vaché , Dave McKenna , Cal Collins and Jake Hanna .
In the 1980s Sugano made a number of albums with Eastworld, Concord and Philips ; she also performed with the Benny Carter Jazz All Stars Orchestra. During a stay in New York in 1987, she produced her last album In Manhattan , on which Sugano was accompanied by Ruby Braff , John Campbell , Howard Alden , Jack Lesberg and Ronnie Zito . In the field of jazz, she lists Tom Lord in seven recording sessions between 1979 and 1987.
In 1998 an incurable adenocarcinoma was diagnosed. In 1999 she wrote a book about her experiences with the disease, Onna Hitori Gan to Tatakau ( 女 ひ と り が ん と 闘 う , “One woman's struggle with cancer alone”, Seishun Shuppansha). A year later she succumbed to cancer.
Discographic notes
- Shining Wave (Express, 1979), with Shin Kazuhara , Yoshikazu Kishi , Eiji Arai , Takeru Muraoka , Shunzo Sunahara , Hiromasa Suzuki , Tsunehide Matsuki , Tsutomu Okazawa , Yuichi Togashiki
- Just Groovin ' (Far East, 1980)
- Show Case (Eastworld, 1981), et al. a. with Chuck Findley , Ernie Watts , Harvey Mason , George Cables , Soichi Noriki , Leon Ndugu Chancler , Paulinho Da Costa
- Love Sketch (Concord, 1982), with Bob Maize , Warren Vaché, Jeff Hamilton , David Ladd , Eddie Duran , Nat Pierce , Mark Levine , Cal Tjader
- Sweet Memory (Eastworld, 1983), with Akio Okamoto and the Gay Stars
- Sunshine Dream (Philips, 1986)
Web links
- Anli Sugano at Discogs (English)
- Anli Sugano at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c ア ン リ 菅 野 . In: 20 世紀 日本人 名 事 典 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved September 18, 2017 (Japanese).
- ↑ Cadence , Volume 26, Issues 7-12, Bob Rusch, 2000
- ↑ In a meeting in 1981, the American music magazine Stereo Review reproached her for having problems interpreting English-language songs because she did not have sufficient knowledge of the English language. See Stereo Review, Volume 46; Volume 46, CBS Magazines, 1981
- ↑ Walter Bruyninckx: Swing, 1920–1985: Ca-Dy .
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 6, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sugano, Anli |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ア ン リ 菅 野 (Japanese, stage name); Anri Sugano (stage name); 梅山静 子 (Japanese, real name); Umeyama Shizuko (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toshima , Tokyo |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 2000 |
| Place of death | Tokyo |