Ayako Hosokawa

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Ayako Hosokawa ( Japanese 細 川 綾 子 , Hosokawa Ayako ; * around 1939 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz singer and pianist .

Live and act

At the age of 14, Hosokawa performed in the clubs of the American barracks and Japanese jazz cafes with Kuranosuke Hamaguchi . At the age of 15 she sang with the popular big band Shigenori Ohara & the Blue Coats, led by Masao Kojima . In 1956 she recorded for Columbia Records , where she was accompanied by Jin Watanabe and the Six Joes. In 1961 she moved to the USA. She toured the West Coast in the following years before performing in Las Vegas with Earl Hines in 1965 , with whom she worked until 1967.

In the mid-1970s, Hosokawa lived with her mother and daughter in San Francisco and recorded her debut album No Tears ( Three Blind Mice ) in Japan in 1977 , on which she was performed by the quartet of pianist Masaru Imada (with Mitsuaki Furuno , Tetsujiro Obara and Yūji Imamura ) was accompanied. This album and a longer tour marked the beginning of her new career in Japan. In 1977 the LP To Mr. Wonderful was also released , on which she interpreted pop and jazz standards such as " Misty ", " My Foolish Heart ", " Bridge over Troubled Water " and " Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams ".

Accompanied by Toshiyuki Miyama's big band The New Herd , she recorded the album Call Me in 1979 ; then arrangements by Nelson Riddle (" Love Is Here to Stay ") and the Billy Joel hit " Just the Way You Are ". It was not until 1984 that Hosokawa finally returned to Tokyo from the USA. The production of A Whisper of Love followed in 1993 , with covers of popular numbers like Eric Clapton's " Tears in Heaven " and jazz tracks like " Dream a Little Dream of Me ", " For All We Know " and " Tea for Two ". In 2000 she recorded the album I Touch the Stars ; Time Slip followed in 2009 : Here Is the Best Time . In 2014 she released the CD Looking Back over My Life .

In 1987 she performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival ; For 25 years it was an attraction at the Kobe Jazz Street Festival ; she also sang regularly at the Nara Jazz Festival , but also at the Breda Jazz Festival . In 1991 she received the Tsumara Jazz Vocal Award .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography (Cafe Pinkhouse)
  2. ↑ a b Jazz vocalist Hosokawa awarded The Japan Times , October 19, 1991
  3. ^ A b William Minor: Jazz Journeys to Japan: The Heart Within . Ann Arbor 2004, p. 74
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 1, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Hosokawa, Ayako
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 細 川 綾 子 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo prefecture