Eiichi Fujii

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Eiichi Fujii ( Japanese 藤井 英 一 , Fujii Eiichi ; * around 1945) is a Japanese jazz musician ( piano , arrangement ) and music teacher.

Eiichi Fujii began his career in the Japanese jazz scene in the 1960s; In 1970 he worked as an arranger for Nobuo Hara and his big band Sharps & Flats ( Double Exposure ). His album Blues for Powell was created in 1977 , recorded in a trio with Kunimitsu Inaba (bass) and Jun Shimizu (drums). In addition to his own compositions (such as the title track), he played mostly jazz standards from Bud Powell's repertoire such as " All God's Chillun Got Rhythm ", " Body and Soul ", " Cherokee ", " On a Slow Boat to China ", "Shawnuff" and " Strike Up the Band ”.

In a trio line-up (with Satoshi Kosugi and Fumio Watanabe ) he played the album Moritat (Eiichi Fujii Plays Sonny Rollins ) (Denon) in August 1979 , with cover versions of the saxophonist's most famous tracks such as "The Bridge", " Doxy ", " Oleo " , “ St. Thomas ”, “Way Out West” and Kurt Weill's “ Moritat von Mackie Messer ” from the 1928 Threepenny Opera .

Fujii also worked as a music teacher for jazz piano ; his students include the pianist Nao Suzuki and the pianist Nobumasa Tanaka . He has also published music books such as The Cocktail Room - Piano Solos , Jazz Piano Solo, Soul Jazz and Swinging Jazz .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 28, 2017)
  2. ↑ Nao Suzuki's website
  3. ↑ Biography of Nobumasa Tanaka (pdf)
personal data
SURNAME Fujii, Eiichi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 藤井 英 一 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1945