Fumio Karashima
Fumio Karashima ( Japanese 辛 島 文 雄 , Karashima Fumio; born March 9, 1948 in Ōita Prefecture ; † February 24, 2017 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese jazz pianist .
life and career
Karashima started playing the piano at the age of three. His father taught music at Kyushu University ; Karashima attended the same university. He stayed in New York in 1973 and returned to Japan the next year. In 1975 he joined the band of drummer George Otsuka . In 1980 he joined the Jazz Machine by Elvin Jones in which he served for five years and with whom he toured in Europe and the United States. After that he worked primarily as a solo pianist, but from 1988 to 1991 he also directed a quintet. In the 1990s he toured frequently internationally. His interpretation of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with an ensemble under the direction of Yosuke Yamashita was widely recognized.
In 2003 he was awarded the Nanri Fumio Award . Since 2005 he has not appeared again due to illness. Karashima died on February 24, 2017 of complications from cancer.
Discography
An asterisk ( * ) after the year indicates the year of publication.
As leader / co-leader:
Year of admission |
title | Music label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Piranha | Why not | Trio with Isao Suzuki (bass) and Jimmy Hopps (drums) |
| 1977 | Landscape | Why not | Trio with George Mraz (bass) and Motohiko Hino (drums) |
| 1977 | Gathering | Three blind mice | Trio with Isao Suzuki (bass) and George Otsuka (drums) (one song solo piano) |
| 1978 | Moonflower | Absurd | Trio with Andy McCloud (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums) |
| 1978 | Hot islands | Absurd | Quartet with Mabumi Yamaguchi (saxophone), Miroslav Vitous (bass) and George Otsuka (drums) |
| 1980 | Sho | Absurd | Trio with Nobuyoshi Ino (bass) and George Otsuka (drums) |
| 1981 | A Child in the Wind | Absurd | Trio with Richard Davis (bass) and George Otsuka (drums) |
| 1982 | Elegant evening | Absurd | Trio with Ikuo Sakurai (bass) and Motohiko Hino (drums) |
| 1983 | Round Midnight | Absurd | Quartet with Larry Coryell (guitar), Ikuo Sakurai (bass) and Motohiko Hino (drums) |
| 1999 * | Rencontre | Emarcy, Polydor Japan | Duet with Toots Thielemans |
| 2010 * | EJ blues | Pit Inn | Quartet with Masanori Okazaki (saxophone), Ryu Kawamura (bass) and Takeo Moriyama (drums) |
| 2001 | The Elysian Air | VideoArts | Trio with Yosuke Inoue (bass) and Shingo Okudaira (drums) |
| 2002 | Grand New Touch | VideoArts | Duet with Kei Akagi (piano) |
| 2003 | It's just beginning | VideoArts | Trio with Yosuke Inoue (bass) and Shingo Okudaira (drums) |
| 2005 | Great time | VideoArts | Trio with Drew Gress (bass) and Jack DeJohnette (drums) |
| 2008 | Moon river | VideoArts | Solo piano |
| 2012 * | Summertime | Pit Inn | Quintet with Atsushi Ikeda (saxophone), Masanori Okazaki (saxophone), Satsuki Kusui (bass), Nobuyuki Komastsu (drums) |
| 2014 * | A time for love | Pit Inn | Trio with Satsuki Kusui (bass), Nobuyuki Komatsu (drums) |
| 2015 * | Everything I love | Pit Inn | Solo piano |
Web links
- Fumio Karashima at Discogs (English)
- Fumio Karashima on MusicBrainz (English)
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Obituary
- ↑ a b c d e Yozo Iwanami, Kazunori Sugiyama: Karashima, Fumio . Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ↑ a b Short portrait (How Japan Came to Love Jazz: 10 Pioneers of the Japanese Jazz Scene)
- ↑ ジ ャ ズ ピ ア ニ ス ト 、 辛 島 文 雄 さ ん 死去 ... ６８ 歳 . Yomiuri Shimbun , February 25, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karashima, Fumio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 辛 島 文 雄 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ōita Prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 2017 |
| Place of death | Tokyo |