Hidefumi Toki

Hidefumi Toki ( Japanese 土岐英史 , Toki Hidefumi ; born February 1, 1950 in Kobe , Hyogo Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz musician (alto and soprano saxophone).

Hidefumi Toki worked in the Japanese jazz scene from the late 1960s; in 1971 he recorded his debut album Toki (Polydor) with Masahiko Satoh , Masahiko Togashi , Joe Mizuki , Hozumi Tanaka , Isamu Harada and Toshiyuki Miyama's New Herd Orchestra . In the following years he played a. a. with Sadao Watanabe , Kazumi Watanabe , Shigeharu Mukai and with Yoshio Otomo in the joint formation Alto-Madness (LP Lover Man ). In 1975 he presented the album Toki ( Three Blind Mice ) as a quartet (with Kazumi Watanabe, Nobuyoshi Ino , Steve Jackson) , followed by Sky View (on which Mikio Masuda also participated in addition to his quartet ). With Warren Smith he recorded the EP Duologue / Heritage (RCA, 1977), with Reggie Workman , Joe Chambers , Tommy Flanagan 1978 the album City (Baystate).

In the early 1980s, Toki played with Naoya Matsuoka ( Pacific Jam ) and with his band Toki & Samba Friends the production Brazil ( ブJam und ル , Burajiru ; 1981), which, in addition to his own compositions, also featured titles by Ary Barroso , Durval Ferreira and Antonio Carlos Jobim contained; on the radio-oriented production 1:00 AM (Meldac) he played a. a. with Leon Ndugu Chancler , Patrice Rushen , David T. Walker and Freddie Washington . He was also heard in the 1980s and 1990s on recordings by Yasuko Agawa , Tohru Tsuzuki , Masahiro Andoh , Shinobu Ito , Masato Imazu and Masahiko Satoh. The discographer Tom Lord lists his participation in jazz between 1971 and 2009 at 28 recording sessions.

Discographic notes

Toki ( TBM , 1975)
City (Fun House, 1978)
Brasil (Fun House, 1981)
1:00 AM (Meldac, 1988)
In a Sentimental Mood (Fun House, 1992), with Hiromasa Suzuki , Soichi Noriki , Ikuo Sakurai , Motohiko Hino
The Good Life (Fun House, 1993), with Manabu Oishi , Benisuke Sakai , Motohiko Hino
Night Cruise (Fun House, 1995), with Manabu Oishi, Fumio Nishiyama , Junichiro Matsukawa , Hideki Matsubara , N. Numazawa
The One (Space Shower Music, 2008)
6/6 Six Sixths (Ragmania, 2011)
Missing What? (Vivid Sound, 2016)