Hiroaki Katayama

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Hiroaki Katayama ( Japanese 片 山 広 明 , Katayama Hiroaki ; born March 1, 1951 in Chiba Prefecture ; † November 13, 2018 ) was a Japanese jazz musician ( saxophone ).

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Hiroaki Katayama first played the alto saxophone that his parents had given him when he was at school. After switching to the tenor saxophone (which became his main instrument), he played with Itaru Oki during his college years . He then worked in the Japanese free jazz scene from the early 1970s a . a. with Keiki Midorikawa , the Now Music Ensemble , with which the first recordings were made ( Inspiration & Power 14 (1973), with Tadashi Yoshida , Kazutoshi Kakubari , Yoshiaki Fujikawa , Keiki Midorikawa and Hozumi Tanaka ), as well as with the Seikatsu-Koujou-Iinkai Orchestra ( Seikatsu Kojo Iinkai , with Kazutoki Umezu , Yoriyuki Harada , Takeharu Hayakawa ), with the 1979 album This Is Music, Is This? originated. In 1982 he recorded a solo album ( Equator ). In the following years he was a. a. to Kazutoki Umezus Dr. Umezu Band , with whom he recorded seven albums and toured Europe several times; In 1983 he performed with Umezu at the Moers Festival . As a member of the East Asia Orchestra , he performed on the Berlin Jazz Stage in 1984 .

In 1987 Katayama recorded the trio album Drei Sherry with Takeharu Hayakawa (bass) and Ken Tsunoda (drums) in Tokyo , followed by a version of the Mingus classic “ Goodbye Pork Pie Hat ”. In the 90s he worked a. a. with Shun Sakai , in the big band Shibusashirazu (album Something Different , 1994) and in Berlin with the Aki Takase Sextet; In 1996 he toured Japan with the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra . In the following years he also worked with Kazutoki Umezu ( Hallelujah, Anyway - Remembering Tom Cora , 1998), in the formation Shang Shang Typhoon and in the Satoko Fujii Orchestra East, with whom he performed at the Yamaha Jazz Festival in 2002 . In the formation CO2 he played with Eiichi Hayashi, Takayuki Kato, Takeharu Hayakawa and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki. In the field of jazz he was involved in 34 recording sessions between 1973 and 2002. In later years he played in a saxophone duo with Hideki Tachibana .

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  1. ↑ RC サ ク セ シ ョ ン や 渋 さ 知 ら ズ な ど で 活躍 し た 片 山 広 明 が 死去 (obituary). natalie.mu, November 13, 2018, accessed November 15, 2018 (jp).
  2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography Vol. K or The Jazz Discography Vol. H
personal data
SURNAME Katayama, Hiroaki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hiroaki, Katayama (full name); 片 山 広 明 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Chiba prefecture
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 2018