Hiroshi Fukumura
Hiroshi Fukumura ( Japanese 福村 博 , Fukumura Hiroshi ; born February 21, 1949 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz musician (trombone, arrangement, composition).
Live and act
Hiroshi Fukumura worked with Sadao Watanabe between 1972 and 1974 ( Broadcast Tracks '69 -'72 ). He was also in the studio with Kimiko Kasai / Gil Evans Orchestra ( Satin Doll , 1973). In the same year he recorded his debut album Morning Flight with Shigeharu Mukai (trombone), Hiroshi Tamura (piano), Tsutomu Okada (bass) and Shinji Mori (drums) , which included a live album and the more fusion- oriented production Hunt Up Wind (1978 , with Sadao Watanabe) followed. From 1974 he first lived in the United States, where he studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and recorded with its Jazz Repertory Orchestra . He was also a member of the band Native Son , with whom he toured the United States (album Coast to Coast , 1980)). Back in Japan he worked again with Sadao Watanabe (1977), then with Takehiro Honda and Hidefumi Toki .
Discographic notes
- Morning Flight ( Three Blind Mice , 1973)
- Live: First Flight (Trio Records, 1973)
- Hunt Up Wind with Sadao Watanabe (Flying Disk, 1978)
- Nice Day (Insights, 1981)
- Hot Shot (Morning, 1985)
Lexical entry
- John S. Davis: Historical Dictionary of Jazz . 2012, p. 128
- Hiroshi Fukumura in: Barry Kernfeld (Ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz , 2002 (2nd edition)
Web links
- Web presence
- Hiroshi Fukumura at Discogs (English)
- Hiroshi Fukumura at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ With Kohsuke Mine (ts, sop), Takehiro Honda (keyboards), Motonobu Ohde (el-g), Rommy Kinoshita (el-b), Hiroshi Murakami (dr).
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 19, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fukumura, Hiroshi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 福村 博 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo prefecture |