Ichiko Hashimoto
Ichiko Hashimoto ( Japanese 橋本 一 子 , Hashimoto Ichiko ; born July 1, 1952 in Kobe ) is a Japanese pop , fusion and jazz musician ( piano , vocals , synthesizer , composition , arrangement ), who also worked as an actress .
Ichiko Hashimoto, who grew up in Tokyo, played the piano from the age of five and studied music at the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo. In the late 1970s she worked with Yoshio Ikeda , with whom she also made her first recordings ( Sketch of My Life , 1978), and with Akira Sakata , Keizo Inoue , Kazumi Watanabe and Yōsuke Yamashita . She also played in the electronic and experimental band Colored Music in the early 1980s ; In 1981 the album of the same name was released. In 1984 she presented her debut album Ichiko with JVC Records , which contained her own compositions. Also in 1984 she released the solo album Beauty (Domo) produced by Kazumi Watanabe . On her later albums she moved stylistically more in the pop and electronica idiom. She also wrote film music for the series RahXephon and its feature film, in which she also took a speaking role, as in 2012 for Lupine the Third - Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna . In the field of jazz, the discographer Tom Lord lists her participation in 14 recording sessions between 1978 and 1994.
Web links
- Web presence
- Ichiko Hashimoto at Discogs (English)
- Ichiko Hashimoto at Allmusic (English)
- Ichiko Hashimoto in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 5, 2017)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hashimoto, Ichiko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kobe |