Katsuo Kuninaka

Katsuo Kuninaka ( Japanese 國中勝男 , Kuninaka Katsuo ; * around 1950) is a Japanese jazz musician ( double bass , composition).

Katsuo Kuninaka presented his debut album Warm Current in 1979 , which was created in changing line- ups , including a. with Ryōjirō Furusawa , Tadanori Konakawa , Akira Sakata , Masahiro Sayama , Kazunori Takeda and Yōsuke Yamashita and also contained own compositions. In the same year, Golden Live Stage (Frasco, 1979) was created. In 1980 Joachim-Ernst Berendt invited him and his quartet to the Donaueschinger Musiktage ; there the live album Dancing Islands (Next Wave, with Shōta Koyoma , Kazutoki Umezu , Shigeharu Mukai ) with compositions by Kunika was recorded. With Eiichi Hayashi , Kan Mikami and Shōta Koyama he belonged to the formation Si Ren Bang (四人幇), with whom he recorded the album オレたちの事情 (Off Note, 2001). Kuninaka was also involved in the recordings of Kazunori Takeda, Masahiko Togashi and Yosuke Yamashita ( Jugemu , 1981); he also performed with Jun Fukamachi .

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