Katsuyuki Itakura
Katsuyuki Itakura ( Japanese 板倉 克 行 , Itakura Katsuyuki ; * 1943 in China ) is a Japanese jazz pianist .
Itakura worked as a professional musician since 1962. After turning to free jazz , he performed in the Gaya Club in Tokyo with Tetsu Saitō and Kazutoki Umezu ; after a solo album in 1982 he presented the album Honey Samba in 1984 , with Masao Fujikawa (flute), Osamu Honjyoh or Shunsuke Mizuno (bass) and Kyousei Maeno (drums). With the sextet Bakumouso he explored the music of Erik Satie . From the 1990s he performed in a duo with saxophonist Keshavan Maslak in Japan and the United States , to be heard on the albums Live & Around: Play Satie II (1993) Excuse Me, Mr. Satie ( Leo Records , 1994) and in April 2001 in Japan and Tokyo Is Now , expanded to a trio with Sabu Toyozumi . In 2005, a trio with Blaise Siwula and Ryusaku Ikezawa made the live recording of Big Hearts . In the 2000s he also played with Yutaka Kaido, Masao Tajima, Ryousuke Hino and Takayuki Kato . In the field of jazz he was involved in ten recording sessions from 1993 to 2005, according to Tom Lord .
Web links
- Web presence
- Katsuyuki Itakura at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ William Minor Jazz Journeys to Japan: The Heart Within . Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2004, p. 287
- ↑ Review of Allmusic
- ↑ Tom Lord: Jazz Discography (online)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Itakura, Katsuyuki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 板倉 克 行 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | China |