Kazumasa Akiyama

Kazumasa Akiyama ( Japanese 秋山一将 , Akiyama Kazumasa ; * 1955 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese fusion and jazz musician (guitar).

Kazumasa Akiyama played in the Tokyo jazz scene from the 1970s a. a. with the Isao Suzuki Sextet, with whom the first recordings were made; He also worked on recordings by Mikio Masuda , Noriko Miyamoto and Yasuaki Shimzu . In 1978 he played his debut album Dig My Style (Flying Dog) with Yasuaki Shimizu , Mikio Masuda, Masanori Sasaji , Kazuya Sugimoto , Hideo Yamaki and Tatsuji Yokoyama ; In 1979 the fusion production Beyond the Door followed , in which Masanori Sasaji, Motohiko Hamase , Akira Doi , Noriko Miyamoto and the singer Jimmy Satoshi Murakawa participated.

In the 1980s and 1990s Akiyama a. a. also with Yasuko Agawa , Tatsuya Nakamura , Tsuyoshi Yamamoto , Chin Suzuki , Mari Nakamoto , Chie Ayado and the Kōsuke Mine Quintet. The discographer Tom Lord lists him in the field of jazz / fusion between 1976 and 1998 with 21 recording sessions. He also worked as a studio musician on a number of recordings, for example with Noriko Miyamoto and Lisa Ono . In later years he played a. a. in a quartet with Hikari Ichihara , Koichi Inoue and Nori Shiota as well as in a sextet by Hironori Suzuki (with Shōta Watanabe , among others ); he also released the albums Quiet Storm (2005) and Dr. Rain (2008).

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SURNAME	Akiyama, Kazumasa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	秋山一将 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese jazz and fusion musician
DATE OF BIRTH	1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tokyo prefecture