Kurumi Shimizu
Kurumi Shimizu ( Japanese 清水 く る み , Shimizu Kurumi ; * around 1960) is a Japanese jazz pianist .
Shimizu worked in the Tokyo jazz scene from the 1980s ; first recordings were made around 1983 in a duo with saxophonist Shuichi Enomoto ( Pictures ). In 1995/96 she recorded his debut album Kurumisan (Aketa's Disk) in several live sessions , on which Kenta Tsugami (soprano and alto saxophone), Eiichi Hayashi (alto saxophone), Isao Miyoshi (guitar), Norikatsu Koreyasu , Hideaki Mochizuki (bass) and Nobuo Fujii (drums) performed. In the field of jazz she was involved in three recording sessions between 1983 and 1995. For more than ten years she has been interpreting the music of Led Zeppelin in the trio ZEK3 with bassist Yasushi Yonaki and drummer Tamaya Honda . In the 2010s she played in Tokyo jazz clubs in a trio with Syo Kudo (bass) and Ryo Saito (drums).
Web links
- Kurumi Shimizu at Discogs (English)
- Biography and Discography (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 1, 2017)
- ↑ Interview with Tamaya Honda (2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shimizu, Kurumi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 清水 く る み (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician (piano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1960 |