Masahiko Kono

Masahiko Kōno ( Japanese 河野雅彦 , Kōno Masahiko ; born December 7, 1951 in Kawasaki ) is a Japanese improvisation and jazz trombonist (also electronics).

Live and act

As a teenager, Kōno first learned the flute before he switched to the trumpet player Toshinori Kondō and then to the trumpet and in 1976 to the trombone during his studies at Wakō University in Tokyo through his friend Yoshito Ōsawa . His role models were Paul Rutherford , George Lewis and Roswell Rudd .

Kōno founded a free jazz and improvisation group with which he toured Japan. In the following years Kono worked with the formation EEU ( Evolution Ensemble Unit ), with Toshiyuki Tsuchitori , Mototeru Takagi and Motoharu Yoshizawa . In the fall of 1980 he came to New York City for the first time; during this time he worked a. a. with Milford Graves , Elliott Sharp, and William Parker .

After his return to Japan he played with Toshinori Kondō, Shōji Hano and Katsuo Itabashi (with whom a duo album was created in 1983), as well as with Billy Bang , Paul Lovens and Derek Bailey . He has been working in the American jazz and improvisation scene since the 1980s. a. with Kevin Norton's Metaphor Quartet , with Jemeel Moondoc , William Parker's Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra , William Hooker , Hideki Katō and in the big band of Cecil Taylor . In addition, he led his own band, which also includes Zusaan Kali Fasteau . In the field of jazz he was involved in 30 recording sessions between 1980 and 2005, including a. also with Peter Kowald , Blaise Siwula and Takashi Kazamaki .

Since 1989 he has had permanent US residency .

Ellen Christi - Yūko Fujiyama - Masahiko Kono - Mauro Orselli: Reconstruction of Sound (Network, 1996)

↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
↑ Masahiko Kondō: 略歴 . In: Improvised Music from Japan. Retrieved August 1, 2013 (Japanese).

personal data
SURNAME	Kono, Masahiko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	河野雅彦 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese jazz and improvisation musician
DATE OF BIRTH	7th December 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kawasaki (Kanagawa)