Masahiko Ozu

Masahiko Ozu ( Japanese 小 津 昌 彦 , Ozu Masahiko ; born April 5, 1941 in Matsuyama ) is a Japanese jazz musician ( drums , percussion ).

From the early 1970s, Masahiko Ozu worked in the Japanese jazz and fusion scene with Masaru Imada , of whose trio and quartet he was a member. He also played with Masahiko Satō , in whose trio he made guest appearances in 1971 with Attila Zoller at the Berlin Jazz Days ; then the joint album A Path through Haze ( MPS ) was created. With Shoji Nagashiba he presented a joint album in the jazz- funk idiom in 1972 on the Canyon label with Double Drum ( ダ ブ ル ・ ド ラ ム ) ; the arrangements were made by Koji Makaino .

From the mid-1970s, Ozu a. a. with Ann Burton ( By Myself Alone ), Kazuo Yashiro , Yuzuru Sera and with Akira Miyazawa ( Sea Horse , 1989). He also headed the Masahiko Ozu Group . After the production Midare (1982, with the vibraphonist Michiko Takahashi ) he recorded the album Dolphin Dance under his own name in 1983 , on which Nobuo Kato , Kenji Nishiyama , Shuichi Enomoto , Toru Tsuzuki and Hideo Kawahara participated. In the field of jazz, Tom Lord lists him in 14 recording sessions between 1970 and 1995, most recently with Shūji Atsuta ( Ghost of a Chance ). As a musician he had an appearance in the film Saraba Moskwa Gurentai ( Goodbye Moscow, Hooligans , directed by Toshio Takashima).

Discographic notes

• Michiko Takahashi & Ichiro Masuda , Masahiko Ozu Group: Midare (LOB, 1982)

Web links

• Masahiko Ozu at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 小 津 昌 彦 . In: Tower Records Online. August 30, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2017 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 24, 2017)
3. ↑ Stuart Galbraith IV: The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography . Lanham, Maryland et al. a .: Scarecrow, 2008, p. 248.