Masahiko Satō

Masahiko Satō ( Japanese 佐藤 允 彦 , Satō Masahiko ; born October 6, 1941 in Tōkyō ) is a Japanese jazz pianist , arranger and composer.

Live and act

Satō learned to play the violin and piano from the age of 5. He made his jazz debut as the accompanist of the singer Dakota Staton . After training at Keiō University , he studied arrangement and composition between 1966 and 1968 at Berklee College of Music . The album Perspective , which he presented with Toshiyuki Miyama and his New Herd in 1969, received a lot of attention in Japan. His recordings in 1970 with Attila Zoller brought him first international attention. Satō also performed at the Berlin Jazz Days , and Donaueschinger Musiktage , the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Moers Festival . He worked with his own band and as a soloist, but also with Nancy Wilson , Art Farmer and Helen Merrill . He also recorded with Jean-Luc Ponty , Stomu Yamashta , Wolfgang Dauner , Albert Mangelsdorff , Ann Burton , Ned Rothenberg , Shinichi Kato and Joëlle Léandre . He also worked as a film and television composer; For example, he wrote and recorded the music for the animated film Belladonna of Sadness , published in 1973. He has been running his own label since 1997. His productions for piano and koto ensemble and his arrangements of Buddhist monk music (1993) show his interest in revitalizing traditional music.

Awards

For his first album "Palladium" (1969) he received the Japan Jazz Award . From 1971 to 1973 he led the polls for the Japanese Swing Journal . He received the Award of Excellency at the National Art Festival of Japan twice

literature

• Géza Gábor Simon: Immensely good. Attila Zoller. His life and his art. Budapest 2003. ISBN 963-206-928-5

Web links

• Homepage with detailed discography
• Works by and about Masahiko Satō in the catalog of the German National Library
• Masahiko Satō at Discogs (English)