Masao Nakajima
Masao Nakajima ( Japanese 中 島 正雄 , Nakajima Masao ; * 1953 ) is a Japanese pop and jazz musician ( piano , keyboard , arrangement , composition, production).
Masao Nakajima worked in the Japanese music scene from the 1970s. In early 1979 he worked in New York on Robin Kenyatta's album Take the Heat Off Me . Under his own name he also recorded the album Kimosabe (Yupiteru) in Tokyo in 1979 in a quartet with Toshiyuki Honda , Osamu Kawakami and Donald Bailey . During this time he also worked with the singer Yasuko Agawa ( Sweet Menu ) and with Gary Foster / Lee Konitz ( Body and Soul , 1985). In the field of jazz, Tom Lord lists him in four recording sessions between 1973 and 1984. In 1989 he also presented the duo Suone Tigre (with Eddie Gomez ).
From the 1980s, Nakajima shifted as a producer, composer and arranger to music for video games and anime films and series such as Ginga Shippū Sasuraiger (1983/84) and The Humanoid (1986, directed by Shin'ichi Masaki ); He was also involved in the recordings of pop and rock musicians such as Megumi Hayakawa , Joe Hisaishi , Mari Hamada , Maki Ōguro and the J-pop singer Zyyg .
Web links
- Masao Nakajima at Discogs (English)
- Masao Nakajima at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 22, 2017)
- ^ Entry in The Music of Visal Arts and Games Database
- ↑ Masao Nakajima in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nakajima, Masao |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 中 島 正雄 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |