Mikio Masuda

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Mikio Masuda ( Japanese 益田 幹 夫 , Masuda Mikio ; born August 14, 1949 in Osaka Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz and fusion musician (piano, synthesizer, organ).

Mikio Masuda was largely self-taught and at the age of 16 played bass before switching to piano and performing in various clubs in Osaka. In 1969 he moved to Tokyo and from the early 1970s played in the Japanese jazz scene a. a. with Motohiko Hino , Shunzo Ohno and Terumasa Hino , with whose quartet he made a guest appearance at the 1973 International New Jazz Meeting at Altena Castle . In 1974 he recorded his debut album Trace (East Wind) with Terumasa Hino, Hideo Miyata , Takao Uematsu , Tsutomu Okada and Motohiko Hino ; In 1976, the fusion-oriented production Mickey's Mouth followed (with Masayoshi Saitoh , Osamu Kawakami , Guilherme Franco, among others ).

In the following years he also worked with Kohsuke Mine , Hidefumi Toki , Takao Uematsu, Hiroshi Murakami , Kazumasa Akiyama , Kazumi Watanabe and Eri Ohno . In New York in 1978 he played a. a. with Anthony Jackson , Bernard Purdie and Sammy Figueroa the album Corazon and worked there a. a. also with David Matthews : During two further stays in New York, the trio album Black Daffodils (JVC) was created in 1996 , with Ron Carter and Lewis Nash , and in 1998 with Ron Carter and Grady Tate Blue Dumplings . In the field of jazz he was involved in 46 recording sessions between 1972 and 1998, most recently with Chie Ayado .

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  1. ↑ Will Lee: People in Jazz: Jazz Keyboard Improvisors of the 19th & 20th Centuries: Preragtime, Blues, Folk and Minstrel, Early Ragtime, Dixieland, Ragtime-stride, Blues-boogie, Swing, Prebop, Bop . Columbia Lady Music, 1984
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 1, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Masuda, Mikio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 益田 幹 夫 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Osaka prefecture