Hiroshi Minami (musician)

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Hiroshi Minami ( Japanese 南 博 , Minami Hiroshi , born May 15, 1960 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz musician ( piano ).

Hiroshi Minami first learned classical piano at the Tsurugaoka Music School belonging to Nihon University , where he first came into contact with the music of bands such as the Beatles and The Who ; under the influence of the music of Keith Jarrett , he came to jazz. After graduating from school in 1979, he began studying percussion instruments at the Tokyo University of Music , which he graduated in 1986. After studying at Berklee College of Music from 1988 to 1991 in Boston, where he studied with Christian Jacob, Steve Kuhn and Alex Uranovsky, among others , he made experiences in Europe with musicians such as Kasper Tranberg and Branford Marsalis , with whom he played three pieces in 1990 Recorded on the compilation album Now's the Time Workshop . From the 1980s he worked in the Japanese jazz scene. During a stay in New York in 1991 he recorded his debut album Message for Parlienna with Dan Greenspan (bass) and Jim Black (drums) , which was released on the Extraplatte label . For this he toured 12 German cities in 1992. In the 1990s he also played with Chie Ayado and in Copenhagen with Kasper Tranberg ( Yakuza Zhuffle (1997, inter alia with Jakob Dinesen )). In the 2000s he was a member of the Bozo formation (with Kent Tsugami , Hiroaki Mizutani and Akira Sotoyoama ).

Minami led a jazz trio with Masato Suzuki and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki in the 2000s . In 2005 he released the album Touches & Velets (indie), followed by Elegy (3D, 2006). With the saxophonist Naruyoshi Kikuchi , Minami released the album Flowers and Water (EWE) in 2009 . With Daiki Yasukagawa and Akira Sotoyama Minami recorded the trio album Songs around 2010 .

The pianist should not be confused with the flugelhorn player of the same name , who played with Bingo Miki & Inner Galaxy Orchestra and with Kazumi Watanabe .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Profiles. In: Hiroshi Minami. Retrieved October 13, 2017 (English / Japanese).
  2. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 1, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Minami, Hiroshi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 南博 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo prefecture