Mitsuru Kotani
Mitsuru Kotani (* Jap. 小谷充 , Kotani Mitsuru * 18th June 1945 in the prefecture of Hyogo , † 24. November 1990 ) was a Japanese jazz pianist , the mainly as a composer and arranger of pop and light music -operated, but also wrote film music .
Mitsuru Kotani worked in the Japanese music scene from the mid-1960s; from 1968 he arranged and composed for the pop duo Jun & Nene, the folk duos Billy BanBan and Betsy & Chris as well as for the singers Akira Fuse , Mie Nakao , Keiko Fuji , Akiko Wada , Teresa Teng and Katsuko Kanai ( My True Heart / My Lonely Devil , Columbia). He also provided the arrangement for the album Drumming Beat Pops Vol. 2 (1969) by Motohiko Hino . In 1976 Kotani and his band Orient Locomotion presented the album Nihon no Shirabe (Wagakki to Rock no Yūgō) ( 日本 の 調 べ ＜ 和 楽 器 と ロ ッ ク の 融合 ＞ , Beloved Japanese Melodies ); on Philips the most appeared Easy Listening oriented LP Mitsuru Kotani & The Bossa Nova Fleshmen: Bossa Nova de Tokyo . He wrote u. a. the title "The Ballad of Rainbow and Snow". Kotani also worked as a film composer for the television series Karate baka ichidai (1973/74).
Web links
- Mitsuru Kotani at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mitsuru Kotani in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kotani, Mitsuru |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 小 谷 充 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician, composer and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hyogo Prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1990 |