Hiroaki Mizutani
Hiroaki Mizutani ( Japanese 水 谷 浩 章 , Mizutani Hiroaki ; * 1963 in Saitama Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz musician ( double bass , electric bass ).
Hiroaki Mizutani worked in the Japanese jazz scene from the 1990s; The first recordings were made in 1992 with the flautist Tamami Koyake ( Lady's Blues ). In the following years he played a. a. with Shoji Aketagawa , the Kōichi Matsukaze Trio ( A Day in Aketa , 1994), in the formation LowBlow - (Album Cafe Ojisan ( カ フ ェ お じ さ ん ; 1997), with Masakuni Takeno , Kenichi Matsumoto , Taisei Aoki , Ryoichi Saito and Akira ) as well as in the band Tipographica (with Osamu Matsumoto , Naruyoshi Kikuchi , Tsuneo Imahori , Akira Minakami , Akira Sotoyama), which moved stylistically between prog rock and free jazz and with whom he recorded four albums. In the 2000s he was also with Hiroshi Minami , in the Trio Phonolite (with Sadanori Nakamure , Akira Sotoyama) and Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble and its New Jazz Quintet in the recording studio.
Web links
- Hiroaki Mizutani at Discogs (English)
- Hiroaki Mizutani at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 31, 2017)
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SURNAME | Mizutani, Hiroaki |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 水 谷 浩 章 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saitama Prefecture |