Ryōjirō Furusawa

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Ryōjirō Furusawa ( jap. 古澤良治郎 , Furusawa Ryōjirō , * 5. September 1945 in Sendai , † 12. January 2011 in Tokyo ) was a Japanese jazz - drummer .

Live and act

Ryōjirō Furusawa had classical music lessons (drums, piano) in college, moved to Tokyo at the age of 18 and began working there as a professional musician in 1969. He led his own formations such as the Furusawa Ryojiro Quintet with the guitarist Motonobu Ōde and finally the Ryojiro Band . He played u. a. with Yosuke Yamashita , Sadao Watanabe , Fumio Itabashi , Yūji Imamura , Shigeharu Mukai , Natsuki Tamura , Kōichi Matsukaze and Peter Brötzmann ( Four Animals , 1993), as well as with the singers Mikami Kan and Maki Asakawa . Most recently he led the bands Ne and Ash .

Discographic notes

  • Ryōjirō Furusawa & Lee Oskar - Ano Koro (Better Days) (Denon, 1981) with Kazumi Watanabe , Motonobu Ōde , Junichirō Ōkuchi , Tamio Kawabata
  • Tamaniwa (1983)
  • Ryōjirō Furusawa & Kan Mikami: Shokugyo (1987)
  • Ryōjirō Furusawa & Kan Mikami: Dereki (2007)
  • Ryōjirō Furusawa & Kan Mikami: Buriki / Tin (2008)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ryōjirō Furusawa at Discogs (English)
personal data
SURNAME Furusawa, Ryōjirō
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 古 澤 良 治郎 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Sendai
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 2011
Place of death Tokyo