Shōji Nakayama (musician)
Shōji Nakayama ( Japanese 中山 昭 二 , Nakayama Shōji ; * around 1950) is a Japanese jazz musician (drums, percussion).
Shōji Nakayama worked from the 1970s in the Japanese jazz scene a. a. in the sextet of Naosuke Miyamoto ( Step!, 1973), in the following years also in the ensemble of Masahiko Togashi ( Spiritual Nature , 1975), with Keiki Midorikawa ( Five Pieces of Cake , 1975) and in the Kings Roar Orchestra , that of Hideto Kanai ( Ode to Birds , 1975).
In the 1990s, Nakayama led his own trio, which also included pianist Akimitsu Iwase .
Discographic notes
- Seiichi Nakamura , Kazuo Yashiro , Masanaga Harada , Shoji Nakayama: Let's Swing Now (1976)
Web links
- Shōji Nakayama at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 18, 2017)
- ↑ Akimitsu Iwase: Jazz Piano Ad-Lib Phrases . 2010, p. 2
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nakayama, Shōji |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 中山 昭 二 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1950 |