Shin'ichi Katō (bassist)

Shin'ichi Katō ( Japanese 加藤 真 一 , Katō Shin'ichi ; born March 20, 1958 in Naie , Hokkaido ) is a Japanese jazz musician ( double bass ).

Katō worked in Tokyo in 1990 a. a. with the Takeshi Inomata Trio ( If I Were a Bell ), 1991 he released the album You Can't Touch My Heartstrings . In the same year he moved to New York City for three years; there was the album Something Close to Love: B Hot Creations produced for Paddle Wheel Records , in which Tim Hegarty , Isao Miyoshi , Mike Stern , Akira Tana and Ralph Dorsey were involved. After his return to Japan, he worked in the field of jazz as a soloist and with his own formations (including Shigeharu Mukai , Martha Miyake , Yukari Inoue , Hisae Nakajima and Sumire Kuribayashi ) as well as with classical formations and dance ensembles; after the other solo albums Old Diary and Alone , he recorded the album Duets ( Nagel-Heyer ) in 2000 with the pianist Masahiko Satō .

The bassist Shin'ichi Katō should not be confused with the jazz trumpeter of the same name.

Discographic notes

• Shinichi Kato - Masahito Satoh - Tappy Iwase: Live! In Northland (Roving Spirits, 2006)
• Yukari Inoue Trio: Tangerine Clouds (2007)
• Shigeharu Mukai: Plays Standards (Ago Jatzz, 2008), with Tomonao Hara , Atsushi Ikeda , Yuichi Inoue , Kazuhiko Michishita , Taro Koyama
• Martha Miyake: Softly As I Leave You (T-Oc, 2009), with Syuichiro Ise, Naoki Kitajima , Ryo Saito
• Sumire Kuribayashi Trio: Toys (Somethin 'Cool, 2014), with Takehiro Shimizu
• Shinichi Kato - Shinichi Kato: Bass On Cinema (2011)

Web links

• Web presence
• Shinichi Kato at Allmusic (English)
• Shinichi Kato at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ with Yoshio Otomo (sax), Naoki Nishi , Daisuke Iwasaki , Kazuhiko Nishimura (p), Isao Miyoshi (git), Masahiko Osaka , Keita Okada (dr) and Tomohiro Yahiro (perc).
2. ↑ Liner Notes of the album Duets (Nagel-Heyer)
3. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 14, 2016)