Takayuki Katō (musician)

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Takayuki Katō ( Japanese 加藤 崇 之 , Katō Takayuki ; born January 31, 1955 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz musician ( guitar ).

Takayuki Katō had guitar lessons with Ikuo Shiozaki and played in the Japanese jazz scene from the 1970s; first recordings were made in 1978 with the formation The Burning Men (album Burning Super Session , with Tsuyoshi Yamamoto , Mikio Masuda , Kazumasa Akiyama , Isao Suzuki , Eiji Kishida , Tamami Koyake , Tatsuya Yokoyama and Eri Ōno ). In the following years he worked a. a. with Isao Suzuki, Itaru Oki , Natsuki Tamura , Shigeharu Mukai and Yoshiyuki Yamanaka . From the 1990s he worked in various jazz and improvisation projects with Shuichi Enomoto , Natsuki Tamura, Elliott Sharp , Heinz Geisser , Satoko Fujii , Norikatsu Koreyasu and Uchihashi Kazuhisa .

In 1989 Katō played under his own name in his trio (with Norikatsu Koreyasu, Nobuo Fujii and Hideto Kanai as guest musicians) the album Guitar Music , followed by Guitar Standards ( Three Blind Mice ); on the latter he played not only jazz tracks like Chick Corea's "What Was" and Thelonious Monk's " Straight No Chaser ", as well as his own compositions. In the field of jazz, Tom Lord lists him in 37 recording sessions between 1978 and 2009. In later years he joined a. a. with Katsuyuki Itakura , Naoko Kitazawa and Nobuyasu Furuya .

Discographic notes

  • Akemi Shumi Taku & Takayuki Kato: Yume (1991)
  • Natsuki Tamura, Elliott Sharp, Takayuki Kato, Natsuki Tamura + Elliott Sharp + Takayuki Kato + Satoko Fujii - In the Tank (Libra, 2005)
  • Heinz Geisser, Eiichi Hayashi , Takayuki Kato, Yuki Saga : On Bashamichi Avenue ( Leo Records , 2010)
  • Norikatsu Koreyasu, Shoomy Akemi Taku, Takayuki Katō: Yukkuri Yumemi ( ゆ っ く り 夢見 ; Kitakara Records, 2010)
  • Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Takayuki Kato: Duo (2011)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b William Minor: Jazz Journeys to Japan: The Heart Within. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2004
  2. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 24, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Katō, Takayuki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 加藤 崇 之 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz musician (guitar)
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo prefecture