Takehiro Honda
Takehiro Honda ( Japanese 本田 竹 広 , Honda Takehiro ; born August 21, 1945 in Iwata , Shizuoka Prefecture ; † January 12, 2006 ) was a Japanese jazz pianist and keyboardist .
Live and act
Honda began taking piano lessons at the age of five. Then he studied at the Kunitachi College of Music; During this time he played in a quartet led by Kazunori Takeda . In 1969/70 he recorded for the Japanese label Trio for the first time under his own name; In 1973 he performed with Sadao Watanabe . He then founded the fusion band Native Son with Kohsuke Mine , with whom he recorded several albums from 1979 and went on international tours. He also worked with Hiroshi Murakami , Hiroshi Fukumura , Motohiko Hino , Shigeharu Mukai , Toshiyuki Honda and Steve Grossman , in New York with Ron Carter and Tony Williams ( Another Departure , 1977) and with Eddie Gomez and Eliot Zigmund . In the field of jazz he was involved in 48 recording sessions between 1969 and 1992. His son is the jazz musician Tamaya Honda , who has also been with Native Son since 1985 .
Discographic notes
- Jodo (Trio, 1970), with Reggie Workman , Motohiko Hino
- Flying to the Sky (Trio, 1971), with Gerd Dudek , Günter Lenz , Motohiko Hino
- This Is Honda (Trio, 1972), with Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki, Fumio Watanabe
- Salaam Salaam (East Wind, 1974), with Junie Booth , Eric Gravatt
- It's Great Outside (Flying Disc, 1978), with Cornell Dupree , Yoshiaki Masuo , Anthony Jackson , Steve Jordan , Ray Mantilla
- My Funny Valentine (CBS / SONY, 1985), with Nobuyoshi Ino , Takeo Moriyama
- Back On My Fingers (Fun House, 1990), with Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki, Motohiko Hino
- Ease (Fun House, 1992), with Shigeharu Mukai , Kohsuke Mine , Takao Uematsu , Tsutomu Okada , Hiroshi Murakami
Lexical entry
- Kazunori Sugiyama: Takehiro Honda . The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
Web links
- Portrait (japanese)
- Takehiro Honda at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Honda, Takehiro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 本田 竹 広 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Iwata , Shizuoka Prefecture |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 2006 |