Takeo Moriyama
Takeo Moriyama ( Japanese 森 山 威 男 , Moriyama Takeo ; * 1945 in Katsunuma , Yamanashi Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz musician ( drums , composition).
Live and act
Moriyama worked from the late 1960s with the pianist Yōsuke Yamashita , with whom the first recordings were made (the big band album Introducing Takeo Moriyama (1971) mainly contains compositions by Moriyama). With the trio of Yamashita he was at the Moers Festival in 1974 (live recording Clay ) and on a tour of Germany in 1975 (live recordings Distant Thunder from the Stuttgart Liederhalle and Chiasma from the Heidelberg Jazz Days). In the mid-1970s he founded his percussion ensemble and later his own quartet. He also worked in the trio of Akira Sakata (with Adelhard Roidinger ) as well as with Aki Takase , Miyazawa Akira and with the Masabumi Kikuchi / Gil Evans Orchestra. In 1981 he presented the album Smile ( Denon ) under his own name , which he had recorded with Hideaki Mochizuki (bass), Fumio Itabashi (piano) and the saxophonists Kōichi Matsukaze and Yoshio Kuniyasu . He also appeared in Germany with his own formations, for example at Jazz Ost-West in Nuremberg in 1984 (album Green River ). In later years he played a. a. with Mal Waldron ( Dual , 1995), Shibuya Takeshi ( See-Saw , 2002), Takehiro Honda / Nobuyoshi Ino ( My Funny Valentine , 2006) and in the trio The Heavyweights with Peter Brötzmann and Masahiko Satoh ( Yatagarasu , 2006). In the field of jazz he was involved in 44 recording sessions from 1969 to 2011.
Discographic notes
- Takeo Moriyama Percussion Ensemble: Full Load (1975), with Kazunori Momose , Yasunori Yamaguchi
- Manfred Schoof , Akira Sakata, Yosuke Yamashita, Takeo Moriyama: Distant Thunder ( Enja , 1975)
- Takeo Moriyama Quartet with Mukai: Hush-a-bye (Union, 1978), with Shigeharu Mukai , Kazumi Odagiri , Fumio Itabashi, Hideaki Mochizuki
- East Plants (Vap, 1983), with Hideaki Mochizuki , Yoji Sadanari , Shuichi Enomoto , Toshihiko Inoue
- Green River (Enja, 1984), with Hideaki Mochizuki, Shuichi Enomoto, Toshi Inoue
- Takehiro Honda, Nobuyoshi Ino, Takeo Moriyama: In a Sentimental Mood ( Sony , 1985)
- Live at Lovely ( DIW Records , 1991), with Hideaki Mochizuki, Fumio Itabashi, Toshihiko Inoue
Web links
- Takeo Moriyama at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord: Jazz Discography (online)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moriyama, Takeo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 森 山 威 男 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician (drums, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Katsunuma , Yamanashi Prefecture |