Takeshi Shibuya

Takeshi Shibuya ( Japanese 渋谷毅 , Shibuya Takeshi ; * 1939 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz pianist who also worked as a film composer .

Takeshi Shibuya worked in the Tokyo jazz scene from the late 1960s a. a. with Nobuo Hara , with whom the first recordings were made in 1969/70. In the 1970s he played with Masayuki Takayanagi , Kunihiko Sugano and Shun Sakai , and also arranged for the singer Ryoko Moriyama . In 1975 he made his debut album Dream , a live recording from Club Pannonica in Kagoshima with Tatsuhiro Matsumoto (bass) and Yoshitaka Uematsu or Sumiaki Matsushima (drums); 1977 followed the trio album Cook Note (Trio Records, with Tamio Kawabata , Shoichi Miyazawa ), 1982 the solo album Shibyan! . From the 1980s he also accompanied the vocalists Maki Asakawa , Akira Sakata and Hideko Okiyama .

At the end of the 1980s he formed an orchestra to which u. a. Osamu Matsumoto , Eiichi Hayashi , Kōsuke Mine , Kōichi Matsukaze , Akihiro Ishiwatari , Tamio Kawabata and Ryōjirō Furusawa and with whom he recorded several live albums. In 1996 he was a member of Itaru Oki Sixtet ( Concert with Strings ), in 1999 he played in duets with Masabumi Kikuchi ( tandem , with Yoshio Suzuki , bass); In 2005 he was part of the Kazunori Takeda Quartet ( Live at Yanagawa Funcool ). He also presented several albums, including an Ellington tribute album.

Since 1971 he has also composed film music. In 2007 he and Gabriele Roberto received the Japanese Academy Award in the category Best Music for the soundtrack to Memories of Matsuko .

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