Masaoki Terakawa
Masaoki Terakawa ( Japanese 寺 川 正 興 , Terakawa Masaoki ; * around 1940) is a Japanese jazz and fusion musician ( electric bass , double bass ).
Masaoki Terakawa worked in the Japanese jazz and (later in the) fusion scene from the early 1960s; The first recordings were made in 1960 when he accompanied the singer Martha Miyake in the trio of pianist Yuji Ohno . From the late 1960s he played a. a. with Akira Ishikawa ( The Gentures in Beat Pops , 1969), George Ōtsuka , Hiroshi Matsumoto ( Groovy Indeed , 1970), Sadakazu Tabata & Groovy 11 and with Kimio Mizukani . In 1970 he published the album Bass Bass Bass (Crown) under his own name .
In the early 1970s, Terakawa a. a. in the formations Kuni Kawachi & The Flower Travellin 'Band ( Kirikyogen , 1970), Love Live Life , with Masami Kawahara & The Exotic Sounds, in Toshiaki Yokota's band The Beat Generation , in The Rock Invaders (with Kiyoshi Sugimoto and Ryo Kawasaki ) and in the jazz rock band Count Buffalo & The Jazz Rock Band (with Hiromasa Suzuki , Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Masahiko Satoh , Takeru Muraoka ). From the late 1970s he still worked with Yūji Takahashi , Kimiko Itoh and Shigeko Toya . The discographer Tom Lord lists his involvement in jazz / fusion between 1960 and 1978 in 15 recording sessions.
Web links
- Masaoki Terakawa at Discogs (English)
- Masaoki Terakawa on Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Terakawa, Masaoki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 寺 川 正 興 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1940 |