Yasuaki Shimizu
Yasuaki Shimizu ( Japanese 清水 靖 晃 , Shimizu Yasuaki ; * around 1950) is a Japanese jazz musician (tenor and soprano saxophone, arrangement ).
Yasuaki Shimizu worked in the Japanese jazz scene from the 1970s and took a. a. with the Motohiko Hino Quartet ( Ryuhyo - Sailing Ice , 1976), Naoya Matsuoka , Izumi Kobayashi & Flying Mimi Band and Kazumi Watanabe . He also led the formation The Saxophonettes , which emerged from a solo project. He also worked as an arranger for the guitar duo Gontiti ( Gonzalez Mikami / Titi Matsumura ). In 2003 he released the album Kakashi (Pony Canyon). In the field of jazz, Tom Lord lists him in 43 recording sessions between 1976 and 1985.
Web links
- Web presence
- Yasuaki Shimizu at Discogs (English)
- Yasuaki Shimizu at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 6, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shimizu, Yasuaki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 清水 靖 晃 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1955 |