Yoshitaka Akimitsu
Yoshitaka Akimitsu ( Japanese 秋 満 義 孝 , Akimitsu Yoshitaka ; born August 19, 1929 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz musician (piano), stylistically linked to the swing tradition.
Yoshitaka Akimitsu worked in the Japanese jazz scene from the mid-1950s; first recordings were made in 1956 with the Shoji Suzuki quintet. In the following years he played a. a. with Martha Miyake and was a member of the Swing Journal 's Critics Poll Swing Group in 1958 . After no recordings were made in the 1960s, he accompanied the singer Gigliola Cinquetti ( Gigliola Cinquetti in Giappone ) with his octet in 1972 . For many years he worked in the swing bands of Eiji Kitamura . During this time he also took part in recordings of Kohji Fujika ( Happy Session , 1978) and Mitsuru Ono ( Memories of You ); He also worked with Ray Anthony ( Deluxe Ray Anthony in Japan ).
1979 Akimitsu took in trio with Ikuo Ikezawa and Hiroshi Sunaga on the album Something to Remember You By (Audio Lab); Then he interpreted jazz numbers like " Count Every Star ", " It's Been a Long Long Time ", " It's Magic " and " Laughing on the Outside ". He also released the albums Vivre pour vivre ( Toshiba Records ), My Melancholy Baby (Toshiba, 1980) and Hello Teddy (Eastworld, 1980, with Teddy Wilson , Koji Tohyama , Eiji Kitamura , Tsuyoshi Watanabe ) under his own name .
In later years he played with Akitoshi Igarashi ( Swing Time , 1988) and with Shoji Suzuki & The Rhythm Ace. In the field of jazz, Tom Lord lists him in 27 recording sessions between 1956 and 1996, most recently in a duo with the saxophonist Satoru Oda ( swing and swing, joint duo ).
Web links
- Yoshitaka Akimitsu at Discogs (English)
- Yoshitaka Akimitsu at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 秋 満 義 孝 . In: Tower Records Online. August 30, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2017 (Japanese).
- ^ William Minor: Jazz Journeys to Japan: The Heart Within. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2004, p. 12
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 27, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Akimitsu, Yoshitaka |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 秋 満 義 孝 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo prefecture |