Yoshiyuki Yamanaka

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Yoshiyuki Yamanaka ( Japanese 山 中 良 之 , Yamanaka Yoshiyuki ; born March 4, 1953 in Wakayama Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophone , flute ).

Yoshiyuki Yamanaka began learning the tenor saxophone while studying at the Kyoto Pharmaceutical School ; He made his first professional appearances with Osamu Ichikawa and Satoshi Inoue . Yamanaka played from the 1980s a. a. with Eiji Nakayama / Masaru Imada ( North Plain , 1982), his album Peggy's Blue Skylight was created in 1988 , on which he can be heard with Haruki Satō , Takayuki Katō , Masayoshi Yoneda , Sachi Hayasaka and Masayuki Kume . In the following years he also took part in the recordings of Yoshiaki Miyanoue ( Bluesland , 1992). Several of his own albums followed with Pentatonic Records , Paddle Wheel and Origin Records .

His album Great Time reached fourth place in the Swing Journal readers' poll in 1997 . In 1999 he came third in the readers' poll of this magazine as a tenor saxophonist. Throughout his career, he has also worked with Keiko Lee , Barry Harris , Jimmie Smith , Jimmy Scott, and Earl May . In the field of jazz, Tom Lord lists him in seven recording sessions between 1982 and 1999.

Discographic notes

  • Blue Rouse (Paddle Wheel, 1993), with Ken'ichi Yoshida , Teiji Sasaki , Yasushi Hiroe
  • Here's the Song (Paddle Wheel, 1995), with Ken'ichi Yoshida, Teiji Sasaki, Yasushi Hiroe
  • Yoshiyuki Yamanaka With Symphonic Orchestra: Dreamin ' (Paddle Wheel, 1997)
  • Great Time (Origin, 1999), with Junior Mance , Earl May, Ben Riley

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 山 中 良 之 . In: Tower Records Online. August 30, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2017 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 1, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Yamanaka, Yoshiyuki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 山 中 良 之 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz musician (saxophone, flute)
DATE OF BIRTH March 4th 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Wakayama Prefecture