Masabumi Kikuchi

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Masabumi Kikuchi
Background information
Birth name	Masabumi Kikuchi
Also known as	Poo Sun
Born	19 October 1939
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genre(s)	Jazz
Instrument(s)	Piano
Associated acts	Lionel Hampton Sonny Rollins Woody Herman Mal Waldron
Website	Official Site (Japanese) Fan Site

Masabumi Kikuchi (菊地 雅章, Kikuchi Masabumi^?, born 19 October 1939) is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer born in Tokyo, Japan, notable for working with a variety of well known jazz musicians such as Lionel Hampton, Sonny Rollins, Woody Herman, Mal Waldron, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones,Miles Davis, Billy Harper and Hannibal Peterson.

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As bandleader

• Melancholy Girl (Universal Records)
• Slash Trio (3d Records)
• Slash Trio, Vol. 2 (3d Records)
• After Hours, Vol. 2 (Blue Note Records)
• Dreamachine (Pioneer Records)
• East Wind (East Wind Records)
• Aaobb (3d Records)
• Wishes/Kochi (Inner City Records)

With Pee Wee Ellis

• Blues Mission (Gramavision Records)

With Gary Peacock and Paul Motian

• Tethered Moon: Experiencing Tosca (Winter & Winter Records)
• Tethered Moon: First Meeting (Winter & Winter Records)

With Takeshi Shibuya

• Tandem (Universal Records)

With Terumasa Hino

• Acoustic Boogie (Blue Note Records)
• Hino-Kikuchi Quintet (Denon Records)
• Moment: Alive at Blue Note Tokyo (EMI)