Fumio Karashima
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Birth name | Fumio Karashima (辛島文雄 Karashima Fumio) |
Born |
Oita, Japan | 9 March 1948
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Piano |
Fumio Karashima (辛島文雄 Karashima Fumio, born 9 March 1948) is a Japanese jazz pianist.
Life and career
Karashima began playing the piano at the age of three.[1] His father was a music teacher at Kyushu University; Karashima attended the same university.[1] He stayed in New York in 1973, but returned to Japan the next year.[1] In 1975 he joined drummer George Ohtsuka's band.[1] In 1980 he joined Elvin Jones' Jazz Machine, and stayed for five years, including for tours of Europe and the United States.[1] He then switched to being principally a solo pianist, but also led a quintet from 1988 to 1991.[1] During the 1990s he frequently toured internationally.[1]
Discography
An asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release.
As leader/co-leader
Year recorded | Title | Label | Notes |
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2012* | Summertime | Pit Inn | Quintet, with Atsushi Ikeda and Masanori Okazaki (sax), Satsuk Kusui (bass), Nobuyuki Komastsu (drums) |
2010* | E.J. Blues | Pit Inn | Quartet, with Masanori Okazaki (sax), Ryu Kawamura (bass), Takeo Moriyama (drums) |
2008 | Moon River | VideoArts | Solo piano |
1999* | Rencontre | Emarcy, Polydor Japan | Duet, with Toots Thielemans |
1983 | Round Midnight | Absord | Quartet, with Larry Coryell (guitar), Ikuo Sakurai (bass), Motohiko Hino (drums) |
1981 | A Child in the Wind | Absord | Trio, with Richard Davis (bass), George Ohtsuka (drums) |
1980 | Sho | Absord | Trio, with Nobuyoshi Ino (bass), George Ohtsuka (drums) |
1978 | Hot Islands | Absord | Quartet, with Mabumi Yamaguchi (sax), Miroslav Vitous (bass), George Ohtsuka (drums) |
1977 | Gathering | Three Blind Mice | Most tracks trio, with Isao Suzuki (bass), George Ohtsuka (drums); one track solo piano |
1977 | Landscape | Whynot | Trio, with George Mraz (bass), Motohiko Hino (drums) |
1975 | Piranha | Whynot | Trio, with Isao Suzuki (bass), Jimmy Hopps (drums) |
References
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