齋藤悌子 / David Matthews　

高柳昌行と新世紀音楽研究所　

Riyoko Takagi　

Isao Suzuki　

Kikuchi Masabumi　

Masabumi Poo Kikuchi was a Japanese jazz pianist of legendary stature with a vast discography that ran the gamut from straight-up post-bop and vanguard classical to fusion recordings, solo synthe ..more

Sadao Watanabe　

Takeo Moriyama　

Itabashi Fumio　

Shutaro Matsui　

Mine Kosuke　

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto　

Chihiro Yamanaka　

Yamashita Yosuke　

Yamashita studied piano as a child and has played professionally since the age of 17. He attended Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo from 1962-1967 and played for a time with saxophonist Sadao W ..more

Junko Ohnishi　

Masaru Imada　

Hiromi Uehara　

Wynton Kelly　

A superb accompanist loved by Miles Davis and Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly was also a distinctive soloist who decades later would be a strong influence on Benny Green. He grew up in B ..more

Wes Montgomery　

Wes Montgomery was one of the great jazz guitarists, a natural extension of Charlie Christian, whose appealing use of octaves became influential and his trademark. He achieved great commercia ..more

Wayne Shorter　

Though some will argue about whether Wayne Shorter’s primary impact on jazz has been as a composer or as a saxophonist, hardly anyone will dispute his overall importance as one of jazz’s leading fi ..more

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