Fumio Karashima (辛島文雄, Karashima Fumio, 9 March 1948 – 24 February 2017) was a Japanese jazz pianist.
Fumio Karashima | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Fumio Karashima (辛島文雄, Karashima Fumio) |
| Born | 9 March 1948 Oita, Japan |
| Died | 24 February 2017 (aged 68) Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | 1975–2017 |
| Website | www |
Life and career
editKarashima 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] He died of cancer on 24 February 2017.[2]
Discography
editAn asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release.
As leader/co-leader
edit| Year recorded | Title | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015* | Everything I Love | Pit Inn | Solo piano |
| 2014* | A Time for Love | Pit Inn | Trio, with Satsuki Kusui (bass), Nobuyuki Komatsu (drums) |
| 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 |
| 2005 | Great Time | VideoArts | Trio, with Drew Gress (bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums) |
| 2003 | It's Just Beginning | VideoArts | Trio, with Yosuke Inoue (bass), Shingo Okudaira (drums) |
| 2002 | Grand New Touch | VideoArts | Duo, with Kei Akagi (piano) |
| 2001 | The Elysian Air | VideoArts | Trio, with Yosuke Inoue (bass), Shingo Okudaira (drums) |
| 1999* | Rencontre | Emarcy, Polydor Japan | Duet, with Toots Thielemans |
| 1983 | Round Midnight | Absord | Quartet, with Larry Coryell (guitar), Ikuo Sakurai (bass), Motohiko Hino (drums) |
| 1982 | Elegant Evening | Absord | Trio, with 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 Vitouš (bass), George Ohtsuka (drums) |
| 1978 | Moonflower | Absord | Trio, with Andy McCloud (bass), Elvin Jones (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
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Iwanami, Yozo; Sugiyama, Kazunori, Karashima, Fumio, Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, retrieved 31 January 2015
- ^ "ジャズピアニスト、辛島文雄さん死去...６８歳" Archived 2017-02-26 at the Wayback Machine. Yomiuri Shimbun. 25 February 2017.
External links
edit- Official Homepage
- Fumio Karashima discography at Discogs
- Fumio Karashima discography at MusicBrainz