HIROAKI KATAYAMA

THE STRONGEST VOICE OF JAZZ IN JAPAN.
An excellent thick-toned tenor, Katayama Hiroaki sounded quite at home in free jazz, hard bop and funk jazz settings.
Born in Chiba, 1951. His parents gave him an alto saxophone when he was high-school student and 3 years later Katayama switched to tenor.
　
He rose prominece playing with Oki Itaru Groupe in his collage days. And performed with Midorikawa Keiki and Fujikawa Yoshiaki as Now Music Ensemble.
　
In the end-'70s, he started recording as an important member of Seikatsu-Koujou-Iinkai Orchestra with Umezu Kazutoki, Harada Yoriyuki, Hayakawa Takeharu and others.

After Seikatsu-Koujou-Iinkai Orchestra, in early-'80s, he formed Doctor Umezu Band (DUB) with Umezu, Hayakawa and Takashi Kikuchi. DUB had recorded seven
albums and toured in Europe three times.

Under his own name, he released "The Equator" in 1983, "Drei Sherry" (same as Studio Wee CD "99" reissued in 1999) in 1987, "So-Ka-Na" in 1992, "Instant Groove"
in 1998, "fiktion" (by session groupe with Ishiwatari Akihiro, Fuwa Daisuke and Toyozumi Yoshisaburo) in 1999.His chief association is groupe CO2 with Hayashi Eiichi, Kato Takayuki, Hayakawa Takeharu and Yoshigaki Yasuhiro. CO2's album was released in1998 and 2000.
　
With another groupe De-Ga-Show, Katayama released three albums in 1994, 1996 and 1998.
Katayama toured around Europe in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 as the first tenorist of Shibusashirazu Orchestra.

by Wakiya Hiroaki, 2002

Select... B-40F:dust off #comment

coming soon

No. Title List Sample 1. Star Dust 2. Ama Gappa 3. Sakaya Ga Simaru Mae Ni 4. Better Get Git In Yo' Soul 5. Dinah 6. Dust Song

B-40F:dust off ●2007.10.15 ●LIVE ●2,800 yen

▲Page Top

Comment on a fan/HIROAKI KATAYAMA