is a Japanese
jazz
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trombonist.
Mukai attended
Doshisha University
, also referred to as , is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. Established in 1875, it is one of Japan's oldest private institutions of higher learning, and has approximately 30,000 students enrolled on four campuses in Kyoto. It is one of Japa ...
but left before obtaining his degree to become a professional musician. Early in his career he worked with
Yoshio Otomo,
Ryo Kawasaki
was a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist, composer and band leader, best known as one of the first musicians to develop and popularise the fusion genre and for helping to develop the guitar synthesizer in collaboration with Roland Corporation and K ...
, and
Hiroshi Fukumura, then led his own ensemble, including a performance at the
Shinjuku Jazz Festival. He went on to work with
Terumasa Hino
is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. He is considered one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet, and flügelhorn.
Early life
He was born in Tokyo, Japan, and his father was a trumpeter and tap dancer. Hino start ...
,
Akira Sakata
Akira Sakata (born 21 February 1945) is a Japanese free jazz saxophonist.
Early life
Sakata was born in Hiroshima on 21 February 1945. He first heard jazz on short-wave radio and Voice of America, then became more interested in it from listening ...
,
Kazumi Watanabe
is a Japanese guitarist. Other guitarists such as Luke Takamura and Sugizo have cited him as an influence.
Career
Watanabe learned guitar at the age of 12 from Sadanori Nakamure at the Yamaha Music School in Tokyo. He released his first album ...
, and
Yosuke Yamashita, as well as the ensemble Spik and Span and international musicians such as
João Bosco
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,
Billy Hart
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, and
Elvin Jones
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. In the 1990s and 2000s he taught jazz at
Senzoku Gakuen
is a private educational institution in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. The institution operates a school of music, a junior college, primary and secondary schools, and a kindergarten.
The first Senzoku Gakuen school, the Hiratsuka Sewing School f ...
school of music.
References
*"Shigeharu Mukai". ''
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.
Barry Kernfeld
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Education
In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at ...
.
1949 births
Living people
Japanese jazz trombonists
Musicians from Nagoya
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