is a Japanese

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drummer. Moriyama played piano as a child before switching to drums in his late teens. He then attended the

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, taking a degree in percussion performance. He joined Yosuke Yamashita's small group in 1967, and went on several international tours with the group until leaving it in 1975. He moved to

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in 1977 and began leading his own groups.Kazunori Sugiyama, "Takeo Moriyama", '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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. In addition to Yamashita he has performed or recorded with Aki Takase, Akira Miyazawa, Fumio Itabashi, Masahiko Satoh,

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, Nobuyoshi Ino, Takehiro Honda, and Manfred Schoof.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moriyama, Takeo 1945 births Japanese jazz drummers People from Yamanashi Prefecture Musicians from Tokyo Tokyo University of the Arts alumni Living people