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Ohta became a professional jazz pianist when he was 18 years old because of Hideto Kanai (bass) who convinced him to become a full time performing professional pianist. After He joined Mr. Kanai’s band, he played with Fumio Watanabe (drums) who is the younger brother of Sadao Watanabe, Kunimitsu Inaba (bass) Trio, and Akira Omori (alto sax)‘s group. In 1981, his first solo album Blue Highland was released with critical acclaim. He was playing not only with Japanese musicians but also American musicians for his collaborations including: Art Taylor (drums), Joe Jones Jr (drums), and Evelyn Blakey (vocal)

Album

This Is No Laughing Matter

By Kanji Ohta

Label: JZAZ Records
Released: 2015

Album

Our Jazz Family

By Kanji Ohta

Label: JZAZ Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: East Of The Sun; Tea For Two; On The Trail; For Minors Only; The Voice Of The Saxophone; Strictly Confidential; There Will Never Be Another You; The Squirrel; Credits.

Article: Album Review

Kanji Ohta & The Jazz Family with Jimmy Heath: Our Jazz Family

Read "Our Jazz Family" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
September 26, 2013

The music that appears on Our Jazz Family was meant to serve as an aural commemorative keepsake-of-sorts. Pianists Kanji Ohta and Toshiko Kiryu celebrated their fifteenth wedding anniversary by putting on a concert with their family and friends in 2002. The concert was recorded and kept as a private memento at first, but ten years later, ...