Home » Search Center » Results: Masabumi Kikuchi

Results for "Masabumi Kikuchi"

About Masabumi Kikuchi

Results for pages tagged "Masabumi Kikuchi"...

Musician

Masabumi "Poo" Kikuchi was a Japanese jazz pianist of legendary stature with a vast discography that ran the gamut from straight-up post-bop and vanguard classical to fusion recordings, solo synthesizer dates, and even digital dub. He toured and recorded with artists as diverse as Sonny Rollins, Lionel Hampton, Terumasa Hino, Sadao Watanabe, and drummer Paul Motian, among others. Kikuchi was born in Tokyo in October of 1939. He studied music at the Tokyo Art College High School and, upon graduating, immediately formed his own trio. Soon after, he won a spot in Hampton's Japanese touring band

Article: Live Review

Fuchsthone Orchestra featuring Evi Filippou & UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra featuring Jazzmeia Horn at Jazzfest Bonn 2026

by Artur Moral
June 1, 2026

Fuchsthone Orchestra featuring Evi FilippouUMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra featuring Jazzmeia HornTelekom Forum Bonn, GermanyMay 9, 2026 Its host city may lack the jazz pedigree of others, but the truth is that, barely fifteen years old, Jazzfest Bonn has carved out a place among its most prestigious German counterparts--those of Moers, ...

Article: Album Review

Masabumi Kikuchi: Hanamichi--The Final Studio Recording Vol. II

Read "Hanamichi--The Final Studio Recording Vol. II" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
February 9, 2026

Quattro brani ascoltati, studiati e poi suonati alla fine degli anni Cinquanta ancora studente di musica a Tokyo, tre improvvisazioni la più lunga delle quali con i quasi dodici minuti è anche l'esecuzione di maggior durata dell'intero album. È questo il contenuto di Hanamichi. The Final Studio Recording Vol. II che insieme ad Hanamichi album pubblicato ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Loren Schoenberg, Horace Silver, and Masabumi Kikuchi

by Jerome Wilson
January 28, 2026

This episode features music by Loren Schoenberg, Horace Silver, Joe Gallant, Masabumi Kikuchi, and Chet Baker among others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Sebastien Ammann's Color Wheel “Castello di Traliccio" from Resilience (Skirl) 00:59 ...

Article: Year in Review

I Dischi del 2025 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 5, 2026

Immortalare la bellezza e la varietà del jazz pubblicato nel 2025 attraverso una “top ten" appare tanto arduo, vano--e alla fine deludente--quanto cercare di fotografare un tramonto sulla costiera amalfitana usando una rudimentale fotocamera digitale e facendo un forellino sul copriobiettivo. Certo, una foto verrà scattata. Potrebbe persino dimostrare che eri lì, in quel momento, quando ...

Article: Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2025

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 3, 2026

Capturing the breathtaking beauty, range, and diversity of jazz released in 2025 through a list of “10 best albums" feels as challenging, vain--and ultimately disappointing--as trying to photograph the Grand Canyon at sunset by placing a pinhole in front of a rudimentary digital camera's lens. Sure, a picture will be taken. It might even prove you ...

Album

Hanamichi--The Final Studio Recording Vol. II

By Masabumi Kikuchi

Label: Red Hook Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Manha de Carnaval; Improvisation II; Alone Together; Improvisation III; I Loves You Porgy; Improvisation IV; My Ship.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music from Muriel Grossmann, Robert Glasper, a Yazz Ahmed re-mix, and classic Horace Silver

by Hobart Taylor
October 29, 2025

New music from Austria's Muriel Grossman, Robert Glasper, Yazz Ahmed and an unearthed gem from Horace Silver.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Muriel Grossmann “Abide" from Breakthrough (Dreamland) 00:18 Horace Silver /Woody Shaw/Joe Henderson “Sayonara Blues" from Silver in Seattle: Live at The Penthouse (Blue Note) 13:07 Yazz Ahmed “Waiting For The Dawn (Richard Russell Remix)" ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Carla Bley: A View from her Hill, Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 14, 2023

Artistically ambitious, a rare woman in a male dominated scene, taking the road less travelled, or even the road never travelled, and with her feet well on the ground business-wise to ensure her artistic independence, Carla Bley played a key role in shaping today's music scene. This week we concentrate on some of her signature compositions, ...

Article: Album Review

Trio San: Hibiki

Read "Hibiki" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
November 13, 2023

Put a vibraphone into a small ensemble, listen in and the label “exotica" might come up--that exotic music pioneered by Martin Denny and Juan Garcia Esquivel. The pairing of pianist Satoko Fujii and vibraphonist Taiko Saito--a duo they call Futari--on their two terrific albums, Beyond (2021) and Underground (2022), both on Libra Records, sounded like exotica ...