Jiro Inagaki
Jiro Inagaki | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 3, 1933 Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Jazz, jazz fusion, jazz rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer |
| Instruments | Saxophone, flute |
| Years active | 1954–present |
| Labels | Nippon Columbia |
| Associated acts | Soul Media |
| Website | soulmedia.exblog.jp |
Jiro Inagaki (稲垣 次郎 Inagaki Jirō, born October 3, 1933[1]) is a Japanese jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and producer. He plays tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, and occasionally alto saxophone. Inagaki played tenor saxophone with Frankie Sakai's City Slickers from 1954 to 1955, before joining Hajime Hana and the Crazy Cats.[1] He performed with various Japanese jazz artists and band leaders such as George Kawaguchi and Hideo Shiraki during the 1950s and 60s.[2][3]
Inagaki formed the jazz-rock band "Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media" in 1969. The band was active throughout the 1970s and included Shunzo Ohno, Tetsuo Fushimi, Shin Kazuhara, and Shinobu Fujimoto (trumpet); Tadayuki Harada (baritone saxophone); Ryo Kawasaki and Tsunehide Matsuki (guitar); Masahiko Satoh (piano, arranger); Hiromasa Suzuki (keyboards, arranger); Yasuo Arakawa and Akira Okazawa (bass); and Takeshi Inomata and Hajime Ishimatsu (drums) in its varying lineups. The band's albums Head Rock, In The Groove, and Funky Stuff have been reissued several times.
Discography[edit]
As leader[edit]
- This Is Jazz-Rock (Nippon Columbia, 1968), with Norio Maeda
- Tenor Sax Screen Mood (Nippon Columbia, 1968)
- Tenor Sax Standard Album (Nippon Columbia, 1969)
- Do You Know The Way To San Jose? (Nippon Columbia, 1970)
- Jazz & Rock "Out" (Nippon Columbia, 1970)
- Head Rock (Nippon Columbia, 1970)
- Woodstock Generation (Union, 1970)
- Bridge Over Troubled Water (Nippon Columbia, 1971)
- Quad Dimension / Rock'n Latin (Nippon Columbia, 1971)
- Wandering Birds featuring Sammy (茅野 雅美) (Nippon Columbia, 1971)
- Something (Nippon Columbia, 1971), with Steve Marcus; first released digital recording
- Dōsojin 道祖神 (Nippon Columbia, 1972)
- Rough & Elegance (Denon, 1972)
- Dock Of My Mind (Nippon Columbia, 1972), with Yasushi Sawada
- By The Red Stream (Nippon Columbia, 1973)
- In The Groove (Nippon Columbia, 1973)
- Funky Stuff (Nippon Columbia, 1975)
- Funky Best (Nippon Columbia, 1975)
- Blockbuster (Eastworld, 1978), with Chuck Rainey Rhythm Section
- Memory Lane (Nippon Columbia, 1980)
- Jazzy (Nippon Columbia, 1981)
- Jazz Rock Legend (Nippon Columbia, 2013), compilation
- Multiple artists, Sensational Jazz '70 Vol.0 (Nippon Columbia, 2015)
As sideman[edit]
- Modern Jazz All Stars of Japan, Battle of Funky (Toshiba, 1961)
- Helen Merrill, Helen Merrill in Tokyo (King, 1963)
- Yūzō Kayama, Go-Go With Kayama (Toshiba, 1967)
- Shianbashi Blues (Nippon Columbia, 1968)
- Mood In Blues (Nippon Columbia)
- Motohiko Hino & His Friends, Beat Drums (Denon, 1971)
- Sammy with Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media, Woman, Robinson Crusoe – Rock Steady (Nippon Columbia, 1972)
- Akira Okazawa, ギリシャについて書かれた本 (A Book Written About Greece) (Columbia Nippon, 1973)
- Eiichi Ohtaki, Niagara Moon (Niagara/Elec, 1975)
- Hiormasa Suzuki, High-Flying (Nippon Columbia, 1976)
- Minako Yoshida, Minako (RCA/RVC, 1975)
- Minako Yoshida, Flapper (RCA/RVC, 1976)
- Hideki Saijo, Hideki Live '76 (RCA/RVC, 1976)
- Hideki Saijo, Rock'n'Roll Music / Hideki (RCA/RVC, 1977)
- Pink Lady, Challenge Concert (Victor, 1977)
- Hideo Shiraki Quintet, Boomerang Baby (Express, 1980)
- Wind-Breakers, Wind-Breakers (Discomate, 1980)
- Norio Maeda & Wind-Breakers, I'll Remember April (Discomate, 1981), tenor saxophone, flute; also producer
- Miki (佐藤 未樹) with Wind-Breakers, I'm A Woman (Philips, 1981)
- Norio Maeda & Wind-Breakers, Misty (Discomate, 1983)
As producer[edit]
- Mao, One For Elton John (Denon, 1971)
- Mao, Call On Me (Liberty, 1972)
- Kei Marimura, The Man I Love (Discomate, 1983)
- Kei Marimura, P.S. I Love You (Discomate, 1983)
- Naomi Miyanaga, Moment (Discomate, 1984)
- Miki Matsubara, Blue Eyes (See-Saw, 1984)
- Norio Maeda Trio, The Shadow Of Your Smile (Apollon, 1986)
- Izumi Yukimura, 世紀の歌 こころの唄 (Nippon Columbia, 1992)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "稲垣次郎", Hatena Blog Tag. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ↑ "Jiro Inagaki Profile", Nippon Columbia. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ↑ Porter, Lewis; DeVito, Chris; Wild, David; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf (26 April 2013). The John Coltrane Reference. Taylor & Francis. p. 350. ISBN 9781135112578.
July 22, 1966 (Friday, 11:30 p.m.). Video Hall, Tokyo. Both the John Coltrane Quintet and a group of Japanese musicians performed at this concert, which apparently was a big jam session with all the musicians playing together. The Japanese group included Akira Nakano and Takashi [sic] Shibuya (trumpet), Sadao Watanabe (alto sax), Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto and Jiro Inagaki (tenor sax), Masanaga Harada (bass), and George Kawaguchi and Hideo Shiraki (drums).
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External links[edit]
- Jiro InagakiLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). discography at MusicBrainz
- Jiro Inagaki & Soul MediaLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). discography at MusicBrainz
- Jiro Inagaki discography at Discogs
- Jiro Inagaki at AllMusic
- Jiro Inagaki at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- Jiro Inagaki at Movie Walker Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
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