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Terumasa Hino
Terumasa Hino
Japanese jazz trumpet player
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Kōsuke Mine
Kōsuke Mine
Japanese jazz saxophonist (1944-)
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Tony Williams
Tony Williams
American jazz drummer
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Takehiro Honda
Takehiro Honda
Japanese jazz pianist (1945-2006)
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Sadao Watanabe
Sadao Watanabe
Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1933-)
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Ron Carter
Ron Carter
American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer
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Jay Berliner
Jay Berliner
American musician
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Michael Carvin
Michael Carvin
American musician
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Tom Malone
Tom Malone
American musician
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Atsuko Hashimoto
Atsuko Hashimoto
Japanese musician
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Naná Vasconcelos
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist
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Dave Bargeron
Dave Bargeron
American trombonist and tuba player most famous for playing with the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat, and Tears
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Joe Chambers
Joe Chambers
American jazz drummer, pianist, vibraphonist and composer
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Bob Moses
Bob Moses
American musician
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David Matthews
David Matthews
American musician
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Bobby Broom
Bobby Broom
American musician
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David Williams
David Williams
American jazz musician
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Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
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Ernie Watts
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
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Tiger Onitsuka
Tiger Onitsuka
Japanese jazz drummer (1998-)
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Dom Um Romão
Dom Um Romão
Brazilian jazz drummer, percussionist
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Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
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Shakatak
Shakatak
British pop group
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Jim Hall
Jim Hall
American jazz guitarist, composer
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Leon Lee Dorsey
Leon Lee Dorsey
American musician
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Bob James
Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
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Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
American musician
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Hiram Bullock
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
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Barry Finnerty
Barry Finnerty
American musician
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Buster Williams
Buster Williams
American musician
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Perry Robinson
Perry Robinson
American musician
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Mickey Roker
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
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Peter Sprague
Peter Sprague
American musician
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Robin Kenyatta
Robin Kenyatta
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Brian Jackson
Brian Jackson
American musician
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Lenny White
Lenny White
American drummer
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Eddie Gomez
Eddie Gomez
Puerto Rican bassist
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Jesper Lundgaard
Jesper Lundgaard
Danish musician
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Nathan East
Nathan East
American musician
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Yōsuke Yamashita
Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)
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Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
American musician
Mikio Masuda
Japanese pianist

Mikio Masuda

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Mikio Masuda (益田 幹夫, also known as Mickey Masuda, born 14 August 1949 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist.

Largely self-taught, Masuda played bass at the age of 16, before switching to piano and performing in various clubs in Osaka. In 1969, he moved to Tokyo. He played from the early 1970s in the Japanese jazz scene, notably in a quartet with Motohiko Hino, Shunzo Ohno and Terumasa Hino, performing in 1973 at the International New Jazz Meeting at Burg Altena, Germany. In 1974 he recorded his debut album Trace for East Wind Records. This was followed by the 1976 jazz-fusion album Mickey's Mouth.

In the following years he also worked with Kosuke Mine, Hidefumi Toki, Takao Uematsu, Hiroshi Murakami, Kazumasa Akiyama, Kazumi Watanabe and Eri Ono. After moving to New York City in 1978, he created the album Corazón, and worked in NYC, notably with David Matthews. In two other New York stays, he created the trio album Black Daffodils (JVC) in 1996 with Ron Carter and Lewis Nash, and Blue Dumplings in 1998 with Ron Carter and Grady Tate. In the field of jazz he was involved between 1972 and 1998 in 46 recording sessions, most recently with Chie Ayado.