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Akira Ishikawa
Akira Ishikawa
Japanese drummer (1934-2002)
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Norio Maeda
Norio Maeda
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, arranger, conductor (1934-2018)
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Takashi Kako
Takashi Kako
Japanese composer
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Toshiyuki Honda
Toshiyuki Honda
Japanese composer and saxophonist
4
Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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Carl Fontana
Carl Fontana
American musician
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Masahiro Sayama
Masahiro Sayama
Japanese pianist and composer (1953-2018)
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Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Hayes Alvis
Hayes Alvis
musician
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Christian McBride
Christian McBride
American musician
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Organ trio
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
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Herb Pomeroy
Herb Pomeroy
American trumpeter
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Gil Evans
Gil Evans
American pianist
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Ken Vandermark
Ken Vandermark
American jazz composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
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Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Minor Hall
Minor Hall
American musician
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Gene Roland
Gene Roland
American composer
20
Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
21
Barbara Thompson
Barbara Thompson
English jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer
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Chuck Andrus
Chuck Andrus
American jazz double-bassist.
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Thore Jederby
Thore Jederby
Swedish musician and composer
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Sidney Desvigne
Sidney Desvigne
American musician
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Kenny Clarke
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
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Charlie Mariano
Charlie Mariano
American alto saxophonist
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Lutz Templin
Lutz Templin
German jazz bandleader
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William Russo
William Russo
American musician
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Frank Rehak
Frank Rehak
American musician
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Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
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Roscoe Mitchell
Roscoe Mitchell
American jazz musician
32
Gil Cuppini
Gil Cuppini
Italian jazz drummer and band leader
33
Flavio Ambrosetti
Flavio Ambrosetti
Swiss jazz saxophonist (1919-2012)
34
Sam Donahue
Sam Donahue
American musician
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Toshinori Kondo
Toshinori Kondo
Japanese trumpeter, music producer (1948-2020)
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John Robichaux
John Robichaux
New Orleans jazz musician
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Sal Nistico
Sal Nistico
American musician
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Don Moye
Don Moye
American percussionist
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Ian Hamer
Ian Hamer
British jazz trumpeter
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Joe Magnarelli
Joe Magnarelli
American musician
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Joseph Jarman
Joseph Jarman
American jazz musician
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Jon Hiseman
Jon Hiseman
English drummer and sound engineer
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Bill Graham
Bill Graham
American musician
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James Blood Ulmer
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
Toshiyuki Miyama
Japanese jazz musician

Toshiyuki Miyama

Intro
Japanese jazz musician
Genres
Music

Toshiyuki Miyama (born October 31, 1921, Chiba) is a Japanese jazz clarinetist and bandleader.

Miyama played in a navy military band during World War II, and after the war joined the Lucky Puppy Orchestra. He led his own ensemble from 1950; initially called Jive Ace, the group expanded to big-band size and changed its name to The New Herd in 1958. The ensemble's arranger was Kozaburo Yamaki. New Herd recorded with Charles Mingus in 1971 and toured worldwide throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Miyama led the ensemble for more than fifty years, continuing to perform into the 2000s.