Yasuhiro Kohno was born in Nara, southern Japan, in 1953 and made his professional debut as a member of Japanese rocker Eikichi Yazawa’s band before going on to accompany actor/singer Masatoshi Nakamura. As well as recording and performing under his own name, Kohno has also played with American musicians such as Richard Davis and Mal Waldron and continues to perform regularly in Japan.

• Limited Edition
• Deep Jazz Reality series
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• Produced by Yusuke Ogawa
• Mastered and Pressed in Japan!
• Includes OBI Strip

It's hard to beat these premium sounds from the golden age of Japanese jazz during the 70's and 80's on these perfect reissues mastered and pressed in Japan. Of course top quality is to be expected from Universounds Deep Jazz Reality series curated and produced by Yusuke Ogawa, the best Japanese music Made In Japan!

YASUHIRO　KONO　Jazz pianist
Played as a jazz pianist with various musicians including Richard Davis (B), Mal Waldron (P). With the Gulf War breaking out in 1991 as a trigger, he started the concerts for the nature conservation and world peace. He has performed various songs regardless of its genre as well as the jazz standard, trying to make people feel the wonderful joy of music beyond generations, with his theme of "simple narrative," "dynamic gameplay," environmental issues and peace.

Yasuhiro Kohno was born in Nara, southern Japan, in 1953 and made his professional debut as a member of Japanese rocker Eikichi Yazawa’s band before going on to accompany actor/singer Masatoshi Nakamura. As well as recording and performing under his own name, Kohno has also played with American musicians such as Richard Davis and Mal Waldron and continues to perform regularly in Japan.

Works by pianist Yasuhiro Kono. It is a masterpiece second album live recording. Starting with the masterpiece deep jazz "Dancing Dolls", which Soyuki Aketagawa, who is also the label owner, described as "the most realistic performance since Trane", the neat and swinging "For B's Smile" and the beautiful waltz "Waltz For Baby" are all wonderful. Masahiro Kanno, Akiji Yamada, and Hironobu Fujisawa participated.

Music is an excellent gift from God to unite the world beyond borders

At the age of 21, he made his professional debut as a keyboardist for the Eikichi Yazawa band. After working as an accompanist for Masatoshi Nakamura and Yoko Seri, he performed as a jazz pianist at live houses in the suburbs of Tokyo. He is active all over the country in sessions with Ann Richards (Vo), Richard Davis (B) and other leading musicians in Japan and abroad. In 1991, after the Gulf War, he composed a suite of 10 pieces, "Shimanto River", and began working on the themes of peace and the environment. Starting with participation in the Brussels Piano Festival in 1994, he has expanded his activities to South Africa, Palestine, China, Thailand, Vietnam, and other countries around the world.

Musicians:

Bass – Terumichi Yamada
Drums – Hironobu Fujisawa
Engineer – Kazuhumi Kuwabara
Piano – Yasuhiro Kohno
Producer – Yasuhiro Kohno
Vibraphone – Masahiro Kanno

Track Listing:

A1 For B's Smile
A2 Waltz For Baby
A3 Roma In The Rain
B1 Dancing Dolls
B2 Theme - Good Friday