Ryo Kawasaki
Ryo Kawasaki (川崎燎, born 25 February 1947, Kōenji, Tokyo, Japan - died 13 Ap… Read Full Bio ↴Ryo Kawasaki (川崎燎, born 25 February 1947, Kōenji, Tokyo, Japan - died 13 April 2020, Tallinn, Estonia) chose a career as a jazz fusion guitarist after spending some years studying as a scientist. During the 60s he played with various Japanese jazz groups and also formed his own bands. In the early 70s he came to New York where he settled and found steady work in very distinguished company, including the bands of Gil Evans, Elvin Jones, Chico Hamilton, Ted Curson and Joanne Brackeen. In the mid-80s, Kawasaki drifted out of performing music in favour of writing music software programmes for computers. He also produced several techno dance singles, forming his own company, Satellites Records, for their release.
In 1991 he returned to jazz and proved to be as skilled and adept as ever on albums recorded for a Japanese label but marketed in the U.S. by his own company. Thanks to his long and wide experience, Kawasaki is able to switch with apparent ease between hard bop and jazz-rock. His playing is notable for its fluency and a sometimes hard-hitting style.
In 1991 he returned to jazz and proved to be as skilled and adept as ever on albums recorded for a Japanese label but marketed in the U.S. by his own company. Thanks to his long and wide experience, Kawasaki is able to switch with apparent ease between hard bop and jazz-rock. His playing is notable for its fluency and a sometimes hard-hitting style.
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Ryo Kawasaki Lyrics
All In Love Is Fair All is fair in love Love's a crazy game Two…
Autumn Leaves The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of…
Here There And Everywhere To lead a better life I need my love to be…
Someday My Prince Will Come Somewhere waiting for me There is someone I'm longing to see…
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life I want to see your face in every kind of…
You Are the Sunlight I want to see your face in every kind of…