KAORU HASHIMOTO
Genres: Classic Fusion, Third Stream • Japan

Kaoru Hashimoto is a jazz pianist, synthesizer player and composer. He finished a doctoral course and obtained his PhD at Kagoshima University in 2012. He studied jazz piano under Eishin Nose (NYC, USA) and studied synthesizer under Kenji Uehara (Fukuoka, Japan). In 2001, Kaoru appeared as jazz band of opening act on “Manhattan Jazz Quintet”. At the same time he participated MJQ’s Jazz seminar and experienced to session with MJQ’s members. Between 2012 and 2020, he performed in more than ten jazz festivals across Japan. In 2016, he arranged a song for Ureshino City (Saga Prefecture), with a 3-part chorus. In 2017, he released his CD “GENESIS” on Todoroki Jazz Records. It was recorded on May 5th, 2017. “GENESIS” is comprised of a piano trio and a trumpet quartet. All songs were written by him, including two improvisations. Also in 2018, he released another CD “Ka-Cho-Fu-Getsu” by himself. This was recorded on April 25th, 2018. read more...