MASABUMI KIKUCHI
Genres: Classic Fusion, Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz Related Improv, Composition, Post-Fusion Contemporary, 21st Century Modern, Progressive Big Band, Post Bop, Nu Jazz, Jazz Related Soundtracks, Jazz Related Rock, Jazz Related Electronica, Hip-Hop, Hard Bop, Dub, Ska, Reggae • Japan

For Great 3 (Kikuchi-Peacock-Togashi trio) search under "Great 3". Masabumi "Poo" Kikuchi was a Japanese jazz pianist of legendary stature with a vast discography that ran the gamut from straight-up post-bop and vanguard classical to fusion recordings, solo synthesizer dates, and even digital dub. He toured and recorded with artists as diverse as Sonny Rollins, Lionel Hampton, Terumasa Hino, Sadao Watanabe, and drummer Paul Motian, among others. Kikuchi was born in Tokyo in October of 1939. He studied music at the Tokyo Art College High School and, upon graduating, immediately formed his own trio. Soon after, he won a spot in Hampton's Japanese touring band. He made his recording debut as a jazz pianist in 1963 on Toshiko Akiyoshi and Charlie Mariano's East & West. Kikuchi played piano on composer Toru Takemitsu's score for ..., a film by Masahiro Shinoda. In 1966 he appeared with Watanabe on the saxophonist's Jazz & Bossa read more...