TAKEO MORIYAMA
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Hard Bop • Japan

1945 Born in Katsunuma City, Yamanashi prefecture. Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Percussion Department Joined the Yamashita Yosuke Trio while still a student, and participated in three European tours with the group 1975 Left Yamashita Yosuke Trio 1977 Formed his own band. Performed not only in Japan, but also Germany, Italy, and the former Soviet Union (Russia) 1984 Live recording of his performance at the "East-West Jazz Festival" in Nuremberg, Germany is released from Enja records 1985 Stops almost all performances due to an illness, and spends time recuperating 1989 Re-starts performances 1994 Tours Germany and Italy with his own group 2002 Received the 27th "Nanri Fumio" prize (awarded annually to the person(s) that contributed most to the progress of jazz in Japan), 35th Jazz Disc grand prize "Japan Jazz" award, and 56th Culture and Fine Arts Festival's "Outstanding Performance Award - Album of the Year" award. 2003 Performs with George Garzone and Abraham Burton read more...