# Terumasa Hino

Terumasa Hino (日野 皓正, Hino Terumasa, born October 25, 1942) is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. He is considered one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet, and flügelhorn.

## Early life

He was born in Tokyo, Japan, and his father was a trumpeter and tap dancer. Hino started tap dancing at age four and playing trumpet at age nine. As a teenager, he transcribed solos by Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, and Lee Morgan.

## Career

In the 1950s, Hino began his career as a professional jazz musician, inspired by Fumio Nanri and Hiroshi Sakaue. In 1965, he joined Hideo Shiraki's Quintet, with whom he stayed until 1969, leaving to lead his own band full-time, which he started in 1964.
He released his first solo album Alone, Alone and Alone (1967) and a group album, Hino-Kikuchi Quintet (1968), with pianist Masabumi Kikuchi. In 1969, Hino released Hi-nology to critical acclaim. He collaborated with the Flower Travellin' Band for the 1970 single "Crash". Soon after, Hino performed in several jazz festivals and clubs, such as the Berliner Jazztage in 1971 and Munich Jazzclub in 1973. He worked with Kikuchi in 1974 before settling in New York City.
He moved toward funk, free jazz, and avant-garde jazz on the albums Into the Heaven (1970), Vibrations (1971), and Journey Into My Mind (1974). Beginning in the 1980s, Hino spent more time in Japan and started playing cornet. He has worked with Randy Brecker, Gil Evans, Hal Galper, Eddie Gomez, Eddie Harris, Elvin Jones, Sam Jones, Joachim Kuhn, David Liebman, Harvey Mason Jr., Jackie McLean, Airto Moreira, Bob Moses, Alphonse Mouzon, George Mraz, Greg Osby, and Nana Vasconcelos.

## Honors

* 2014: Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (紫綬褒章 (しじゅほうしょう))
* 2019: Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (勲四等旭日小綬章)

## Discography
### As leader/co-leader

* Beautiful Trumpet (Polydor, 1967)
* Alone, Alone and Alone (Columbia, 1967)
* Feelin' Good (Takt/Columbia, 1968)
* Hi-Nology (Columbia, 1969)
* Swing Journal Jazz Workshop 1 Terumasa Hino Concert (Takt/Columbia, 1969) – recorded in 1968
* Hino-Kikuchi Quintet with Masabumi Kikuchi (Takt/Columbia, 1969)
* Journey to Air (Love, 1970)
* Alone Together (Takt/Columbia, 1970)
* Into the Heaven (Takt/Columbia, 1970)
* Hino at Berlin Jazz Festival '71 (Victor, 1971)
* Hino Story (Takt/Columbia, 1971)
* Love Nature (Canyon/Love, 1971)
* Peace and Love (Canyon/Love, 1971)
* A Part (Canyon/Love, 1971)
* Vibrations with Heinz Sauer (Enja, 1971)
* Fuji (Victor, 1972)
* Live! (Three Blind Mice, 1973)
* Taro's Mood (Enja, 1973)
* Journey into My Mind (CBS/Sony, 1973)
* Into Eternity (CBS/Sony, 1974)
* Mas Que Nada (RCA, 1975)
* Live in Concert (East Wind, 1975)
* Speak to Loneliness (East Wind, 1975)
* Hogiuta (East Wind, 1976)
* Now Hear This (Enja, 1977)
* May Dance (Flying Disk, 1977)
* Hip Seagull (Flying Disk, 1978)
* Wheel Stone Live in Nemuro (East Wind, 1979)
* City Connection (Flying Disk, 1979)
* Horizon (CBS/Sony, 1979)
* Daydream (Flying Disk, 1980)
* Wheel Stone Live in Nemuro Vol. 2 (East Wind, 1981)
* Double Rainbow (CBS/Sony, 1981)
* Pyramid (CBS/Sony, 1982)
* New York Times (CBS/Sony, 1983)
* Trans-Blue (CBS/Sony, 1985)
* Trade Wind (CBS/Sony, 1986)
* Detour (EMI, 1988)
* Bluestruck (Somethin' Else, 1989)
* Live in Warsaw (Century, 1991)
* From the Heart (Blue Note, 1991)
* Blue Smiles (Somethin' Else, 1992)
* Triple Helix (Somethin' Else, 1993)
* Spark (Somethin' Else, 1994)
* Acoustic Boogie (Somethin' Else, 1995)
* Moment (Somethin' Else, 1996)
* Transfusion (SME, 2000)
* D.N.A (Sony, 2001)
* D-N-A Live in Tokyo (Sony, 2002)
* Here We Go Again (Sony, 2003)
* Dragon (Sony, 2005)
* Crimson (Sony, 2006)
* Weakness in Execution (寂光) (Sony, 2008)
* Aftershock (Sony, 2011)
* Mr. Happiness & Slipped Out (Super Fuji, 2012)
* Jazz Acoustic Machine with J.A.M. (Victor, 2012)
* Beyond the Mirage (Space Shower Music, 2019)