Takehiro Honda
August 21, 1945 – January 12, 2006 was a Japanese jazz pianist and band leader. Honda was born in Miyako, Iwate. He started playing piano at age five and studied at the Kunitachi College of Music, where he played in a quartet with Kazunori Takeda.
Also recorded as Takehiko Honda · Noboru Honda
Takehiro Honda
- Full name
- 本田昂.
- Born
- Takehiro Honda was born on 21 August 1945. · Miyako.
- Died
- Takehiro Honda died on 12 January 2006.
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Occupation
- pianist · musician
- Fields
- jazz · jazz fusion
- Education
- Kunitachi College of Music
- Languages
- Japanese
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August 21, 1945 – January 12, 2006 was a Japanese jazz pianist and band leader. Honda was born in Miyako, Iwate. He started playing piano at age five and studied at the Kunitachi College of Music, where he played in a quartet with Kazunori Takeda.
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He performed with Sadao Watanabe in 1973 and then formed the jazz-fusion band Native Son with Kosuke Mine, which toured internationally. Other credits include performing or recording with Hiroshi Murakami, Hiroshi Fukumura, Motohiko Hino, Shigeharu Mukai, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Eddie Gómez and Eliot Zigmund. His son is jazz musician Tamaya Honda. He was the brother-in-law of Sadao and Fumio Watanabe.
• The Trio (Trio, 1970) • T. Honda Meets Rhythm Section Featuring S. Watanabe (Trio, 1970) • Jodo (Trio, 1970) • I Love You (Trio, 1971) • Flying to the Sky (Trio, 1971) • This is Honda (Trio, 1972) • Misty (Trio, 1972) • What's Going on (Trio, 1973) • Salaam Salaam (East Wind, 1974) • Another Departure (Flying Disk, 1977) • Reaching for Heaven (Flying Disk, 1978) • It's Great Outside (Flying Disk, 1978) • In a Sentimental Mood (CBS/Sony, 1985) • Aguncha (Polydor, 1987) • Earthian Air (Fun House, 1991) • See All Kind (Fun House, 1992) • Earthian All Star Ensemble (Fun House, 1993) • Boogie-Boga-Boo (Fun House 1995) • My Funny Valentine (Sony, 2006) • Earthian Air (BMG/Fun House, 2007) • Back On My Fingers (BMG/Fun House, 2007) • Live at Kagoshima USA Vol.1 "Oleo" (Aketa's Disk, 2007) • Live 1974 (Owl Wing Record, 2020)
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- 1.Kazunori, Sugiyama. Honda, Takehiro. Grove Music Online. 20 January 2002. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J592800.
- 2.Feather, Leonard. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press. 2007-04-01. 978-0-19-988640-1.
- 3.Takehiro Honda Trio. Discogs.
- 4.T. Honda & His Orchestra. Discogs.
- 5.Lord, Tom. The jazz discography. West Vancouver, B.C., Canada : Lord Music Reference ; [Redwood, NY, USA : Distributed by North Country Distributors]. 796–798. 1998. 978-1-881993-18-6.
- 6.Takehiro Honda. Discogs.
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