was a Japanese
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
pianist.
Life and career
Karashima began playing the piano at the age of three.
His father was a music teacher at
Kyushu University
, abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university located in Fukuoka, on the island of Kyushu.
It was the 4th Imperial University in Japan, ranked as 4th in 2020 Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings, one of the top 10 Design ...
; Karashima attended the same university.
He stayed in New York in 1973, but returned to Japan the next year.
In 1975 he joined drummer George Ohtsuka's band.
In 1980 he joined
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era.
Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrate ...
' Jazz Machine, and stayed for five years, including for tours of Europe and the United States.
He then switched to being principally a solo pianist, but also led a quintet from 1988 to 1991.
During the 1990s he frequently toured internationally.
He died of cancer on 24 February 2017.
"ジャズピアニスト、辛島文雄さん死去...６８歳"
. ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. 25 February 2017.
Discography
An asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release.
As leader/co-leader
References
External links
Official Homepage
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1948 births
2017 deaths
Japanese jazz pianists
Kyushu University alumni