is a Japanese

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pianist and composer.

Life and career

Imada was born in Tokyo on 21 March 1932. He had classical piano lessons. He played jazz in student bands while a student at

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, after which he worked in business for a year. He then decided to pursue music professionally. From 1953 he was part of clarinetist

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's band. Imada had his own trio from 1964. He formed Now'in, a fusion band, in 1984. He played internationally at jazz festivals from the 1970s.

Discography

An asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release.

As leader/co-leader

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Imada, Masaru 1932 births Japanese jazz pianists Living people Musicians from Tokyo 21st-century pianists