Toshiyuki Miyama (October 31, 1921 – May 24, 2016) was a Japanese jazz clarinetist and bandleader.

Career

Miyama played in a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force band during World War II. After the war, he joined the Lucky Puppy Orchestra. He led his own ensemble from 1950; initially called Jive Ace, the group expanded to big-band size and changed its name to the New Herd in 1958. The ensemble's arranger was Kozaburo Yamaki. New Herd recorded with

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in 1971 and toured worldwide throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Miyama led the ensemble for more than fifty years, continuing to perform into the 2000s.

References

;Footnotes ;General references * Yozo Iwanami/Kazunori Sugiyama, "Toshiyuki Miyama". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed.

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