Joh Yamada

Joh Yamada’s mastery from the alto saxophone has garnered a whole lot of compliment from Tokyo’s jazz aficionados, aswell as the admiration of jazz lovers throughout his indigenous Japan. Readers of 1 from the country’s leading jazz magazines, Swing Journal, called him the very best alto saxophonist within a poll that pitted him against the fantastic Sadao Watanabe, amongst others. Enthusiasts also dubbed Yamada “the prince of Japanese jazz.” Prior to the saxophonist became an adolescent, he had currently started honing his skill for the device. Daniel Banking institutions and Hajime Maekawa had been two of his early teachers, and afterwards Yamada researched with Berkeley Music School’s Joe Viola. Yamada also spent period signed up for Japan’s Hitotsubashi College or university. After learning in the U.S., he proceeded to go house to Japan in 1990 and pursued a profession in jazz. He performs at many nightspots throughout Tokyo using the Keiji Matsushima Quintet, which he co-leads, aswell much like the Izumi Masakiyo Trio as well as the Dairiki Hara Group. With Seiji Tada, he led the Alto Nakayoshi Koyoshi Quintet. He in addition has performed using the Yutaka Shiina Quintet, an clothing which includes Tomoyuki Shima, Tomonao Hara, and Masahiko Osaka. Being a visitor, he sat along with a quintet led by Hara and Osaka. He provides distributed the stage with such performers as Mikio Masuda, Takaaki Miyanoue, Kousuke Mine, Terumasa Hino, Motohiko Hino, Junko Onishi, Takehiro Honda, and Toshiko Akiyoshi.