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Jun Fukamachi 深町純 | |
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | May 21, 1946
Died | November 22, 2010 | (aged 64)
Genres | Jazz fusion |
Occupation(s) | Composer, musician |
Instrument(s) | Piano, keyboards |
Years active | 1971–2010 |
Labels | Alfa |
Website |
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Jun Fukamachi (深町 純, Fukamachi Jun, May 21, 1946 – November 22, 2010) was a Japanese jazz fusion composer, arranger, and keyboardist. He played with The Brecker Brothers and Steve Gadd and released albums for Polydor and Toshiba in the 1970s.
At the age of 3, Fukamachi began to learn piano. After attending Izumi High School, he began landing production deals. He dropped out of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music just prior to graduating. [1]
In 1971, he signed to Polydor Records for the release of his debut album, A Portrait of a Young Man. Following this, he worked as composer and keyboard player of jazz fusion.
Since the early 1970s he began to use synthesizers to create numerous albums such as Quark (1980), in particular using the Yamaha CS-01 breath controller technique.
In 1989, he was appointed Professor of Scooter Gakuen University Music School and founded Japan's first synthesizer major.[ citation needed]
On November 22, 2010, he died of an aortic dissection due to pericardial hematoma. [2]
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Jun Fukamachi 深町純 | |
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | May 21, 1946
Died | November 22, 2010 | (aged 64)
Genres | Jazz fusion |
Occupation(s) | Composer, musician |
Instrument(s) | Piano, keyboards |
Years active | 1971–2010 |
Labels | Alfa |
Website |
fukamachijun |
Jun Fukamachi (深町 純, Fukamachi Jun, May 21, 1946 – November 22, 2010) was a Japanese jazz fusion composer, arranger, and keyboardist. He played with The Brecker Brothers and Steve Gadd and released albums for Polydor and Toshiba in the 1970s.
At the age of 3, Fukamachi began to learn piano. After attending Izumi High School, he began landing production deals. He dropped out of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music just prior to graduating. [1]
In 1971, he signed to Polydor Records for the release of his debut album, A Portrait of a Young Man. Following this, he worked as composer and keyboard player of jazz fusion.
Since the early 1970s he began to use synthesizers to create numerous albums such as Quark (1980), in particular using the Yamaha CS-01 breath controller technique.
In 1989, he was appointed Professor of Scooter Gakuen University Music School and founded Japan's first synthesizer major.[ citation needed]
On November 22, 2010, he died of an aortic dissection due to pericardial hematoma. [2]
With Prism
With others