Japanese jazz trumpeter (1948–2020)
Musical artist
Toshinori Kondo (近藤 等則 , Kondō Toshinori , 15 December 1948 – 17 October 2020
[1]
[2] ) was a Japanese
avant-garde jazz and
jazz fusion trumpeter.
Career
Kondo was born in
Ehime Prefecture . He attended
Kyoto university in 1967, and became close friends with percussionist
Tsuchitori Toshiyuki . In 1972 the pair left university, and Toshiyuki went on to work with
Peter Brook , while Kondo joined
Yosuke Yamashita . In 1978 he moved to New York, and began performing with
Bill Laswell ,
John Zorn ,
Fred Frith , and
Eraldo Bernocchi . A year later he released his first recording, toured Europe with
Eugene Chadbourne , and collaborated with European musicians such as
Peter Brotzman . Returning to Japan, he worked with
Ryuichi Sakamoto ,
Kazumi Watanabe , and
Herbie Hancock . In the mid-1980s he began focusing on his own career, blending his avant-garde origins with electronic music. In the 1990s he was part of the collective called Die Like a Dog whose first album
Fragments Of Music, Life And Death of Albert Ayler was released in 1994.
[3] In 2002, he worked on an international peace festival in
Hiroshima after being approached by the
Dalai Lama about organizing one. He was a former member of
Praxis . Kondo cooperated with Bill Laswell to make the album Inamorata in 2007.
He founded the band Kondo IMA in 1984. Kondo IMA achieved commercial success but moved to Amsterdam to be alone and to start "Blow the Earth" in 1993.
[3] They started "Blow the Earth in Japan" in the summer of 2007 and ended in the autumn of 2011. The film Blow the Earth in Japan is his first experience as a film director.
Personal life
On October 17, 2020, he died in
Kawasaki City , aged 71.
[1]
Discography
As leader or co-leader
Environment for Sextet (Ictus, 1979) with
John Zorn ,
Andrea Centazzo ,
Eugene Chadbourne ,
Tom Cora , and
Polly Bradfield
Fuigo From a Different Dimension (Bellows, 1979)
Moose and Salmon (Music Gallery, 1979) with
Henry Kaiser and
John Oswald
Possibilities of the Color Plastic (Bellows, 1979) with Eugene Chadbourne
Protocol (Metalanguage, 1979) with Henry Kaiser and Andrea Centazzo
Artless Sky (Caw, 1980) with
John Russell and
Roger Turner
The Last Supper (Po Torch, 1981) with
Paul Lovens
Imitation of Life (Y, 1981) with
Tristan Honsinger ,
Steve Beresford , and
David Toop
Death is Our Eternal Friend (DIW, 1983) with Paul Lovens and
Paul Lytton
What Are You Talking About? (DIW, 1983) with Tristan Honsinger,
Peter Kowald , and
Sabu Toyozumi
China Boogie (Polydor, 1985)
Kamikaze Blow (Alfa, 1989) with IMA
Ki-Oku (Sony, 1996) with
DJ Krush
Fear No Fall (Lowlands, 1998) with
Jim O'Rourke ,
Zeena Parkins , David Shea, DJ Low, and Dirk Wachtelaer
Aida's Call (Starlight, 1999) with
Kaoru Abe ,
Motoharu Yoshizawa , and
Derek Bailey
Charged (Apollo, 1999) with
Eraldo Bernocchi and
Bill Laswell
Jazz Bunker (Golden Years, 2000) with
Han Bennink and Eugene Chadbourne
Life Space Death (Meta, 2001) with
Bill Laswell
The Warriors (Ictus, 2007) with Eugene Chadbourne and Andrea Centazzo
The War Fairy Tales (self-released, 2014)
Typhoon 19 (TK, 2020) with IMA21
The Sea is Rough (Bocian, 2020) with Brom
Renzoku Jump (Metalanguage, 2022) with Henry Kaiser, Greg Goodman and John Oswald
Eternal Triangle (I Dischi Di Angelica, 2022) with Massimo Pupillo and
Tony Buck
With the Die Like a Dog Quartet (Kondo,
Peter Brötzmann ,
William Parker , and
Hamid Drake )
With Hairy Bones (Kondo, Peter Brötzmann, Massimo Pupillo, and
Paal Nilssen-Love )
Hairy Bones (Okka, 2009)
At Fresnes (self-released, 2010)
Snakelust (To Kenji Nakagami) (Clean Feed, 2012)
As sideman
With
Maki Asakawa
Hi Tomoshi Goro (Express, 1976)
Cat Nap (Express, 1982)
Scandal 1982 (Pignose, 2011)
With
Borbetomagus
With
Peter Brötzmann
Alarm (FMP, 1983)
Berlin Djungle (FMP, 1987)
The März Combo Live in Wuppertal (FMP, 1993)
Stone/Water (Okka, 2000)
Long Story Short (Trost, 2013)
Concert for Fukushima, Wels 2011 (Trost, 2013)
Tonic 2000 Vol. 1 (OMX, 2020)
Tonic 2000 Vol. 2 (OMX, 2020)
Berlin 1999 (OMX, 2020)
With
DJ Krush
With
Globe Unity Orchestra
Intergalactic Blow (Japo, 1983)
20th Anniversary (FMP, 1993)
With
Tristan Honsinger
Picnic (Data, 1985)
From the Broken World (Eastworld, 1992)
With
Bill Laswell
Points of Order (Innerhythmic, 2001)
The Only Way to Go Is Down (Sublight, 2006) with Method of Defiance
Inamorata (Ohm, 2007) with Method of Defiance
Tokyo Rotation K2: Japan Rise (self-released, 2020)
Tokyo Rotation 4 - Day 3 (self-released, 2021)
Tokyo Rotation 1 - Day 2 Set 1 (self-released, 2021)
Tokyo Rotation 1 - Day 2 Set 2 (self-released, 2021)
Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 3 Set 1 (self-released, 2021)
Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 3 Set 2 (self-released, 2021)
Montreux Jazz Festival (self-released, 2022)
Sapporo (self-released, 2022)
With others
Evolution Ensemble Unity, Concrete Voices (EEU, 1976)
Jam Rice Sextet, Jam Rice Relaxin' (Frasco, 1976)
Yosuke Yamashita and
Yasutaka Tsutsui , Ie (Frasco, 1976)
Milford Graves ,
Meditation Among Us (Kitty, 1977)
King Kong Paradise, Talking About Fussa (Tam, 1977)
Derek Bailey , Duo & Trio Improvisation (Kitty, 1978)
Peter Kuhn, Livin' Right (Big City, 1979)
Eugene Chadbourne , 2000 Statues and the English Channel (Parachute, 1979)
William Parker ,
Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace (Centering, 1980)
Misha Mengelberg and the
ICP Orchestra , Japan Japon (ICP, 1982)
Herbie Hancock ,
Sound-System (Columbia, 1984)
Ryuichi Sakamoto , Ongaku Zukan (Midi, 1984)
Autonomous Zone, The Map is Not the Territory (Meldac, 1991)
David Toop , Spirit World (Virgin, 1997)
Ferretti Lindo Giovanni, CO.DEX (Mercury, 2000)
Anarchy, Freaksnegoti (Gold Diggers, 2000)
Peter Kowald , Duos²: Europa America Japan (FMP, 1991)
Robert Miles ,
Miles_Gurtu (Salt, 2004)
Dirk Wachtelaer, Reconstruction (FMR, 2005)
Somma, Somma (Verba Corrige, 2007)
Sigillum S, 23/20 (Verba Corrige, 2007)
Levity, Chopin Shuffle (Universal, 2010)
Sugizo , Tree of Life (Avex Trax, 2011)
Jon Batiste ,
Chad Smith , and
Bill Laswell ,
The Process (MOD, 2014)
Rone , Creatures (Infiné, 2014)
Dashmesh, The Peacock's Tale (Invincible, 2016)
Arthur Williams, Forgiveness Suite (NoBusiness, 2016)
Company , 1981 (Honest Jon's, 2019)
Fred Anderson , Live Volume V (FPE, 2019)
References
External links
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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International National Academics Artists