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Ryo Kawasaki
川崎 燎
Ryo Kawasaki performing at The Garden Brewery, Zagreb Croatia Dec 15, 2018 — photography by Luka Antunac
Background information
Born
(1947-02-25)February 25, 1947 Kōenji, Tokyo, Japan
Died
April 13, 2020(2020-04-13) (aged 73) Tallinn, Estonia
Genres
Jazz fusion
Occupation(s)
Musician
composer
audio engineer
software programmer
Instrument(s)
Guitar
keyboards
Years active
1967–2020
Website
RyoKawasaki.com
Musical artist
Ryo Kawasaki (川崎 燎, Kawasaki Ryō, February 25, 1947 – April 13, 2020) was a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist, composer and band leader, best known as one of the first musicians to develop and popularise the fusion genre and for helping to develop the guitar synthesizer in collaboration with Roland Corporation and Korg. His album Ryo Kawasaki and the Golden Dragon Live was one of the first all-digital recordings and he created the Kawasaki Synthesizer for the Commodore 64. During the 1960s, he played with various Japanese jazz groups and also formed his own bands. In the early 1970s, he moved to New York City, where he settled and worked with Gil Evans, Elvin Jones, Chico Hamilton, Ted Curson, Joanne Brackeen amongst others. In the mid-1980s, Kawasaki drifted out of performing music in favour of writing music software for computers. He also produced several techno dance singles, formed his own record company called Satellites Records, and later returned to jazz-fusion in 1991.
RyoKawasaki (川崎 燎, KawasakiRyō, February 25, 1947 – April 13, 2020) was a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist, composer and band leader, best known as one...
handling series composition, Yumi Shimizu designing the characters, and RyoKawasaki composing the music. The series premiered on April 13, 2024, on Tokyo...
Ryo scores four goals against Kawasaki Frontale at Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu and won 5-4 for his team in Matchweek 2 of 2024 J1 League. Ryo Germain...
handling series composition, Yumi Shimizu designing the characters, and RyoKawasaki composing the music. The series premiered on April 13, 2024 on Tokyo...
handling series composition, and Koji Yabuno designing the characters, and RyoKawasaki composing the series' music. The plot follows an immortal creature, Fushi...
handling series composition, Koji Yabuno designing the characters, and RyoKawasaki composing the music. Originally scheduled to premiere in October 2020...
Fujita as series script supervisor, Koji Yabuno as character designer, RyoKawasaki as music composer, and Takeshi Takadera as sound director. It premiered...
Aoki writing the scripts, Haruko Iizuka designing the characters, and RyoKawasaki and Tomoyuki Kono composing the music. The series is set to premiere...
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The Kawasaki Synthesizer is a musical software tool for the Commodore 64 created in 1983 by Japanese jazz musician, RyoKawasaki. The first of four music...
overseeing the scripts, Arisa Matsuura designing the characters, and RyoKawasaki and Tomoyuki Kono composing the music. The series was released on Netflix...
1976-01 Together Co-leader with Oregon Vanguard 1976 1976 The Main Force RyoKawasaki, Al Dailey, Dave Liebman Vanguard 1976 1976-11 Summit Meeting James Moody...
Things is an album of duets by pianist Joanne Brackeen and guitarist RyoKawasaki recorded in 1978 and released on the Danish Timeless label. AllMusic...
Japanese guitarist RyoKawasaki that was released in 1979. It was recorded at Power Station Studios in New York City. Trinkets & Things (Kawasaki/Shottam) (Ryka/BMI)...
Adam Hawley Brian Hughes Paul Jackson, Jr. Ronny Jordan Stanley Jordan RyoKawasaki Gideon King Earl Klugh Ludwik Konopko Michael Landau Ottmar Liebert Johannes...
Volker Kriegel (Germany), Terje Rypdal (Norway), Jukka Tolonen (Finland), RyoKawasaki (Japan), and Kazumi Watanabe (Japan). Jazz metal is the fusion of jazz...
Jean-Luc Ponty, guitarists Larry Coryell, Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, RyoKawasaki, and Frank Zappa, saxophonist Wayne Shorter and bassists Jaco Pastorius...
(bass guitar) Bob Hartman Steve Hillage Allan Holdsworth Brian Hughes RyoKawasaki Phil Keaggy Maynard James Keenan Közi Shawn Lane Alex Lifeson Liam Lynch...
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