1948-12-15 Ehime, Japan
Toshinori Kondo (近藤 等則, Kondō Toshinori, 15 December 1948 – 17 October 2020) was a Japanese avant-garde jazz and jazz fusion trumpeter trumpeter whose daring instinct and deep expressive resources slashed through a spectrum of experimental and ambient music. A trailblazing figure in his native Japan, Kondo earned much of his reputation while based in Amsterdam or New York City. He was a sought-after collaborator in free jazz, locking horns with the incendiary German saxophonist Peter Brötzmann and courting revelation with other avant-garde luminaries, like English guitarist Derek Bailey and Dutch drummer Han Bennink. Kondo also thrived in electroacoustic settings where groove was paramount — whether leading his own groups, like Toshinori Kondo IMA; on a range of projects with bassist-producer Bill Laswell; or in a joint effort with DJ Krush, notably on the mid-1990s trip-hop album Ki-Oku.
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Greater Things | 2015-10-16 | |
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Bill Laswell - World Beat Sound System: Live at Soundstage | Musician | 2006-07-13 |
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エンジェル・ダスト | Kotaro Shimada | 1994-09-23 |
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The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994 | Self | 1994-05-20 |
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てなもんやコネクション | 1990-09-15 |
