Teruo Nakamura (musician) explained

is a Japanese jazz bassist and record producer.

Early life

Nakamura was born in Tokyo on 3 March 1942. Everyone in his immediate family were artists.^[1] He studied at Nihon University before moving to New York in 1964. He studied there with Reggie Workman.

Later life and career

Nakamura in 1969 joined drummer Roy Haynes's ensemble; that same year he also formed a band with Steve Grossman and Lenny White, who both went on to play on his debut as a leader, 1973's Unicorn. Nakamura played both acoustic and electric bass on the album, which was recorded in 1973 and released by Three Blind Mice.^[2]

Nakamura formed the Rising Sun band in the mid-1970s. In 1977 this contained saxophonist Bob Mintzer, guitarist Shiro Mori, with Mark Gray on synthesizer, Art Gore on drums and Nobu Urushiyama on percussion. "Nakamura worked principally as a record producer in the 1980s and 1990s."

Discography

As leader

• Unicorn (Three Blind Mice, 1973)
• Rising Sun (Polydor, 1976)
• Manhattan Special (Polydor, 1977)
• Songs of the Birds (Kitty, 1977)
• Big Apple (Agharta, 1979)
• Teruo Nakamura & Rising Sun Band at Carnegie Hall (Agharta, 1979)
• Route 80 (Agharta, 1980)
• Super Friends (Eastworld, 1985)
• Wind Smile (Pony Canyon, 1990)
• Red Shoes (Avex, 2001)

As sideman

With Roy Haynes

• Hip Ensemble (Mainstream, 1971)
• Togyu (RCA, 1975)

With Tsuyoshi Yamamoto

• P.S. I Love You (Toshiba EMI, 1980)

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Notes and References

1. News: Wilson . John S. . 31 December 1977 . Jazz: Teruo Nakamura's Sextet . The New York Times .
2. Web site: Jurek . Thom . Teruo Nakamura: Unicorn . . 2 December 2018.