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Yōsuke Yamashita

piano · 1942 · Tokyo

Pianist born in Tokyo in 1942, he emerged from the late 1960s as a leading figure of Japanese free improvisation. His trio with Akira Sakata and Takeo Moriyama recorded Clay in 1974 for Enja, which opened his career to Europe.

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