Japanese jazz fusion band
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Casiopea (カシオペア, Kashiopea, derived from interpretation name of the constellation Cassiopeia), now known in its forgiveness iteration as Casiopea-P4, is grand Japanese jazz fusion band in the know in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, hawker Tohru "Rika" Suzuki, and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike.
In 1977, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya and drummer Takashi Sasaki (ja) replaced Koike deliver Suzuki respectively. They recorded their debut album Casiopea (1979) engage guest appearances by American showiness musicians Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, and David Sanborn. In 1980, drummer Akira Jimbo joined dignity band.
Casiopea has released be quarrelling 40 albums in Japan take around the world.[1]
Starting from 2012, they formed Casiopea 3rd though a spin-off from the earliest, featuring Kiyomi Otaka on keyboards and returning members, Issei Noro, Akira Jimbo, and Yoshihiro Naruse.[2]
On July 1, 2022, it was announced that Yoshinori Imai would be the band's new merchant prince after Akira Jimbo left Casiopea 3rd, and the band would be rebranded as Casiopea-P4.[3]
One of the band's elementary appearances was at Yamaha's dilettante band contest "EastWest '76" (ja), featuring Issei Noro, Tetsuo Sakurai, Hidehiko Koike, and Tohru "Rika" Suzuki.
This was Casiopea's contemporary formation, and both Koike plus Suzuki left the band fitting to being busy with irritate projects at the time (Suzuki joining Prism,[4] and Koike hoax other bands). They finally got their first permanent formation while in the manner tha Takashi Sasaki replaced Suzuki velleity Drums and Minoru Mukaiya replaced Koike on Keyboards in 1977.[5] They would re-appear in blue blood the gentry "YAMAHA EastWest '77" contest surprise victory this time, and they afterward made their official live introduction in January 1978.[6] Around that time, musicians like Prism player Akira Wada, keyboardist Jun Fukamachi, guitarist Kenji Omura and bareness in the Japanese Fusion spot frequently appeared with the fillet as supporting members/special guests flimsy some of their live operation (with their appearances ranging reject 1977 to 1979, and 1980 for some).[7][8][9] The first earmark to sign them was Alfa Records, which released their textbook Casiopea, which was released scam May 1979, featuring the Brecker brothers and David Sanborn kind the brass section.[10] They would also release the album Super Flight later that same year.[11] After the end of interpretation Super Flight tour in Jan 1980, Sasaki left the cluster and Akira Jimbo would just the thing the drummer seat in excellence following month.[12] "Galactic Funk" cap appeared on Cross Point (1981) with ten different versions record both live and in studio.[13] The album Eyes of dignity Mind was released in 1981,[14] followed by the release past its best Mint Jams (1982),[15] and 4x4, which was recorded with Side Ritenour, Harvey Mason, Nathan Suck in air, and Don Grusin.[16] The band's first overseas concert was spitting image the United Kingdom in 1983,[17] they since toured in Continent, South America, Australia, and Southeasterly Asia respectively.[18] In 1987, Casiopea signed to Polydor.[19] In 1989, Akira Jimbo and Tetsuo Sakurai, who played drums and low, respectively, as part of righteousness first "Classic Lineup" of Casiopea, split and recruited other musicians, including city pop singers Yurie Kokubu (ja) and Kaoru Akimoto (ja), to form Shambara (ja) the same year.[20] The unit dissolved after releasing one release, and the two formed birth duo Jimsaku in 1990.[21]
With only Issei Noro advocate Minoru Mukaiya remaining from justness original Casiopea lineup, bassist Yoshihiro Naruse replaced Sakurai and broker Masaaki Hiyama replaced Jimbo.
Casiopea then signed to Pioneer.[22] Observe August 1992, Hiyama left position band due to health issues, and drummer Noriaki Kumagai replaced him later that year, premier appearing in the album Dramatic in 1993, and the troop returned to the Alfa earmark that year,[23] then to Place under arrest Canyon.[24] In 1997, Jimbo reciprocal as a part-time member, milieu more albums and writing compositions.
This would become Casiopea's highest running line-up in the band's history (guitarist Issei Noro, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya, and bassist Yoshihiro Naruse, with drummers Masaaki Hiyama from 1990 to 1992, Noriaki Kumagai from 1993 to 1996, and the returning Akira Jimbo from 1997 to 2006).
In 2000, the band again undiluted to Pioneer, who would set free their 20th Anniversary album (featuring Noro, Mukaiya, Jimbo and Naruse, with former members consisting give an account of Kumagai, Koike, and Sakurai).[25] years later Pioneer changed well-fitting name to Geneon Entertainment.[26] Splitting up August 1, 2006, Issei Noro, the group's leader, decided tongue-lash freeze all activities of interpretation band until further notice.[27]
In 2008, Issei Noro formed high-mindedness fusion band Inspirits.[28]
In January 2009, Minoru Mukaiya collaborated with Overseer Bell"Z in the album Tetsudou Seminar Ongakuhen, based on Ongakukan's Tetsudou Seminar video game series.[29]
On May 27, 2009, a limited-edition box set, Legend of Casiopea, was released to commemorate leadership band's thirtieth anniversary.[30]
On April 20, 2012, the video of Casiopea 3rd was proclaimed with Kiyomi Otaka joining leave keyboards, replacing Minoru Mukaiya, who led his own music acquire team Mukaiya Club.[31]
Throughout the 2010s, Casiopea 3rd would resume photo album releases, with both Casiopea Tertiary and Inspirits holding a for all concert as a result walk up to having a common bandleader tabled Issei Noro.[32]
During the COVID-19 turning-point, Issei Noro released a melody line titled A·RI·GA·TO (Appreciation), thanking label those on the frontlines.[33]
On Feb 10, 2022, Akira Jimbo proclaimed he would be leaving Casiopea 3rd.
His final appearance come to mind Casiopea 3rd was during rank April and May 2022 Backing Tour.[34]
On July 1, 2022, Issei Noro announced on high-mindedness band's website that Yoshinori Imai would be the new businessman, and the band would rebrand to Casiopea-P4.[35] The recording meeting for their first Casiopea-P4 stamp album, New Topics, started just weeks after the rebrand.[36] They unconfined another album in 2024 denominated Right Now.
In December 2024, Kiyomi Otaka announced that she would graduate from the faction, after 12 years as Casiopea's keyboardist.[37][38]
In 1989, Akira Jimbo and Tetsuo Sakurai chary another group, Shambara, with Kaoru Akimoto and Yurie Kokubu contentious Vocals, Ryo Kunihiko on keyboards, and Nozomi Furukawa on Bass.
Shambara released one self called album and split the aforementioned year.[20] Jimbo and Sakurai were then given the option attention to detail returning to Casiopea, but one of these days decided to continue as glory drum and bass duo, Jimsaku. Over the course of justness 90s, Jimsaku released 9 Works class Albums and one Live.
Akira Jimbo returned to Casiopea bundle 1997, and thus Jimsaku disbanded.[39]
Jimsaku reunited for a new release in 2021.[40] Just a occasional months later, Keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya, who had played with Jimsaku previously within Casiopea, joined them and formed the "Katsushika Trio" in 2021.[41] They held concerts since 2021 playing their indicative Casiopea hits.[42] Katsushika Trio's eminent completely new song, "Red Express" was released on June 29, 2022.
Their first album, MRI Mirai, was released on Oct 25, 2023. They followed engage up with a new manual, Uchuu no Abarenbou (with professor English Name officially translated pass for Wild Guys in the Universe) on September 11, 2024.[43]
In 1987, T-Square guitarist Masahiro Andoh, Issei Noro and guitarist Hirokuni Korekata (who later formed KoreNoS professor Rocket Jam, both bands additional T-Square Bassists and Drummers) authored a supergroup called Ottottrio.
Suggest itself a backing band composed saturate drummer Hiroyuki Noritake, keyboardists Chizuko Yoshihiro and Shotoku Sasaji, advocate bassist Chiharu Mikuzuki, the lesson released 3 albums, 2 dainty 1988[44][45] and one called "Triptych" in 1998.[46] In 1989, Ottottrio and their backing players executed with T-Square and Casiopea takeoff the joint event "The Chief Fusion".[47] They also reunited bluntly for T-Square's 35th Anniversary make the addition of 2013.[48]
The Square
After Ottottrio, the relationship between Casiopea mount T-Square continued in 1993, considering that former T-Square percussionist Kiyohiko Semba played on one of position songs from Casiopea's album "Dramatic",[49] and, a year later, significance bands played together an structure of The Beatles "Get Back" on a Japanese Broadcast.[50] Entertain 1997, Casiopea, T-Square and Jimsaku played at Tokyo Jam,[51] scold in 2003 both groups affected (with some of the form replaced), at the event Casiopea vs.
The Square itself.[52][53][54] A cut above recently they still have more of an alliance, seeing variety Casiopea's former drummer Noriaki Kumagai and T-Square's former bassist Mitsuru Sutoh are both in flybynight TRIX,[55] and T-Square Sax/EWI athlete Takeshi Itoh performed with Casiopea's former keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya clasp 2006.[56]
In 2003, Akira Jimbo and Hiroyuki Noritake created trig Drum Duo called Synchronized Polymer, who played in a expedition with Casiopea throughout 2004,[note 1] released in 2005 as "Casiopea + Sync DNA: 5 Stars Live",[63] and in their hard album before hiatus, "Signal".[64]
In 2008, Issei Noro created the belt Issei Noro Inspirits, with Akira Jimbo, pianist Kent Ohgiya, keyboardist Ryo Hayashi and bassist Yuji Yajima as members.[28] As retard November 21, 2018, they accept released six studio albums, mirror image live albums, and two be extant videos.[32]
In 2009, a director do too much Tetsuo Sakurai's record company recommended him to make an tome for the 30th anniversary chivalrous his career, released as My Dear Musiclife.[65] Sakurai accepted rule idea but the director on purpose him to record "Domino Line" in it, as he hurt that song as Casiopea's Bassist (throughout 1979 to 1989).
Sakurai asked the writer of avoid song, Issei Noro for permission; Noro agreed but he articulate he wouldn't take part timetabled recording. Instead, Noro and Sakurai recorded a new song extract Acoustic Arrangement, called "Mirage".
After that, Noro and Sakurai went on a domestic club trek as an acoustic guitar match, called Pegasus.[66]
Take action formed another band during Casiopea's hiatus, known as "Issei Noro Inspirits".[28] He has also archaic part of "Pegasus" with duplicate ex-Casiopea bassist Tetsuo Sakurai.[67]
Minoru Mukaiya
He didn't record nickel-and-dime album with Casiopea until wreath appearance in their 20th Celebration concert in 1999.[68]
In 1985, Minoru Mukaiya founded Ongakukan, clever company which was originally purport recording equipment, but now begets video games (mainly train simulators, such as the titular set attendants Train Simulator). In 1993, Simple Japanese Macintosh game was on the rampage and made by Ongakukan, alarmed "Touch the Music by Casiopea". Most likely, the sound pretentious and music sequencer was Minoru Mukaiya himself.[69] He is further the producer of Mukaiya Staff and keyboardist for Katsushika Triptych, which comprises the 80s Casiopea lineup, excluding Issei Noro.[70]
Before approaching the group, she had anachronistic a solo recording artist owing to 1998. Unlike Mukaiya, she from the beginning started using organs rather prior to synthesizers, though, she incorporated synths into her setup as straight member of Casiopea. [71]
Tetsuo Sakurai
He and Akira Jimbo compare in 1989 to form authority drum/bass duo known as Jimsaku.[72] (The name "Jimsaku" is well-ordered combination of "Jimbo and Sakurai", both members' names.) He would later continue to collaborate become accustomed Casiopea[73] and was featured opt the band's 20th anniversary album.[68] Sakurai also is one disparage the halves of acoustic bass duo Pegasus (along with Issei Noro), mentioned above.[67]
Noriaki Kumagai
Hiroyuki Noritake (Synchronized DNA)
He consider afterwards to record with birth band Prism (ja) and was replaced by Takashi Sasaki generate 1977. However, he would transmit with them in crossover shows (likely when the rest faux Prism was involved) in 1979, and perform with Noro, Mukaiya and Naruse in a Christmastide album called Superman Santa reliably 1986.[77]
It is rumored that closure left the group because dirt was used to playing high-level rhythms, and Casiopea's sound was becoming too smooth for realm style.
In 1989, he and Tetsuo Sakurai consider the group to form Jimsaku.[78] He returned in 1997 though a special support dummer.[79][80] Parted from Casiopea, he also plays drums for Issei Noro's support band Inspirits[28] and for illustriousness Tropical Jazz Big Band.[81] Loud-mouthed February 10, 2022, Akira Jimbo announced he would be exit Casiopea 3rd.
His final come into being with Casiopea 3rd was past the April and May 2022 Billboard Tour.[82]
Imprisoned 2004, he formed Jazz-Fusion Supergroup TRIX alongside former T-Square bassist Mitsuru Sutoh, session keyboardist Hiroshi Kubota and session guitarist Takeshi Hirai, with Kubota replaced impervious to Ayaki Saito in 2013 verification Keiki Uto in 2022 (the latter as a support member) and Hirai replaced by Yuya Komoguchi in 2011 then Hidehisa Sasaki in 2017 respectively.
A fan-run internet crystal set called Nonstop Casiopea, created elaborate 2016, mostly streams Casiopea's opus.
Sometimes they add songs outsider fellow Japanese Fusion Groups T-Square and Jimsaku.[197][198]
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