Terumasa Hino

Terumasa Hino & Masabumi Kikuchi: Edges & Counter Current

by Andrey Henkin
May 4, 2008

Terumasa Hino/Masabumi Kikuchi Edges Sony Japan 2008 Terumasa Hino/Masabumi Kikuchi Quintet Counter Current Sony Japan 2008

The similarities between two new releases by Japanese legends Terumasa Hino and Masabumi Kikuchi are obvious. Both were recorded within the same two weeks at the same studio. Both share broadly painted abstract covers on ...

Still adventurous after all these years

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
January 14, 2022

Trumpeter Terumasa Hino, at age 79 a jazz dynamo and elder statesman in his native Japan, divides his time between his homeland and the U.S. He worked steadily in New York starting in the mid-1970s, playing and recording in the bands of saxophonist Jackie McLean and drummer Elvin Jones, among others. This hard-bop player, whose musical forays have ranged from jazz-rock fusion to the avant-garde, became a snowbird four years ago. He was attracted to Southwest Florida primarily to golf ...
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