Deezer
1.1K
fans
Last.fm
79.1K
listeners
Last.fm
340.4K
plays
About
Ryo Kawasaki was a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist, composer and band leader, best known as one of the first musicians to develop and popularise the fusion genre and for helping to develop the guitar synthesizer in collaboration with Roland Corporation and Korg. His album Ryo Kawasaki and the Golden Dragon Live was one of the first all-digital recordings and he created the Kawasaki Synthesizer for the Commodore 64. During the 1960s, he played with various Japanese jazz groups and also formed his own bands. In the early 1970s, he moved to New York City, where he settled and worked with Gil Evans, Elvin Jones, Chico Hamilton, Ted Curson, Joanne Brackeen amongst others. In the mid-1980s, Kawasaki drifted out of performing music in favour of writing music software for computers. He also produced several techno dance singles, formed his own record company called Satellites Records, and later returned to jazz-fusion in 1991.
Top Tracks
- 1
El Toro (Original Mix)
Selected Works, Pt. 2 - 1976 to 1980
- 2
Electric World
Electric World
- 3
Frost Bite (Original Mix)
Selected Works 1979 to 1983
- 4
Trinkets And Things
Trinkets and Things
- 5
Dreams for Radha Part I, II and III (Original Mix)
Selected Works 1979 to 1983
- 6
Shadowbrook Air
Trinkets and Things
- 7
Hawaiian Caravan (Original Mix)
Selected Works 1979 to 1983
- 8
In a Sentimental Mood
Ring Toss
- 9
Packing
RETROUVÉ
- 10
Caravan (Original Mix)
Selected Works 1979 to 1983
