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Eiji Kitamura
Sign in to saveJapanese jazz clarinetist, composer, bandmaster (1929-)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Kitamura Eiji no Kitamuraryū chōkinjutsu
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Japan
- Active from
- 1987-08-16
Discography
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- Listeners
- 42,001
- Total plays
- 243,996
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Eiji Kitamura Japanese: 北村 英治 (born April 8, 1929) is a Japanese jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist originally from Tokyo who made his debut at the age of 22. Kitamura devoted himself to clarinet playing while still an undergraduate at Keio University in Tokyo. He first came to prominence in the U.S. at the 20th Anniversary Jam Session of the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1977. His following in Japan was built previous to this on his regular television program. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Educated at
- Keio University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- clarinet
- Record label
- Concord Records
- Official website
- eijikitamura.com
- Image
- Eiji Kitamura 20180929 3 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1929-04-08
- name in kana
- きたむら えいじ
- name in native language
- 北村英治
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- Commons category
- Eiji Kitamura
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