Hideo Shiraki
Hideo Shiraki (1933-1972) was a Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader, born in Tokyo. He studied percussion at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and in 1957 formed a quintet that became popular in Japan during the hard bop boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is remembered for joining jazz with Japanese traditional music, above all at the 1965 Berlin Jazz Festival, where his quintet played with koto players. Shiraki played with Masashi Nagao's Blue Coats while still a student.
In Fiesta
More than sixty years after its original recording, a masterpiece that has captivated audiences around the world is reborn on an analog mono pressing with truly powerful sound.
Plays Bossa Nova
Hideo Shiraki travelled to the US from Japan in 1962 and was bowled over by Horace Silver and the Bossa Nova Craze happening at the same time. When he returned to Japan he went straight into the studio and cut this Blue Note inspired Japanese Jazz Ma…
Plays Horace Silver
The music of Horace Silver is magically presented here by drummer Hideo Shiraki – grooving nicely in the same exotic approach to soul jazz you'd find on Silver's best Blue Note sides of the late 50s! Shiraki's always had a bit of a Jazz Messengers ap…
The Stormy Man
A rare soundtrack session from Japanese jazz legend Hideo Shiraki; Also with pianist Takeshi Inomata and saxophonist Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto "Inomata and saxophonist Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto as well! The cover's somewhat unassuming, but the mu…