Masabumi Kikuchi

Masabumi Kikuchi (1939-2015) was a Japanese jazz pianist and composer, born in Tokyo and known as Poo. He settled in the United States and lived mostly in New York until his death. He moved through bossa nova, fusion, funk and free improvisation, and he is best known for his piano trios with the drummer Paul Motian, above all Tethered Moon with Gary Peacock. Kikuchi started in Lionel Hampton's Japanese touring band and co-led a quintet with Terumasa Hino before studying at Berklee.