【OCT-LOFT爵士音乐节】明晚丨Akosh S.三重奏 / 铃木勲 OMA SOUND

铃木勲，日本爵士低音提琴巨匠，同时也是多乐器演奏家、作曲家、编曲家、制作人及乐队领队。

1933年1月2日出生于东京，铃木勲的音乐生涯开始于23岁那一年。受到Art Blakey的鼓舞，他于1970年去到纽约并加入到Blakey的传奇乐队Jazz Messengers之中。在那期间，铃木勲与无数爵士大师一同合作和录制作品，包括Thelonious Monk、Charles Mingus、Ella Fitzgerald、Wynton Kelly、Bobby Timmons、Jim Hall和Ron Carter等。

回到日本后，铃木勲开始致力于推进后辈的发展，创立了以自己的艺名“OMA”命名的乐队OMA SOUND，至今仍同他精心挑选的新锐爵士乐手一同演出。在1980年发行的个人专辑《Self-Portrait（自画像）》中，他独自包揽了其中二十多种乐器的演奏，在日本爵士场景中创造出属于他自己的超群声音。

今年已86岁的铃木勲，在其65年的音乐生涯里发表了超过50张专辑，其中数张获得著名的“日本爵士奖”。所有这些，足以证明他在日本爵士世界里独一无二的主导地位。他曾被网络电台“瑞士爵士国际广播电台”评选为“世界上最好的二十位爵士音乐家”之一，大家都称他为“爵士教父”。

Isao Suzuki is the grand master of jazz in Japan. He is a bassist, multi instrumentalist, composer, arranger, producer and bandleader.

Isao Suzuki was born on 2nd January 1933 in Tokyo. His musical career began in 1956. In 1970 he went to New York at the encouragement of Art Blakey and joined his legendary group JAZZ MESSENGERS. During this time, he worked and recorded with Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Ella Fitzgerald, Wynton Kelly, Bobby Timmons, Jim Hall, Ron Carter and others.

After his return to Japan, Isao has been contributed to the development of many young musicians and enlisting them as members of his band 'OMA SOUND,' which has kept his sound on the cutting-edge of progressive jazz. On his solo album "Self-Portrait" (1980), Suzuki played 20 or more instruments, sealing his unique standing in the Japanese jazz scene. Now, with more than50 albums released, including several winners of the prestigious Japan Jazz Prize award, Suzuki's reputation as a unique leader of jazz in Japan has been secured.

He has been chosen 20 best jazz musicians in the world by the Internet radio called "Radio Jazz International of Switzerland" and has gotten of "JAZZ GOD FATHER."