山本剛

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (山本剛, Yamamoto Tsuyoshi; born 23 March 1948) is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer. Yamamoto was largely self-taught as a pianist, although he did have piano lessons as a child. He attended Nihon University. As a student there, he played professionally, first as an accompanist to pop singer Micky Curtis; they toured Europe in 1967. In 1974, he became house pianist at Misty, a Tokyo jazz club. He also made his recording debut as leader that year. He played major international festivals in the late 1970s. He also "lived in New York for a year, when he performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Carmen McRae, Sam Jones, Billy Higgins, Elvin Jones, and Sonny Stitt, among others." Commenting on Yamamoto's 2008 album What a Wonderful Trio!, Audiophile Audition noted that "Yamamoto seems to favor the very highest reaches of the treble keyboard with great gusto". An asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release. Sugiyama, Kazunori, Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi, Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, retrieved 31 January 2015 Henry, John (14 March 2009) "Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio – What a Wonderful Trio! – First Impression Music DXD" Archived 2015-01-31 at the Wayback Machine. Audiophile Audition.