辛島文雄

Fumio Karashima (辛島文雄, Karashima Fumio; 9 March 1948 – 24 February 2017) was a Japanese jazz pianist. Karashima began playing the piano at the age of three. His father was a music teacher at Kyushu University; Karashima attended the same university. He stayed in New York in 1973, but returned to Japan the next year. In 1975 he joined drummer George Ohtsuka's band. In 1980 he joined Elvin Jones' Jazz Machine, and stayed for five years, including for tours of Europe and the United States. He then switched to being principally a solo pianist, but also led a quintet from 1988 to 1991. During the 1990s he frequently toured internationally. He died of cancer on 24 February 2017. An asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release. Iwanami, Yozo; Sugiyama, Kazunori, Karashima, Fumio, Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, retrieved 31 January 2015 "ジャズピアニスト、辛島文雄さん死去...68歳" Archived 2017-02-26 at the Wayback Machine. Yomiuri Shimbun. 25 February 2017. Official Homepage Fumio Karashima discography at Discogs Fumio Karashima discography at MusicBrainz