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Norio Maeda

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Japanese jazz pianist, composer, arranger, conductor (1934-2018)

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Norio Nobuhito Maeda (前田憲男, Osaka, Japan, December 6, 1934 - November 28, 2018) was a Japanese jazz pianist and composer. Maeda learned piano as a young child, and moved to Tokyo to play and arrange jazz professionally in 1955. There he played with Shungo Sawada's ensemble and founded a group called the Wind Breakers. He joined the West Liners, led by Konosuke Saijo, as a pianist and arranger in 1959. Known as a composer, he penned pieces for The Blue Coats, Tatsuya Takahashi, Nobuo Hara, and

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Empire of Japan
Place of birth
Osaka Prefecture
Occupation
conductor
Languages spoken
Japanese
Native language
Japanese
Genre
jazz
Instrument
piano
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date of birth
1934-12-06
name in kana
まえだ のりお
date of death
2018-11-25
birth name
前田暢人
name in native language
前田憲男
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