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Masahiko Satoh (Masahiko Satoh (佐藤允彦)) was born on 6 October, 1941 in Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer and arranger. Discover Masahiko Satoh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

Popular As Masahiko Satoh (佐藤允彦)
Occupation Musician, composer, arranger
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 6 October 1941
Birthday 6 October
Birthplace Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japan

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Masahiko Satoh (佐藤 允彦) is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer and arranger.

1941

Satoh was born in Tokyo on 6 October 1941.

His mother was Setsu and his father, who owned small businesses, was Yoshiaki Satoh.

1944

The house that his family moved into in 1944 contained a piano; Masahiko started playing it at the age of five.

He began playing the piano professionally at the age of 17, "accompanying singers, magicians and strippers at a cabaret in the Ginza district".

1959

By 1959 Satoh was playing in Georgie Kawaguchi's band, together with alto saxophonist Sadao Watanabe and tenor saxophonist Akira Miyazawa.

Satoh graduated from Keio University.

At the age of 26, Satoh moved to the United States to study at the Berklee College of Music.

He stayed for two years, during which he read about composing and arranging.

He earned money working in a food shop and playing the piano in a hotel.

1960

In his early career in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Satoh played in a free, percussive style.

1968

In 1968 he wrote the music for, and conducted, a series of pieces that were combined with dance and performed in New York.

After returning to Japan, he recorded Palladium, his first album as leader, and appeared on a Helen Merrill album.

1970

Also in the early 1970s, he recorded with Attila Zoller, Karl Berger, and Albert Mangelsdorff.

1971

Satoh played at the 1971 Berlin Jazz Festival as part of a trio; he used a then-unusual ring modulator to alter the sound.

1973

He wrote the psychedelic music for the 1973 anime film Belladonna of Sadness.

Satoh has written arrangements for recordings led by, among others, Merrill, Kimiko Itoh, and Nancy Wilson.

1983

He also arranged for strings and quartet on Art Farmer's 1983 album Maiden Voyage.

1990

In 1990 Satoh formed a large group, named Rantooga, that combined various forms of folk musics from around the world.

In the early 1990s he composed music for a choir of 1,000 Buddhist monks.

In the early 1990s he was reported as stating that 70% of his time was spent on arranging and composing, and the rest on playing and recording.

Satoh has composed for film, television and advertisements.

For instance, he made the music of Kanashimi no Belladonna, a film in which the sound is very important ; all the songs of this movie are performed by his wife, Chinatsu Nakayama.

Some of his compositions are influenced by the space in the works of composer Toru Takemitsu.

Satoh has also composed for traditional Japanese instruments, including the shakuhachi and biwa.

An asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release.

A fictionalized version of Masahiko Satoh appears in Izumi Suzuki's short story "Hey, It's a Love Psychedelic!"

as the narrator's love interest.