Masahiko Satoh

[2] He began playing the piano professionally at the age of 17,[2][3] "accompanying singers, magicians and strippers at a cabaret in the Ginza district".[7] Satoh played at the 1971 Berlin Jazz Festival as part of a trio; he used a then-unusual ring modulator to alter the sound.[9] Satoh has written arrangements for recordings led by, among others, Merrill, Kimiko Itoh, and Nancy Wilson.[2] 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.A fictionalized version of Masahiko Satoh appears in Izumi Suzuki's short story "Hey, It's a Love Psychedelic!"
Sumida-kuTokyo, Japanjazz fusionfree jazzprogressive rockpsychedelic rockavant garde jazzSadao WatanabeAkira MiyazawaKeio UniversityBerklee College of MusicHelen MerrillBerlin Jazz Festivalring modulatorAttila ZollerKarl BergerAlbert MangelsdorffBelladonna of SadnessKimiko ItohNancy WilsonArt FarmerKanashimi no BelladonnaChinatsu NakayamaToru TakemitsushakuhachiAstroramaJean-Luc PontyNiels-Henning Ørsted PedersenMotohiko HinoPolydorEddie GomezSteve GaddMidori TakadaYomiurilandWayne ShorterPeter BrötzmannTakeo MoriyamaPaal Nilssen-LoveNippon ColumbiaIsao TomitaOsamu TezukaMiku HatsuneAnthony BraxtonFour Compositions (1973)Eddie GómezJoëlle LéandreKen VandermarkIzumi Suzuki