Takashi Kako | |
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| Born | (1947-01-31)31 January 1947 (age 78) Osaka, Japan |
| Genres | Jazz,Classical music,Contemporary classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Labels | America, Trio |
| Website | Takashi Kako Official Site |
Takashi Kako (加古 隆,Kako Takashi) (born 31 January 1947) is a Japanese pianist and composer, who works in both jazz and art-music idioms.
Kako was born inOsaka. He began playing piano at eight years old and learned to play jazz while in his teens.[citation needed]
He attended theTokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, receiving both his bachelor's (1965-1969) and master's in composition (1971) there.[1] Upon graduating, he matriculated at theParis Conservatoire, where he studied composition underOlivier Messiaen; concurrently, he played jazz in clubs, beginning a long-term association withKent Carter andOliver Johnson as a trio. He played withNoah Howard,Masahiko Togashi, andSteve Lacy in the 1970s, and with Togashi again as a duo in the early 1980s. Starting in the mid-1980s, he increasingly moved toward playing solo piano, although he occasionally toured with ensembles as well.
In addition to his performance career, Kako has worked extensively as a composer. He has written scores for traditional ensembles and for film and television, including the 1998 filmThe Quarry.
(with Bob Reid,Boulou Ferré,Glenn Spearman,Sabu Toyozumi)
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