MITSURU HIRAYAMA - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Mitsuru is a saxophone(Ts,Ss,Fl,Cl) player, composer, who was born in Atsugi Kanagawa Japan. Mitsuru began to play saxophone at the age of 18. He played guitar before starting saxophone. He loved American Rock Music in his high school days. He studied saxophone, jazz harmony, and Be-bop style improvisation technic in his college days at club activities called "jazz Ken". Then, he organized his group and played his original tunes around Yokohama. He went abroad to Boston US to study music at "Berklee college of Music" at January 2006. He loves to perform music and express something by music. His composition is a piece of his life.I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/19/2007
Band Website: music.geocities.yahoo.co.jp/gl/reeds_life_from1997
Band Members: HOROSCOPE (by Mitsuru)
Mitsuru Hirayama-Ss
Tomoko Omura(vln)
Manami Morita(pf)
Yoshiki Yamada(bass)
Pablo Eluchans(Dr)

THE GOAT / St Elmo's fire (by Mitsuru)
Mitsuru Hirayama-Ss
Ryoichi Yamaki-As
Felix Phang-Tb
Hector Rodriguez-Gt
Manami Morita-Key
Yoshiki Yamada-E-Bass
Pablo Eluchans-Dr

262 / Ask You Now
Mitsuru Hirayama-Ts
Naoki Michiwaki-Pf
Yoshiki Yamada-bass
Ryo Noritake-dr

Influences: Chris Potter,Bob Mintzer,Joshua Redman,Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker,Stan Getz,Zoot Sims, Charlie Parker,David Liebman, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitto, John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin, Dexter Gordon,Steve Grossman,James Carter,King Curtis,Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis,Paul Desmond,Paquito D’Rivera,Kenny Garrett,Jan Garbarek,Wardell Gray,Scott Hamilton,Joe Henderson,Illinois Jacquet,Harold Land,Hank Mobley,James Moody,Ike Quebec,Phil Woods, Kenny Barron,Herbie Hancock,Chick Corea,Oscar Peterson,Duke Ellington,Count Basie,Thelonious Monk,Bill Evans,Dave Brubeck,Bud Powell,George Gershwin Aaron Goldberg,Don Grolnick,Barry Harris,Keith Jarrett,Kenny Kirkland,Steve Kuhn,Eric Reed,Horace Silver,Norman Simmons,Billy Strayhorn ,McCoy Tyner,Brad Mehldau,Miles Davis,Clifford Brown,Dizzy Gillespie,Freddie Hubbard,Lee Morganâ€¦etc
Sounds Like: Please try to listen my music here!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None