AKIRA ISHIKAWA

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Japanese jazz drummer, session drummer. Born in Kanagawa Yokosuka. November 10, 1934 - February 10, 2002.

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Japanese jazz drummer Akira Ishikawa was known for his funky, atmospheric blend of hard bop, fusion, and African musical traditions. He recorded a handful of albums in the 1970s, like Uganda (Dawn of Rock), that later gained cachet among crate-diggers and rare groove aficionados. Ishikawa was born in 1934 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, and made his professional debut as a member of Shin Matsumoto's New Pacific ensemble. He also worked with jazz artists like Akira Miyazawa, Toshio Hosaka, and Toshiyuki Miyama. As a leader, Ishikawa debuted with 1969's Soul Session. He also formed his fusion ensemble Count Buffalos, releasing albums like 1970's Electrum, 1971's Drums Concerto, and 1972's African Rock -- all of which showcased his blend of psychedelic jazz-rock, blues, and African rhythmic traditions. There were also records with Akio Sasaki,
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AKIRA ISHIKAWA Rhythm And Blues In Rock 'N' Roll album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rhythm And Blues In Rock 'N' Roll
RnB 1968
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Soul Session Jazz Goes R&B album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Soul Session Jazz Goes R&B
RnB 1969
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Prayer With Faith And Love = 神に愛と折りを album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Prayer With Faith And Love = 神に愛と折りを
RnB 1969
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Soul & Rock album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Soul & Rock
RnB 1969
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Exciting Drums: African Rock Party album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Exciting Drums: African Rock Party
RnB 1969
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Symphony No.5 (Beethoven) / Symphony No.8 (Schubert) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Symphony No.5 (Beethoven) / Symphony No.8 (Schubert)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1969
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Count Buffalo Plays Country Rock album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Count Buffalo Plays Country Rock
RnB 1970
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Beat Pops / Drum Hits album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Beat Pops / Drum Hits
RnB 1970
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Dynamic Big Band Plays Bacharach album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dynamic Big Band Plays Bacharach
Big Band 1970
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Drum Christmas Drum album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Drum Christmas Drum
RnB 1970
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Electrum album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Electrum
Fusion 1970
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Bakishinba - Memories of Africa album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bakishinba - Memories of Africa
RnB 1970
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Rock, Rock '70 ! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rock, Rock '70 !
Jazz Related Rock 1970
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Rock! New Disc album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rock! New Disc
RnB 1970
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Rhythm Collection American Rhythm (リズム・コレクション/アメリカ編) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rhythm Collection American Rhythm (リズム・コレクション/アメリカ編)
RnB 1971
AKIRA ISHIKAWA ドラム&ドラム 日本軍歌集 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
ドラム&ドラム 日本軍歌集
RnB 1971
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Drum Yagibushi Drum album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Drum Yagibushi Drum
RnB 1971
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Akira Ishikawa, Hiromasa Suzuki ‎: Drum & Electric Piano New Hit Kayo Best 12 = ドラム&ェレクトリック•ピアノ / 二ユー•ヒット歌謡ペスト12 ‘'雨の御堂筋 0.00 | 0 ratings
Akira Ishikawa, Hiromasa Suzuki ‎: Drum & Electric Piano New Hit Kayo Best 12 = ドラム&ェレクトリック•ピアノ / 二ユー•ヒット歌謡ペスト12 ‘'雨の御堂筋"
RnB 1971
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Power Rock With Drums キリマンジャロへの道 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Power Rock With Drums キリマンジャロへの道
RnB 1971
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Drum Classic Drum album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Drum Classic Drum
Exotica 1971
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Elvis Presley album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Elvis Presley
RnB 1971
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Drum Screen Drum album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Drum Screen Drum
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1971
AKIRA ISHIKAWA African Rock album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
African Rock
RnB 1971
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Dynamic Latin Exotic Sound album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dynamic Latin Exotic Sound
RnB 1972
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Uganda (Dawn Of African Rock) [ウガンダ] album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Uganda (Dawn Of African Rock) [ウガンダ]
World Fusion 1972
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Drum Method album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Drum Method
RnB 1972
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Rock Big Band album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rock Big Band
RnB 1972
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalos : African Rock album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalos : African Rock
RnB 1972
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Drums And Tsugaru-Jamisen ドラムと津軽三味線 - 津軽じょんがら節 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Drums And Tsugaru-Jamisen ドラムと津軽三味線 - 津軽じょんがら節
RnB 1973
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Tsugaru Jongara Bushi: Drum & Tsugaru Jamisen = 津軽じょんがら節 ドラム & 津軽三味線 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tsugaru Jongara Bushi: Drum & Tsugaru Jamisen = 津軽じょんがら節 ドラム & 津軽三味線
World Fusion 1973
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Brass Band Plays Brass Rock album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Brass Band Plays Brass Rock
RnB 1973
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Akira Ishikawa Count Buffalo : Exciting Beat album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Akira Ishikawa Count Buffalo : Exciting Beat
RnB 1973
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Variations Of Rhythm album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Variations Of Rhythm
RnB 1973
AKIRA ISHIKAWA エキサイティング・ドラム (Exciting Drum) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
エキサイティング・ドラム (Exciting Drum)
RnB 1974
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Akira Ishikawa, Jackey Yoshikawa And His Blue Comets : Drum, Drum album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Akira Ishikawa, Jackey Yoshikawa And His Blue Comets : Drum, Drum
RnB 1974
AKIRA ISHIKAWA 津軽三味線 木田林松栄のすべて album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
津軽三味線 木田林松栄のすべて
RnB 1974
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Get Up ! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Get Up !
Fusion 1975
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Soul Session - Jazz Goes R&B album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Soul Session - Jazz Goes R&B
RnB 1975
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Back To Rhythm album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Back To Rhythm
RnB 1975
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Take Me To Disco album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Take Me To Disco
RnB 1975
AKIRA ISHIKAWA 4ch. Dynamic Action Sound album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
4ch. Dynamic Action Sound
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1975
AKIRA ISHIKAWA P. S. C. All Star Rockband ‎– Audio Create Vol.2 - Just Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
P. S. C. All Star Rockband ‎– Audio Create Vol.2 - Just Friends
RnB 1976
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes : Emergency album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes : Emergency
RnB 1976
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Okinawa album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Okinawa
RnB 1976
AKIRA ISHIKAWA The Super Car album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Super Car
Soul Jazz 1977
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Audio Create Vol. 3 - Sound Submarine album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Audio Create Vol. 3 - Sound Submarine
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1979
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Marlowe, Lonely For You (フィリップ・マーロウ, 君がいないと) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Marlowe, Lonely For You (フィリップ・マーロウ, 君がいないと)
Fusion 1983
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Jam Trip: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jam Trip: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1983
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes: Lupin III (ルパン三世) Jam Trip 1800 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes: Lupin III (ルパン三世) Jam Trip 1800
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1983
AKIRA ISHIKAWA Ice Cream Paradise album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ice Cream Paradise
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1985

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AKIRA ISHIKAWA Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes, George Kawaguchi and Big 4, George Otsuka Trio, Takeshi Inomata & Sound Limited : Blues March - Drum Battle album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes, George Kawaguchi and Big 4, George Otsuka Trio, Takeshi Inomata & Sound Limited : Blues March - Drum Battle
RnB 1975

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AKIRA ISHIKAWA Drums Concert album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Drums Concert
RnB 1971

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