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He is one of a very few of this circle who are still alive and engaged in playing this music today.

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As an improvising drummer he played and recorded with many of the key figures in Japanese free music including the two principal figures in the first generation, Masayuki Takayanagi and Kaoru Abe from the late 1960s onwards. 'Yoshisaburo 'Sabu' Toyozumi (born Tsurumi, Yokohama, 1943) is one of the small group of musical pioneers who comprised the first generation playing free improvisation music in Japan.

He was a student of Bert Wilson, and considers Michael Bisio and Rick Mandyck early mentors.'-Wikipedia ( ) His style is heavily influenced by Eric Dolphy, Sonny Simmons and the 60s Free Jazz movement. He leads and performs in ensembles on baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, alto flute and bass flute performing original compositions, as well as free jazz/improvisation, in his own jazz quartets and trios. Since 2011, Rick has been an active member of the Manila jazz scene. Two recordings were listed in 'Gold Dolphy 2018'. The music continues to receive positive reviews and airplay. Rick currently now has 9 releases on 4 labels across Europe, Asia, and the United States, including multiple CDs with Japanese improvisational drummer, Sabu Toyozumi, who has made several trips to Manila to perform and record. The recordings received many positive reviews, both in the United States and Europe. His first recorded session with Simon and Christian Bucher, avant garde drummer from Switzerland, attracted the attention of French label 'Improvising Beings' and was released as 'Acceptance - Resistance'. 'Rick Countryman (January 31, 1957) is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.Īfter years attracting little attention as a baritone saxophone player, including an extended sabbatical, Rick made a late-life change to alto sax, at the urging of bassist, Simon Tan.

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Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography. Notable (Filipino) musical (non-bass) influences include vocalist Binky Lampano and saxophonist Tots Tolentino.'-WikiVisually ( ) His influences as a bass instrumentalist include Roscoe Beck, Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Charlie Haden, James Jamerson, Marcus Miller, Jaco Pastorius, and John Pattitucci. Simon Tan's influences range from rock to classical, blues and jazz. This was followed by his tenure as bassist and composer with the award-winning Philippine jazz group, WDOUJI. His ability as a multi-genre bass player readily caught attention, notably in the pioneering Manila-based blues band, Lampano Alley, led by the Filipino blues singer and recording artist, Binky Lampano.

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He studied the contrabass at the University of the Philippines College of Music from 1988 until 1992, then embarked on a professional musical career. Beginning classical guitar lessons at age 13 at the Yamaha School of Music stimulated his later exposure to electric guitar and, inevitably, his interest in the electric bass. Tan (born August 13, 1970) is a Filipino bassist.