Norio Maeda

Japanese jazz composer and pianist

Norio Maeda
Born	(1934-12-06)December 6, 1934
Died	November 25, 2018(2018-11-25) (aged 83)
Era	20th century

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Norio Nobuhito Maeda (前田憲男, Maeda Norio, December 6, 1934 – November 25, 2018 Osaka Prefecture) was a Japanese jazz composer and pianist.

Maeda learned piano as a young child, and moved to Tokyo to play and arrange jazz professionally in 1955. There he played with Shungo Sawada's ensemble and founded a group called the Wind Breakers. He joined the West Liners, led by Konosuke Saijo, as a pianist and arranger in 1959. Known as a composer, he penned pieces for The Blue Coats, Tatsuya Takahashi, Nobuo Hara, and Toshiyuki Miyama. He also founded We 3 with Yasuo Arakawa [ja; de] and Takeshi Inomata, and later worked with Inomata again in a trio with Sadanori Nakamure [ja; de].

On 25 November 2018, Maeda died from pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo.^[1]^[2]

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^ "ジャズピアニストの前田憲男さん死去「ミュージックフェア」「題名のない音楽会」手がける" [Jazz pianist Norio Maeda, producer of "Music Fair" and "Untitled Concert", dies]. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
^ "ジャズ・ピアニスト/作・編曲家の前田憲男が死去、「レコード屋に行けばいい。ジャズの棚に並んでいればそれはジャズだ。」 | Daily News". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2024-01-24.