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Artist
Kiyoto Fujiwara
12+ albums
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Kiyoto Fujiwara was born in Takamatsu, district of Kagawa, in 1953. Having both parents as musicians, it was natural for him to start playing bass at the age of sixteen. He studied under professor Seiichi Imamura at the Tokyo University of Music and Fine Art, after which he left for the US to enter Berkeley in 1974. After Graduation, he studied at the Juilliard College under the former principal bass player to The New York Philharmonic, John A. Schaeffer. Starting with the Horace Silver Group in 1975, he has shown his talents in various well-known bands. He is a man of exceptional talent who can unite his burring heart for jazz with the surpassing skills of classical music. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.