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Takeshi Inomata
Japan
Takeshi Inomata is credited on 522 releases across 135 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
522
Pressings credited
135
Albums
8
Decades active
5
In collections
Biography
Takeshi Inomata (jap. 猪俣 猛, Inomata Takeshi; February 6, 1936, Takarazuka – October 4, 2024) was a Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader. Inomata moved to Tokyo in 1956 and there played in the Six Joses and the West Liners. He worked as a leader regularly from the late 1950s. He and Norio Maeda worked together repeatedly, both as part of the We 3 trio (with Yasuo Arakawa) and with other combinations which at times included Tatsuro Takimoto and Sadanori Nakamure. He moved to the United States early in the 1960s, where he studied with Alan Dawson; following his return he founded a jazz education program called Rhythm Clinic Center. In the 1990s, he toured the United States with a group called the Japan Jazz All Stars. Inomata appeared on over 300 recordings over the course of his career. He died on October 4, 2024, at the age of 88.
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Credited work
522 releases · 135 albums · active 1956–2026
- Performance · 595
- Other credits · 37
- Production · 8
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Iino Hall · Toshi Center Hall · Bunkyo Kokaido · Suginami Kokaido
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Helen Merrill
- Norio Maeda
- Tadao Sawai
- The Third (2)
- Norio Maeda Trio
- Modern Jazz Playboys
- Fumiaki Miyamoto
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