Jun Fukamachi


Jun Fukamachi was a Japanese jazz fusion composer, arranger, keyboardist, and synthesizer player. Fukamachi played with The Brecker Brothers and Steve Gadd, among others, and released albums on Polydor and Toshiba in the 1970s.

Early life and career

At the age of 3, Fukamachi began to learn piano. After attending Izumi High School, he began landing production deals. He dropped out of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music just prior to graduating.
In 1971, he signed to Polydor Records for the release of his debut album, A Portrait of a Young Man. Following this, he worked as composer and keyboard player of jazz fusion.
Since the early 1970s he began to use synthesizers to create numerous albums, in particular using the Yamaha CS-01 breath controller technique.
In 1989, he was appointed Professor of Scooter Gakuen University Music School and founded Japan's first synthsizer major.

Death

On November 22, 2010, he died of an aortic dissection due to pericardial hematoma.

Discography

;As leader
;As sideman