Norio Maeda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Norio Maeda

Japanese jazz pianist, composer, arranger, conductor (1934-2018)

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1934

Place of Birth: Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 25-Nov-2018

Profession: composer, pianist, music arranger

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Norio Nobuhito Maeda (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 and Takeshi Inomata, and later worked with Inomata again in a trio with Sadanori Nakamure.