Daihachi Oguchi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Daihachi Oguchi

Japanese musician

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1924

Place of Birth: Japan

Date of Death: 27-Jun-2008

Profession: composer, drummer, musician, percussionist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Daihachi Oguchi

  • Daihachi Oguchi (?? ??, Oguchi Daihachi, February 27, 1924 – June 27, 2008) was a Japanese drummer best known for popularizing taiko. Master Japanese drummer Daihachi Oguchi is credited with inventing kumi-daiko, the taiko ensemble, in 1951.
  • After founding his own ensemble, Osuwa Daiko, he led the spread of modern Taiko throughout Japan and the U.S. A former jazz drummer, Daihachi Oguchi took ancient rhythms, broke them down and created new arrangements and compositions to accommodate an ensemble of drummers.
  • One day, he was asked to interpret an old sheet of taiko music for Suwa Shrine, which was found in an old warehouse.
  • The sheet music was written in an old Japanese notation and he could not understand it at first.
  • He found an old man who had performed the tune, and then he succeeded in interpreting it at last.
  • However, as a jazz player, the rhythm pattern of the tune was too simple for him to play.
  • He wondered why nobody played taiko together.
  • A marvelous idea came across his mind and made him decide to break through the tradition.
  • Inspired by a western drum set, he formed a group in which each player beats a different taiko; in short, he gave the group a function as a drum set.
  • A high-pitched Shime-daiko established a basic rhythm like a snare drum does.
  • A growling Nagado-daiko added accents like a bass drum.
  • His intention was right to the point, and this epoch-making invention changed the taiko music forever. Oguchi helped turn the traditional form into a dramatic performance spectacle, elevating the traditional folk sounds of taiko to modern music played in concert halls, not just festivals and shrines.
  • The period from 1970s to 1990s in Japan seemed to be the Renaissance of taiko music.
  • The activities of Osuwa Daiko and other early kumi-daiko groups in 1960s, and the taiko performance at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 ignited the phenomenal taiko boom for next decades. Mr.
  • Oguchi helped found top taiko groups, including San Francisco Taiko Dojo, which has performed in Hollywood movies and on international tours since forming 40 years ago.
  • Oguchi also led and starred in the performance of drumming and dance at the closing ceremony of the 1998 Nagano Olympics. “Your heart is a taiko.
  • All people listen to a taiko rhythm dontsuku-dontsuku in their mother’s womb,” Daihachi Oguchi told The Associated Press at that time.
  • “It’s instinct to be drawn to taiko drumming.” “In taiko, man becomes the sound.
  • In taiko, you can hear the sound through your skin”. In 2008, Daihachi Oguchi died at age 84 after being hit by a car while crossing the street.
  • Oguchi had been scheduled to perform with Kodo, the world-renowned Taiko performance group.

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