Minoru Mukaiya
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Japan
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ese musician. He joined the jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
band Casiopea
Casiopea
, named as a misspelling of the constellation Cassiopeia, was a Japanese jazz fusion band that was formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike. In 1977, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya and drummer Takashi Sasaki joined the group, leaving Hidehiko out of...
in 1979 as keyboardist.
He is also the producer of the train simulator game, Train Simulator
Train Simulator series
Train Simulator is a Japanese train simulation game series produced by Ongakukan. The game is significant as it is was one of the earliest of its kind since the series started in 1995...
and CEO of Ongakukan, even the first musician in Japan who plays iPad
IPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
piano apps ever.
Discography
as a Keyboardist for CasiopeaCasiopea
, named as a misspelling of the constellation Cassiopeia, was a Japanese jazz fusion band that was formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike. In 1977, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya and drummer Takashi Sasaki joined the group, leaving Hidehiko out of...
- CasiopeaCasiopea (album)-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Michael Brecker - Tenor saxophone*David Sanborn - Alto saxophoneSTRINGS*"Tomato" strings-Production:*Kunihiko Murai - Executive Producer*Syoro Kawazoe - Executive Producer*Shinji Sawada - Producer...
(1979) - Super FlightSuper Flight-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Koji Hatori - Trumpet*Toshio Araki - Trumpet*Eiji Arai - Trombone*Jake H. Conception - Alto saxophone*Takeru Maruaoka - Tenor saxophone*Shunzo Sunahara - Baritone saxophone*Tomato Strings - Strings...
(1979) - Thunder LiveThunder LiveThunder Live is the third and first live album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1980.-Track listing:All tune arranged by Issei.-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Syoro Kawazoe - Executive Producer...
(1980) - Make Up CityMake Up CityAll Arranged by Issei Noro,except "Reflections Of You" by Minoru Mukaiya & Issei Noro- Personnel :CASIOPEA are* Shunsuke Miyazumi - Producer* Norio Yoshizawa - Engineer* Atsushi Saito - Assistant Engineers* Kazuyuki Takimoto - Illustrator...
(1980) - Eyes of the MindEyes of the Mind-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Paulinho Da Costa - PercussionAll Arranged by Casiopea and Harvey Mason expect "Space Road" arranged by Kenny Mason.Synthesizer arrangements for "Magic Ray", "Black Joke" and "Take Me" by Bob James....
(1981) - Cross PointCross Point- Personnel :CASIOPEA are- Production :* Producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi* Co-Producer - Harvey Mason* Associate Producer - Satoshi Nakao* Executive Producer - Shoro Kawazoe* Engineers - Norio Yoshizawa* Assistant Engineers - Atsushi Saito...
(1981) - Mint JamsMint Jams- Personnel :CASIOPEA are* Associate Producer - Satoshi Nakao* Engineer - Norio Yoshizawa* Assistant Engineer - Atsushi Saito* Art Direction - Toshinao Tsukui* Illustration and Design - Masao Hiruma- Release history :...
(1982) - 4x44x4 (Casiopea album)-Personnel:*Issei Noro – Electric guitar , Acoustic guitar , Percussion *Lee Ritenour – Electric guitar , Classical guitar , Acoustic Guitar *Minoru Mukaiya – Keyboards *Don Grusin –...
(1982) - PhotographsPhotographs (Casiopea album)-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Recording Engineer - Norio Yoshizawa*Assistant Engineer - Shinji Miyoshi*Re-mixed - Norio Yoshizawa, Issei Noro*Mastering - Mituharu Kobayashi*Art Direction - Kaoru Watanabe...
(1983) - Jive JiveJive Jive-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Lorenza Johnson - Vocal *Guy Barker - Trumpet*Stuart Brooks - Trumpet*Phill Todo - Sax*Pete Beachill - Trombone*Richard Niles - Brass arrangement *Drachen Theaker - Tabla -Production:...
(1983) - The SoundgraphyThe Soundgraphy-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion*Bob James - Keyboards*Lee Ritenour - Guitar*Don Grusin - Keyboards*Nathan East - Bass*Harvey Mason - Drums, Percussion*Kiki Dee - Vocal-Production:...
(1984) - Down UpbeatDown Upbeat-Personnel:CASIOPEA are-Production:*Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi and Issei Noro*Engineered by Rik Pekkonen*Assisted by Warren Bruleigh*Mastered by Bernie Grundman*Digital Technicians - John Butherford, David Satz...
(1984) - HalleHalle (Casiopea album)-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Produced by Issei Noro*Co-Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi**Recording & Re-mix engineer: Kohji Sugimoto*Assistant Engineers: Hiroyuki "Jax" Shimura, Hironobu Asano**Designer: Toshinao Tsukui*Photographer: Koichi Inakoshi...
(1985) - Casiopea LiveCasiopea Live (Casiopea album)- Personnel :CASIOPEA are...
(1985) - Sun SunSun Sun (Casiopea album)-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Frank Simms - Lead Vocal on "Sun"*Background Vocals on "Someone's Love" & "Conjunction" - Diva Gray, Vivian Cherry & Leatrice Griffin*Background Vocals on "Sun" & "Somethings Wrong " - Casiopea*Borneo Horns - Horns...
(1986) - Casiopea Perfect Live IICasiopea Perfect Live IICasiopea Perfect Live Live II is the third live album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1987.-Track listing:-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Engineer - Kohji Sugimori, Yoshizawa Norio-Release history:...
(1987) - PlatinumPlatinum (Casiopea album)-CD Track listing:-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Djavan - Vocal on A4*Background Vocal on A2, A5, B1 - Cedric Samson, Dina Miller, Amanda Blue, Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki*Background Vocal on A1 - Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki...
(1987) - Funky Sound Bombers (Japan Only, 1987)
- EuphonyEuphony (Casiopea album)Re-released in 2009 with "Halle" added to the track listing.-Personnel:CASIOPEA are* Executive Producer - Katsuki Hagiwara, Shinichi Toyama* Director - Koichi Nakagawa*Recording & Mixing Engineers - Koji Sugimori...
(1988) - Casiopea World Live '88Casiopea World Live '88Casiopea World Live '88 is the fourth live album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1988. It is a Compilation Album consistent of Recordings of some of their Songs played live and in Concert during Casiopea's World Tour in 1988 that promoted their Previous Album "Euphony". It is also a...
(1988) - The PartyThe Party (Casiopea album)-DVD Track listing:-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Project Produced - Taketsune Kubo*Recording & Mixing Engineers - Koji Sugimori*Assistant Engineers - Masashi Kudo, Yuji Kuraishi*Synclavier Operator - Kenji Takizawa...
(1990) - Full ColorsFull Colors (Casiopea album)-Personnel:CASIOPEA are-Production:*Sound Produced - Casiopea*Recording & Mixing Engineers - Koji Sugimori*Assistant Engineers - Yuji Kuraishi, Masashi Kudo, Yasuo Nakajima, Katsumi Moriya, Kengo Katoh, Kazuyoshi Hirayama...
(1991) - ActiveActive (Casiopea album)Active is the sixteenth studio album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1992. The album was recorded in Australia, Also where Casiopea's Live Album "Made in Melbourne" was recorded....
(1992) - We Want MoreWe Want More-Time Capsule Medley's detail:-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Supervisor - Tadashi Nomura*Artists Manager - Takashi E. Norway*Project Coordinator - Syunichi Jinyama, Kyoko Mashita*Producer - Ryoichi Okuda*Promotion Producer - Hiroharu Sato...
(1992) - DramaticDramatic (Casiopea album)-Personnel:CASIOPEA are*Producer - Kyoji Kato*Director - Hideyuki Akiyama*Associate Producer - Satoshi Nakao*Executive Producer - Shoro Kawazoe*Recording & Mixing Engineer - Koji Sugimori*Assistant Engineer - Kazuyoshi Hirayama...
(1993) - AnswersAnswers (Casiopea album)- Personnel :CASIOPEA are* Executive Producer: Yoshiaki Mizutani* Recording & Mixing Engineer - Ross Cockle* Mastering Engineer - Tohru Kotetsu* Assistant Engineer - Porter Miller* Instruments Technician - Yasushi Horiuchi, Eisuke Sasaki...
(1994) - Hearty Notes (1994)
- Asian Dreamer (1994)
- Freshness (1995)
- Flowers (1996)
- Light and Shadows (1997)
- BeBe (Casiopea album)- Personnel :CASIOPEA are* Styling - Sono Terasawa* Hair & Make up - Nobuyuki Kougo- Release history :...
(1998) - Material (1999)
- 20th (Casiopea's 20th Anniversary Album) (2000)
- Bitter Sweet (2000)
- Main Gate (2001)
- Inspire (2002)
- Places (2003)
- Marble (2004)
- GIG 25 (Casiopea's 25th Anniversary Album) (2005)
- Signal (2005)
- Gentle & Mellow (Best Studio Recordings Album, 2006)
- Groove & Passion (Best Live Performances Album, 2006)
- Legend of Casiopea (30th Anniversary Box Set, 2009)
As a Solo Keyboardist/Pianist
- Welcome to Minoru's Land (1985)
- Tickle The Ivory (1993)
- Sega Rally 2: Rearrange Album (1999)
Other
- Announcement chime in the trains of the Kyushu ShinkansenKyushu ShinkansenThe ' is a Japanese high-speed railway line between the Japanese cities of Fukuoka and Kagoshima in Kyushu, running parallel to the existing Kagoshima Main Line and operated by the Kyushu Railway Company . The southern 127 km opened on 13 March 2004...
(2004) - Departure music at the major stations operated by Keihan Electric RailwayKeihan Electric Railwayis a Japanese railway operator in Osaka, Kyoto, and Shiga Prefectures. It is known as , or .-History:Keihan started its operation between Osaka and Kyoto in 1910. It was the first electric railway to connect these two cities, and the first line on the left bank of Yodo River...
in the Kansai region (June 2007) - Approaching music and departure music at the major stations operated by Hanshin Electric RailwayHanshin Electric Railwayis a Japanese private railway company of Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group that links Osaka and Kobe. It also owns the Hanshin Tigers baseball team.The second character for Osaka and the first character for Kobe combine to form the company name, 阪神, which can be read Han-shin.IC cards are accepted when...
in the Kansai region (January 2009) - Announcement chime and horn melody of the new Keisei AEKeisei AE series (2009)The is a DC electric multiple unit operated by Keisei Electric Railway on Skyliner limited express services to and from Narita International Airport in Japan via the new Narita Sky Access Line...
trains being built for Keisei Electric RailwayKeisei Electric RailwayThe is a major private railway in Chiba and Tokyo, Japan. The name Keisei is the combination of the kanji 京 from and 成 from , which the railways main line connects. The combination uses different readings than the ones used in the city names. The railway's main line runs from Tokyo to Narita and...
's SkylinerSkylineris a limited-express airport train service between Tokyo and Narita Airport. It is operated by Keisei Electric Railway and runs on the Narita Sky Access route.-Service:...
(2009)
External links
- Ongakukan website
- Minoru Land blog (in Japanese)