Kiyoshi Kitagawa


Kiyoshi Kitagawa is a Japanese-American jazz double-bassist.

Career

Kitagawa first played bass guitar, and was in a rock band as a high school student. He switched to double bass while a student at Kansei Gakuin Daigaku, and played in the 1980s with Sadayasu Fuji and Takashi Furuya.
In October 1988, he immigrated to the United States, where he lived in New York City.
Kitagawa joined to Winard Harper's the Harper Brothers, and played with Kenny Barron, Andy Bey, Jon Faddis, Kenny Garrett, Jimmy Heath, Susannah McCorkle, Makoto Ozone, Ben Riley, and Terell Stafford in the late 1980s and 1990s.
He worked with Barron again several times in the 2000s, as well as with Brian Blade and Danny Grissett, and worked in the 2010s with Regina Carter and Charles McPherson.

Discography

As leader

  • Ancestry
  • Prayer
  • Solo
  • Live at Tsutenkaku
  • I'm Still Here
  • Solo 2 – with photo album
  • Live in Japan' – compilation. live recorded in 2005.
  • Walkin' Ahead
  • Turning Point
  • ''Spring Night''

    As sideman

With [Makoto Ozone]

  • Makoto Ozone – The Trio
  • Dear Oscar
  • Three Wishes
  • ''No Strings Attached''

    With [Kenny Barron]

  • Images
  • The Traveler
  • Book of Intuition
  • Concentric Circles
  • ''Beyond This Place''

    With others

  • The Harper Brothers, Remembrance Live at The Village Vanguard
  • Susannah McCorkle, From Bessie to Brazil
  • Kenny Garrett, Triology
  • Jimmy Heath, You or Me
  • Terell Stafford, Fields of Gold – recorded in 1999
  • Jon Faddis, Teranga
  • Ben Riley, ''Memories of T''