Terumasa Hino


Terumasa Hino is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. He is considered one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet, and flügelhorn.
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Early life

He was born in Tokyo, Japan, and his father was a trumpeter and tap dancer. Hino started tap dancing at age four and playing trumpet at age nine. As a teenager, he transcribed solos by Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, and Lee Morgan.

Career

In the 1950s, Hino began his career as a professional jazz musician, inspired by Fumio Nanri and Hiroshi Sakaue. In 1965, he joined Hideo Shiraki's Quintet, with whom he stayed until 1969, leaving to lead his own band full-time, which he started in 1964.
He released his first solo album Alone, Alone and Alone and a group album, Hino-Kikuchi Quintet, with pianist Masabumi Kikuchi. In 1969, Hino released Hi-nology to critical acclaim. He collaborated with the Flower Travellin' Band for the 1970 single "Crash". Soon after, Hino performed in several jazz festivals and clubs, such as the Berliner Jazztage in 1971 and Munich Jazzclub in 1973. He worked with Kikuchi in 1974 before settling in New York City.
He moved toward funk, free jazz, and avant-garde jazz on the albums Into the Heaven, Vibrations, and Journey Into My Mind. Beginning in the 1980s, Hino spent more time in Japan and started playing cornet. He has worked with Randy Brecker, Gil Evans, Hal Galper, Eddie Gomez, Eddie Harris, Elvin Jones, Sam Jones, Joachim Kuhn, David Liebman, Harvey Mason Jr., Jackie McLean, Airto Moreira, Bob Moses, Alphonse Mouzon, George Mraz, Greg Osby, Nana Vasconcelos and Mal Waldron.

Honors

Discography

As leader/co-leader

Beautiful Trumpet Alone, Alone and Alone Feelin' Good Hi-Nology Swing Journal Jazz Workshop 1 Terumasa Hino Concert – recorded in 1968Hino-Kikuchi Quintet with Masabumi Kikuchi Journey to Air Alone Together Into the Heaven Hino at Berlin Jazz Festival '71 Hino Story Love Nature Peace and Love A Part Vibrations with Heinz Sauer Fuji Live! Taro's Mood Journey into My Mind Into Eternity Mas Que Nada Live in Concert Speak to Loneliness Hogiuta Now Hear This May Dance Hip Seagull Wheel Stone Live in Nemuro City Connection Horizon Daydream Wheel Stone Live in Nemuro Vol. 2 Double Rainbow Pyramid New York Times Trans-Blue Trade Wind Detour Bluestruck Live in Warsaw From the Heart Blue Smiles Triple Helix Spark Acoustic Boogie Moment Transfusion D.N.A D-N-A Live in Tokyo Here We Go Again Dragon Crimson Weakness in Execution Aftershock Mr. Happiness & Slipped Out Jazz Acoustic Machine with J.A.M.
  • ''Beyond the Mirage''

As sideman

With Toshiko AkiyoshiJazz in Japan Recorded in Tokyo Last Live in Blue Note Tokyo
With Richie BeirachAyers Rock Richard Beirach/Terumasa Hino/Masahiko Togashi Zal
With Johnny HartmanHartman Meets Hino For Trane
With Motohiko HinoWild Talk Sailing Stone It's There
With Masabumi KikuchiAll About Dancing Mist East Wind Susto One-Way Traveller
With Dave LiebmanDoin' It Again If They Only Knew
With Bob MosesFamily When Elephants Dream of Music Wheels of Colored Light Devotion
With Hideo ShirakiSakura Sakura Boomerang Baby
With Mal WaldronReminiscent Suite Moods
With Sadao WatanabeSadao Plays Bacharach and Beatles Mbali Africa Echo – rec. 1969, 74Sadao Watanabe vs. Terumasa Hino
With others