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Nobumasa Tanaka

Nobumasa Tanaka is a Yokohama-born pianist, composer, improviser, and bandleader whose work moves among KARTELL, duo, solo, and ensemble settings.

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Career Overview

About Nobumasa Tanaka

Tanaka’s official biography identifies Yokohama as his birthplace and traces a path from electronic organ and classical piano to composition study and jazz. It records the first Yokohama Jazz Promenade competition, where his duo received the grand prize and he received an individual player prize.[1]

The artist’s discography distinguishes KARTELL, solo piano, his piano duo with Masaki Hayashi, and numerous collaborative ensembles. That catalog maps recordings across changing formats rather than treating every appearance as one continuing leader group.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, pianist, and composer

KARTELL

Tanaka’s official profile identifies KARTELL as a leader unit built beyond the conventional piano-trio frame.[1][2]

Co-leader and pianist

Nobumasa–Masaki Hayashi duo

The long-running two-piano partnership is documented separately from Tanaka’s solo and larger-ensemble work.[1][2]

Pianist, composer, and improviser

Solo piano and improvised ensembles

The official catalog ranges from solo projects to free-improvised and arranged group sessions under several ensemble names.[2]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

ODD OR EVEN

Leader, pianist, and composer

Tanaka’s official discography places this recording at the head of his artist-curated leader catalog.[2]

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KARTELL + Kanda

KARTELL leader and pianist

The recording documents the KARTELL project in an expanded collaboration identified directly by Tanaka’s site.[2]

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のぶまさき演奏録

Co-leader and pianist

This entry preserves the Nobumasa–Masaki Hayashi piano partnership within the official recording chronology.[2]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

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Official discography

Explore Tanaka’s annotated leader, duo, KARTELL, and collaborative recording catalog.

Nobumasa–Masaki Hayashi duo

Watch an artist-posted performance documenting the long-running two-piano project.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Sat, Nov 14, 7:30 PM

WHY JAZZ 楽団 guest:渡辺ファイアー(sax)田中信正(p)類家心平(tp)森山威男(ds)

Jazz Inn Lovely · Nagoya

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Sun, Nov 29, 7:00 PM

林栄一(as)＆田中信正(p)＆坂井紅介(b)

Jazz Spot DOLPHY · Yokohama

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Sun, Nov 29, 7:00 PM

林栄一(as)＆田中信正(p)＆坂井紅介(b)＆大槻"KALTA"英宣(ds)

Jazz Spot DOLPHY · Yokohama

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Evidence-Based Connections

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Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography, Yokohama history, and projects

    Nobumasa Tanaka

  2. [2] Official leader and collaborative discography

    Nobumasa Tanaka