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Tetsuro Kawashima

Tetsuro Kawashima is a tenor and soprano saxophonist, flutist, composer, bandleader, improviser, and educator with a wide Japanese catalog.

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Career Overview

About Tetsuro Kawashima

Kawashima’s official biography traces his change from trumpet to saxophone, move to Tokyo at twenty-seven, and work with major Japanese groups. It identifies tenor and soprano saxophones and flute as the instruments at the center of his performing and improvising practice.[1]

His extensive artist-run discography separates quartet, solo, duo, Tokyo Meikyokudo, woodwind-orchestra, and chamber projects. The chronology begins with Eternal Affection in 1999 and reaches the self-composed, self-arranged Water Song and A Walk in Life.[1][2][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, saxophonist, flutist, and composer

Tetsuro Kawashima Quartet

The official catalog documents multiple quartet editions and albums across Kawashima’s long leader sequence.[1][2]

Soloist, co-leader, saxophonist, and flutist

Solo and duo improvisation

Kawashima’s biography and discography distinguish solo performance from duo albums with koto, tabla, accordion, guitar, and other instruments.[1][2]

Composer, arranger, and bandleader

Woodwind and chamber composition

Water Song uses a woodwind jazz orchestra, while A Walk in Life combines string quartet, woodwind ensemble, and percussion.[1][2]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

1999

Eternal Affection

Leader, saxophonist, and composer

Kawashima’s official chronology identifies Eternal Affection as his first leader album.[1][2]

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2019

Water Song

Leader, composer, arranger, and woodwind player

The self-composed and self-arranged project expands Kawashima’s music through a woodwind jazz orchestra.[1][2]

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2024

A Walk in Life

Leader, composer, arranger, and woodwind player

A Walk in Life combines Kawashima’s woodwind writing with string quartet and percussion.[1][2]

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Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

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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 and project chronology

    Tetsuro Kawashima

  2. [2] Official leader and sideman discography

    Tetsuro Kawashima

  3. [3] Faculty biography and teaching role

    Senzoku Gakuen College of Music