ArtistInfo

Tatsuro Yamashita

Band,
Singer of Jazz and Pop

Singer-songwriter and producer, born 4 February 1953. Husband of Mariya Takeuchi. Heavily influenced by American jazz, soul & big band music, his first album, Add Some Music To Your Day, containing cover versions of songs by the Beach Boys and other golden age American songs, is now extremely rare & sought-after. His major debut came in 1976 with Circus Town, which was recorded in New York and Los Angeles, the former with the participation of famed conductor & arranger Charlie Calello. His popular breakthrough came in 1980 with the release of Ride On Time, whose title track peaked at #3 on the Oricon singles chart and was used in a TV ad for Maxell audio cassettes featuring Yamashita. He is probably best-known for composing & performing his 1983 song "Christmas Eve", which appeared on his album Melodies that year and was notably covered by Pentatonix for the Japanese release of their That's Christmas To Me album.

Members

	Dave Samuels vib, mar *1948 US
	Jon Faddis tr *1953 US
	Emanuel Green str, vn 1907-1983 US
	Jeff Mironov g, eg *1949 US
	Wayne Andre tb 1931-2003 US
	Will Lee b *1952 US
	Randy Brecker tr, fh *1945 US
	Romeo Penque fl, sax 1916-1985 US
	Gene Orloff vn, str 1921-2009 US
	George Young ts, as
	David Taylor tb *1944 US
	Billy Joe Walker Jr. g, acg 1952-2016 US
	Jimmy Maelen perc, cng
	Lou Marini fl *1945 US
	Pat Rebillot key *1935 US
	John Tropea g *1946 US
	Jerry Yester bvoc *1943 US
	John Hobbs key, p US
	Allan Schwartzberg dr *1942 US
	Jim Seiter perc
	Kenny Altman b, bvoc
	John Seiter dr, voc *1944