Rikiya Higashihara
Rikiya Higashihara (東原 力哉, Higashihara Rikiya, born July 19, 1956 in Takamatsu, Kagawa) is a Japanese jazz drummer.
Higashihara began playing drums when he was twelve years old and was playing professionally while still a teenager. In 1977 he became a member of 's trio, and in the 1980s worked with Naniwa Express for several years. He also played as a sideman for Toshiyuki Honda, Kazumi Watanabe, and Tiger Okoshi in that decade. Other associations include work with Dennis Chambers, Takashi Furuya, , Terumasa Hino, , and . He has also led his own sessions, working with, among others, Hirokuni Korekata, Hiroyuki Naniwa, Yoshihiro Naruse, and Junko Onishi.[1]
References[]
- ^ Kazunori Sugiyama, "Rikiya Higashihara". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
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