Toshinori Kondo

Biography

Toshinori Kondo was a Japanese avant-garde jazz and jazz fusion trumpeter born on December 15, 1948. He collaborated with influential musicians such as Peter Brötzmann, Derek Bailey, and Bill Laswell, and worked in electroacoustic settings where groove was paramount. His music spanned free jazz and trip-hop, evident in notable works like "What's Up Connection" (1990), and he also organized international peace festivals, including one in Hiroshima in 2002.