TETSU SAITOH
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Tetsu Saitoh (1955 - 2019) Double bass player, composer, and arranger
Tetsu Saitoh was born October 27, 1955 in Tokyo, Japan. He began playing the bass when he was 22. He taught himself initially, but soon began studying with bassists Keizo Mizoiri (his former high school classmate) and Nobuyoshi Ino (to whom Mizoiri had introduced him). At that time Saitoh practiced in the daytime at Gaya, an art gallery and live music club in his neighborhood. Gaya's owner liked his playing and asked him to perform on stage in the evening. Thus Saitoh began playing free jazz before an audience about twice a month, with such musicians as alto sax player Kazutoki Umezu, pianist Yoriyuki Harada, baritone sax player Shoji Ukaji, and pianist Katsuyuki Itakura, all of whom played regularly at Gaya. In the early '80s, Saitoh was also a member of Kuchu Sampo (Walk in the Cosmos), a collaborative group
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Panari
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1996
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Invitation
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
1999
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Pagan Hymn
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2000
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Orbit 1
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2006
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Travessia
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2016
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