Takehiro Honda

Takehiro Honda (本田竹広, Honda Takehiro, August 21, 1945 – January 12, 2006) was a Japanese jazz pianist.

Honda was born in Miyako, Iwate. He started playing piano at age five and studied at the Kunitachi College of Music, where he played in a quartet with Kazunori Takeda. By 1969 he was recording under his own name with a trio. He performed with Sadao Watanabe in 1973 and then formed Native Son with Kosuke Mine, which toured internationally. Other credits include performing or recording with Hiroshi Murakami, Hiroshi Fukumura, Motohiko Hino, Shigeharu Mukai, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Eddie Gómez and Eliot Zigmund. His son is jazz musician Tamaya Honda.

Discography

• The Trio (Trio, 1970)
• Jodo (Trio, 1970)
• I Love You (Trio, 1971)
• Flying to the Sky (Trio, 1971)
• Misty (Trio, 1972)
• Salaam Salaam (East Wind, 1974)
• Another Departure (Flying Disk, 1977)
• Reaching for Heaven (Flying Disk, 1978)
• It's Great Outside (Flying Disk, 1978)
• In a Sentimental Mood (CBS/Sony, 1985)
• Aguncha (Polydor, 1987)
• See All Kind (Fun House, 1992)
• Earthian All Star Ensemble (Fun House, 1993)
• Boogie-Boga-Boo (Fun House 1995)
• This Is Honda (Absord, 2003)
• What's Going On (Absord, 2005)
• My Funny Valentine (Sony, 2006)
• Earthian Air (BMG/Fun House, 2007)
• Back On My Fingers (BMG/Fun House, 2007)

References

• Kazunori Sugiyama, "Takehiro Honda". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
• Biography of Takehiro Honda (in Japanese)