Akira Jimbo
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Akira Jimbo (b. 1959 Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese freelance jazz fusion drummer who became famous through his playing with Casiopea during the years 1979-1989. These days Casiopea is recording again with Jimbo, who returned in 1997. During his solo career he formed Jimsaku-duo with Casiopea's bassist Tetsuo Sakurai in 1989. Today he's working with Hiroyuki Noritake from T-Square by playing drums together in the name Synchronized DNA
Selected discography
Drum videos
- Metamorphosis (1992)
- Pulse (1995)
- Independence Drummer (2000)
- Evolution (2000)
Solo albums
- Cotton (1986)
- Palette (1989)
- Jimbo (1990)
- Slow Boat (1991)
- Lime Pie (1993)
- Rooms By The Sea (1995)
- Flower (1997)
- Stone Butterlfy (1997)
- Brombo! (2003) With bassist Brian Bromberg
- Brombo 2!! (2004) With bassist Brian Bromberg
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