Kazuo Imai
- January 9, 2024
- Guitarist
Quick Facts
Kazuo Imai Biography
| Name | Kazuo Imai |
| Birthday | Sep 24 |
| Birth Year | 1955 |
| Place Of Birth | Japan |
| Birth Country | Japan |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
Kazuo Imai is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on September 24, 1955 in Japan, Japan.
Kazuo Imai (今井 和雄 , Imai Kazuo, born September 24, 1955) is a Tokyo-based guitarist who plays in a rigorous and original free improvisation idiom. His music joins the rigour and texture of contemporary classical with the passion of free jazz. He has played with many Western and Japanese improvisers, including Lee Konitz, Barre Phillips, Arthur Doyle, Han Bennink, Irene Schweizer, Shuichi Chino, Tetsu Saitoh and Kazue Sawai. In addition to playing solo and in collaborations, Imai is also a member of the important collective improvisation group Marginal Consort. As well as guitar, Imai also plays viola da gamba.
Imai withdrew from live performance completely between 1985 and 1991. When he returned it was primarily as a solo performer, at a still ongoing series of self-promoted concerts entitled “Solo Works”. From this time he began releasing solo and duo records, and performing with Western musicians who visited Japan, including Lee Konitz, Barre Phillips and Arthur Doyle.
Kazuo Imai Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Guitarist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Kazuo Imai is one of the richest Guitarist from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kazuo Imai 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Born in Kawasaki in 1955, Imai studied with two of post-war Japan’s leading musical iconoclasts, Takehisa Kosugi and Masayuki Takayanagi. Imai studied under Kosugi at the Bigakko art school from 1975, and as a graduation project he participated in the East Bionic Symphonia collective improvisation performance and recording. Kosugi invited Imai to play with his well-known mixed media group Taj Mahal Travellers, which he did from 1975 to 1977. Imai also studied under guitar virtuoso Masayuki Takayanagi, and was the only one of Takayanagi’s private students to ever graduate. Imai played for several months with Takayanagi’s New Directions group in 1976.
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Enrique Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Kazuo Imai celebrates birthday on September 24 of every year.