Shungo Sawada, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shungo Sawada

Japanese jaz guitarist, composer, teacher (1930-2006)

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1930

Place of Birth: Nishiuwa District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 28-Aug-2006

Profession: composer, teacher, guitarist, jazz guitarist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Shungo Sawada (born Tokyo, February 10, 1930 - died August 28, 2006) was a Japanese jazz guitarist. Sawada began playing guitar at twelve years old, and played in his early twenties on US military installations.
He founded his own group, Double Beats, in 1954, and led a five-piece band in the mid-1960s.
His Japanese sidemen included Shotaro Moriyasu, Norio Maeda, Akitoshi Igarashi, and Motohiko Hino; he also played with visiting American musicians such as Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Thad Jones, Helen Merrill, Oscar Peterson, and Sonny Stitt.
He was the founder of the label Elec in 1972, and later taught at Roots College of Music in Tokyo.