Hidehiko Matsumoto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hidehiko Matsumoto

Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1926-2000)

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1926

Place of Birth: Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 29-Feb-2000

Profession: actor, composer, saxophonist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto (????) (October 12, 1926, Okayama - February 29, 2000, Tokyo) was a Japanese jazz saxophonist and bandleader. Matsumoto played bebop in Japan in the late 1940s with the group CB Nine, then joined The Six Josés and The Big Four, a group which included George Kawaguchi, Hachidai Nakamura, and Mitsuru Ono.
In 1959 he became a member of Hideo Shiraki's small ensemble, and played with Gerald Wilson at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival and Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1964.
Starting in 1964 he led his own ensembles, which have included as sidemen Takeshi Inomata, Akira Miyazawa, George Otsuka, and Isao Suzuki.