Stomu Yamashta

Stomu Yamashta (born "Yamashita Tsutomu", _ja. 山下勉, 15 March 1947, Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese percussionist, keyboardist and composer. He is sometimes credited as Stomu Yamash'ta.

He has played with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra and the rock group Come to The Edge. He studied jazz drumming at the Berklee School of Jazz. He has composed for the British Royal Ballet, for the soundtrack of the David Bowie film "The Man Who Fell to Earth" and for Ken Russell's "The Devils".

He was a member of the supergroup "Go" along with Steve Winwood, Al Di Meola, Klaus Schulze, and Michael Shrieve.

Discography

* El Cimarrón (1970)
* Red Buddha (1971)
* Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer (1971)
* Sunrise From West Sea (1971, Live)
* Henze/Takemitsu/Maxwell Davies (1972), comprising:
** "Prison Song" (Henze)
** "Seasons" (Takemitsu)
** "Turris Campanarum Sonatinum" (Maxwell Davies)
* Contemporary Works (1972)
* Floating Music (1972)
* Stomu Yamashta's Red Buddha Theatre: The Soundtrack from "The Man from the East" (1973, Live)
* Freedom Is Frightening (1973)
* Takemitsu Ishi (1973)
* One by One (1974, Soundtrack)
* Raindog (1975)
* Go (1976)
* Go Live From Paris (1976)
* Go Too (1977)
* Hito (1980)
* Iroha-ten/chi(1981)
* Iroha-sui (1982)
* Tempest (1982, Soundtrack)
* Iroha-ka (1983)
* Sea and Sky (1983)
* Kukai (1984)
* Solar Dream, Vol. 2: Fantasy of Sanukit (1990)
* Solar Dream, Vol. 1: The Eternal Present (1993)
* Solar Dream, Vol. 3: Peace and Love (1997)
* A Desire of Beauty & Wonder Stone Part 1(1999)
* Listen to the Future, Volume 1 (2001)
* Tofu(2002)His "Space Theme" was used by the BBC on "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)".

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/bw2/sy.html Stomu Yamashta fan page]
* [http://www.artskool.biz/jem/sy.html Stumu Yamash'ta and Go]