What is Ryo Kawasaki?
[[File:Ryo Kawasaki performing in Croatia Dec 15, 2018.jpg|right|200px]] {{Nihongo|'''Ryo Kawasaki'''|川崎 燎|Kawasaki Ryō|February 25, 1947 – April 13, 2020}} was a Japanese [[jazz fusion]] guitarist, composer, software programmer and bandleader. He was born in [[Tokyo]]. Kawasaki was best known as one of the first musicians to create the fusion genre and for helping to develop the [[guitar synthesizer]]. His album ''Ryo Kawasaki and the Golden Dragon Live'' was one of the first all digital recordings and he created the [[Kawasaki Synthesizer]] for the [[Commodore 64]]. During the 1960s, he played with many Japanese jazz groups and also formed his own bands. In the early 1970s, he moved to [[New York City]], where he worked with [[Gil Evans]], [[Elvin Jones]], [[Chico Hamilton]], [[Ted Curson]] and [[Joanne Brackeen]]. He also produced several techno dance singles, formed his own record company called Satellites Records, and later returned to jazz-fusion in 1991. His later career was set in [[Estonia]]. Kawasaki died in [[Tallinn]] on April 13, 2020 at the age of 73.<ref>[https://kultuur.err.ee/1076803/suri-ryo-kawasaki Suri Ryo Kawasaki]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kawasaki, Ryo}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Japanese composers]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Tokyo]] [[Category:Bandleaders]] [[Category:Japanese guitarists]] [[Category:Japanese inventors]] [[Category:Jazz musicians]] [[Category:Musicians from Tokyo]]