Tiger Okoshi

Toru "Tiger" Okoshi (b. March 21, 1950) is an American jazz fusion trumpeter born in Ashiya, Japan.

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• Xeno blues by allen vizzutti with brian lynch tiger okoshi rex richardson james ross
• Tiger okoshi quintet my favorite things
• As leader
• As sideman
• References

After studying at Kwansei Gakuin University, Okoshi moved to the U.S. in 1972. In 1975 he completed studies at the Berklee College of Music. Okoshi collaborated in the 1970s with Gary Burton and played with the Mike Gibbs Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 1974. Following this he toured with Buddy Rich. In the early 1990s he played in George Russell's Living Time Orchestra and recorded with Bob Moses. In the early 2000s he recorded several songs on the album Orpheus Again by Bruce Arnold.

As leader

Times Square (ECM, 1978)

Tiger's Baku (JVC, 1981) with Vinnie Colaiuta, Gerry Etkins, Steve Forman, Robert Gonzales, Quinous Johnson, Tim Landers, Mike Stern

Mudd Cake (JVC, 1982)

Face to Face (JVC, 1989) with Gerry Etkins, Rikiya Higashihara, Takayuki Hijikata, Koh Shimizu

That Was Then, This Is Now (JVC, 1990) with Gerry Etkins, Rikiya Higashihara, Takayuki Hijikata, Koh Shimizu

Echoes of a Note (JVC, 1993) with Jay Anderson, Peter Erskine, Béla Fleck, Gil Goldstein, Mike Stern

Two Sides to Every Story (JVC, 1994) with Jack DeJohnette, Vic Firth, Gil Goldstein, Dave Holland, Mike Stern

Color of Soil (JVC, 1998) with Jay Anderson, Kenny Barron, Mino Cinelu, Hank Roberts

Plays Standard (Geneon, 2008)

As sideman

With Bruce Arnold

Orpheus Again (2010)