Akira Jimbo

Japanese drummer (1959-)

Born: 27 February 1959
Tokyo
Country: Japan
Active: 1979–
Record labels: King Records
Discography: 27 albums

Biography

Akira Jimbo is a jazz musician who plays drum kit. Akira Jimbo was born on 27 February 1959 in Tokyo. The music is usually filed under jazz and jazz fusion. Record labels: King Records. The discography here lists 27 albums, from “Cotton” (1986) to “燦燦” (2023).

Akira Jimbo, also transliterated as Akira Jinbo (神保彰, Jinbo Akira; born February 27, 1959), is a Japanese jazz fusion drummer, best known as the drummer for the Japanese jazz fusion band Casiopea in 3 separate stints (1980-1989, 1997-2006 and 2012-2022). Aside from his work with Casiopea, Jimbo has also participated in side projects with Keiko Matsui, Shambara, and Brian Bromberg.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Cotton 1986

Palette 1989

Jimbo 1990

Slow Boat 1991

PENGUIN PARASOL 1992

LIME PIE 1993

Beach Picnics Vol. 2 Vocal Selection 1994

Beach Picnics Vol.1 Instrumental Selection 1994

PANAMA MAN 1994

Rooms By The Sea 1995

Flower 1997

Pacifica 1997

Stone Butterfly 1997

Four Colors 2007

Get Up! 2008

Jimbomba 2009

Groove of Life 2015

Jimbo De CTI 2015

Jimbo De Jimbo 80's 2016

Munity 2016

Brombo III !!! 2017

22 South Bound 2018

23 West Bound 2018

26th Street NY Duo 2020

27th Avenue LA Trio 2020

SORA 2021

燦燦 2023

Also plays on

Albums where Akira Jimbo is credited as a sideman

1980	Make Up City — Casiopea	drums (drum set)
1981	EYES OF THE MIND — Casiopea	drums (drum set)
1981	Cross Point — Casiopea	membranophone
1982	4×4 — Casiopea	membranophone, percussion
1984	Down Upbeat — Casiopea	drums (drum set)
1988	Euphony — Casiopea	drums (drum set)
1999	Material — Casiopea	membranophone
2002	Inspire — Casiopea	membranophone
2005	Signal — Casiopea + Sync DNA	membranophone, programming
2007	Moyo — Keiko Matsui	drums (drum set)
2013	TA・MA・TE・BOX — CASIOPEA 3rd	membranophone