Masaru Uchibori

Masaru Uchibori was born in Tokyo. At high school, he joined the school brass band, and has played trombone ever since. He was a member of the big band and the brass band at university, learning jazz theory from Mr. Sadao Watanabe and playing trombone in Watanabe’s rehearsal orchestra.

In 1974, Uchibori received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston, and after graduating he returned to Japan, where he works as a freelance arranger of various music genres.

In 1995 he formed the Masaru Uchibori Big Band, which performs monthly. Since then, he has worked with many bands and musicians, including the Tokyo Union Big Band with Jimmy Scott, the Sharps and Flats Big Band with Helen Merrill, the New Hard Big Band with Carroll Sloan, the Blue Coats Big Band with Salina Jones, the New Japan Philharmonic, the Air Self Defense Force Central Music Corps and the Ground Self Defense Force Central Music Corps.

He has been the judge of many music contests, including the Yamano Big Band Contest and the Asakusa Jazz Contest, and is active in events for amateur bands. He has released two CDs: WAYNE (2004) and A Dedication To Jazz Giants (2010).

Source: Fringe Club