Stomu Yamashta

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Stomu Yamashta (born Yamashita Tsutomu, Japanese: 山下勉, 15 March 1947, Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese percussionist, keyboardist and composer. He is sometimes credited as Stomu Yamash'ta. His father is the acclaimed artist Kiyoshi Yamashita.

Stomu Yamashta studied music at Kyoto University, Juilliard School of Music, and Berklee College of Music, and has also lectured in music. In 1972, he brought the Red Buddha Theatre company from Japan to Europe, acting as their director, producer and composer, writing and performing in the multi-media event "The Man From The East", with Morris Pert's Come To The Edge providing the musical backing. He was the leader of the supergroup Go with Steve Winwood, Al Di Meola, Klaus Schulze, and Michael Shrieve. The touring version of the band saw Stevie Winwood replaced by Peter Robinson and Klause Schulze by Patrick Gleeson. He has composed for the British Royal Ballet, and wrote the soundtrack to the David Bowie film The Man Who Fell to Earth and for Ken Russell's The Devils. His Space Theme was used by the BBC on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He has performed and collaborated with numerous artists from around the world, and excerpts of a Stomu Yamashta performance appear in the last episode of Tony Palmer's All You Need is Love: The Story of Popular Music.


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