Tiger Okoshi
{{short description|American jazz fusion trumpeter (born 1950)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Tiger Okoshi
| image = Tiger Okoshi.jpg
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = Toru Okoshi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|3|21}}
| birth_place = Ashiya, Hyōgo, Japan
| genre = Jazz, jazz fusion
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Trumpet
| years_active = 1972–present
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Toru "Tiger" Okoshi (born March 21, 1950){{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1858}} is an American jazz fusion trumpeter born in Ashiya, Japan.
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.{{cite web| last1 = Yanow | first1 = Scott |title = Tiger Okoshi|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tiger-okoshi-mn0000594370/biography| website = AllMusic |access-date = 28 March 2017}}
Discography
===As leader===
- 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) {{cite web|title=Tiger Okoshi {{!}} Album Discography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tiger-okoshi-mn0000594370/discography|website=AllMusic|access-date=22 March 2017}}
- With Dave Grusin NY-LA Dream Band (1983)
With Gary Burton
- Times Square (ECM, 1978)
With Lorraine Desmarais
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Category:American jazz trumpeters
Category:American male trumpeters
Category:Japanese jazz trumpeters
Category:21st-century American trumpeters
Category:21st-century American male musicians