Artist: 今田 勝 (Masaru Imada)

Masaru Imada (今田勝, Imada Masaru, born March 21 1932, prefecture Tokyo; died May 30, 2025) is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer. He had classical piano lessons. He played jazz in student bands while a student at Meiji University, after which he worked in business for a year. He then decided to pursue music professionally. From 1953 he was part of clarinetist Eiji Kitamura's band. Imada had his own trio since 1964. In 1984 hr formed Now'in, a fusion band. Performed internationally at jazz festivals from the 1970s onwards.