12 Facts About Mickie Yoshino

Mitsuyoshi Yoshino, known professionally as Mickie Yoshino, is a Japanese keyboardist, composer, producer, and arranger.

Mickie Yoshino still produces music with groups such as Godiego and EnTRANS.

Mickie Yoshino's musical career began when he was a junior in high school, playing in night clubs and the US military base in Yokohama, Japan.

Mickie Yoshino performed arrangements with Gary Burton and Phil Wilson.

Mickie Yoshino wrote and played for soundtracks such as the film House.

Mickie Yoshino released his own albums American Road and Longway from Home, and worked with many musicians including Paul Jackson, Jennifer Batten, Peter Green and Ray Parker Jr.

Mickie Yoshino has participated in diverse musical activities since the 1960s.

Mickie Yoshino joined the Time is Now jazz and rock crossover concert with the Terumasa Hino Quintet, Hiroshi Kamayatsu, and Takayuki Inoue in 1969.

Mickie Yoshino arranged a rock tune with horns and traditional Japanese musical instruments such as the shamisen, shakuhachi, biwa and tsuzumi in 1981.

Mickie Yoshino formed a crossover musical group called EnTRANS with Takayuki Inoue, Yoshihiro Naruse, Nobuo Yagi and Shuichi Hidano.

Since the 2000s, Mickie Yoshino has frequently played with the jazz musicians Kenji Hino and Masa Kohama.

Mickie Yoshino reformed Godiego in 2006 with the popular members Yukihide Takekawa, Takami Asano, Steve Fox, and Tommy Snyder.