橋爪亮督 Ryosuke Hashizume
Tenor, Alto, Soprano Saxophones, Compose
同年初のリーダー作となる「And Then You Heard Tales（HAO Record 428）」をアメリカ国内でリリース。 翌年2枚目のリーダー作「In A Stranger's Hand（HAO Record 429）」をリリース。
1997年帰国。 2006年 POLYSTAR JAZZ LIBRARYより国内初となるリーダー作「WORDLESS」(P.J.L. MTCJ-3031) をリリース。
2008年 BounDEE JAZZ LIBRARY より国内2作目となる「AS WE BREATHE」(B.J.L. DDCJ-7004) をリリース。
2009年 Grapes Record より国内初のライブ録音となる「Needful Things」(GPS-1206) をリリース。
2012年 tactilesound records より「ACOUSTIC FLUID」(TS-001)リリース。 2013年 Apollo Sounds よりグループとしては初のライブ盤「Visible/Invisible」(APLS-1304) をリリース。2014年続編となる「SIDE TWO」(APLS-1410) をリリース。
2017年 Apollo Sounds より5年ぶりとなるスタジオ録音盤「imcomplete voices」(APLS-1704)をリリース。
現在は全曲オリジナルによる自身のグループを中心に新宿ピットインを始め首都圏ライブハウス等で活動中。
■Started playing saxophone at age 15, has been playing in the high school band.
At the age 19, he received the scholarship from Berklee College Of Music in Boston MA, U.S.
1990, he moved to Boston to study music.
After graduated from jazz composition major at Berklee, he released his first self composed/arranged CD “AND THEN YOU HEARD TALES (HAO RECORD 428)”, and started his music career as band leader. Next year, he released his 2nd CD “IN A STRANGER'S HAND (HAO RECORD 429) ”.
After he moved to Tokyo Japan in 1997, he formed new group and started playing at many clubs in Tokyo and Osaka area.
In 2007, He released self-composed and self-produced CD “WORDLESS (P.J.L MTCJ-3031)”.
In 2008, He also released self-composed and self-produced CD “AS WE BREATHE (B.J.L. DDCJ-7004)”
In 2012, he released 6th self-composed and self-produced CD “ACOUSTIC FLUID (TS-001)”
In 2013, 2014 he released two live recorded albums “VISIBLE/INVISIBLE (APLS-1304)”, and “SIDE TWO (APLS-1410)”.
In 2017, he released "incomplete voices" (APLS-1704), his first studio recording in five years.
Currently active in live houses and other venues in the Tokyo metropolitan area, mainly with his own group that performs all original music.