Kiyoshi “Boxman” Koyama (1936 - 2019)

[soulpope]

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/03/29/music/kiyoshi-koyama-life-lived-jazz/?fbclid=IwAR0mWjD5b8Y2-fXNGa-qDBBQbsHnbTAZ-ux7M7kt8-c5riXcg4W5JYN8ckE#.XFb8uS2ZNZo

Inter alias producer of the legendary Rahsaan Kirk, Clifford Brown, Sarah Vaughan and Dinah Washington CD Box sets from the mid 80`s to early 1990`s and editor of japanese "Swing Journal" Jazz magazine  .... R.I.P ....

Edited February 4, 2019 by soulpope

[sidewinder]

Sad news, RIP. Just listening to his Kirk and Brown boxes recently. Exemplars at their time of release and still go-to sets.

[clifford_thornton]

Amazing life. RIP.

[Peter Friedman]

I have been well aware for a long long time of "Boxman" and the many jazz albums he produced. Too bad the article did not put together a list of

all the jazz albums he produced .He made an important contribution to the jazz scene over many years.

R.I.P.

[mikeweil]

Wasn't the Keynote LP box one of his projects? Anyway, one of the greatest box set producers. R.I.P., and many thanks for your work.

[soulpope]

6 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

Wasn't the Keynote LP box one of his projects? Anyway, one of the greatest box set producers. R.I.P., and many thanks for your work.

Yep ....

[Peter Friedman]

After a brief check on my shelves, I saw that "Boxman" personally produced a number of Ray Bryant albums on the EmArcy label.

I suspect he also produced a variety of other albums as well.

[JSngry]

Seeing those boxes in the racks was an almost illicit thrill. And don't forget the magisterial Ben Webster Emarcy thing he did on just 2 LPs, that's one I could and did afford on the spot.

RIP to a true artisan.

[Chuck Nessa]

While he was at Swing Journal he sent me a letter to say he was visiting the States and he wanted to interview me. Unfortunately I received the letter late (I had moved to Bloomington, IN) and could not meet him.

[ghost of miles]

New York Times obit:

Kiyoshi Koyama, Prominent Japanese Jazz Journalist, Dies At 82