Anli Sugano
Anli Sugano was a Japanese jazz singer of mainstream jazz. Her father was the jazz vocalist Tsutomu Umeyama (‘, Umeyama Tsutomu), her mother pianist, so that she already received piano and ballet lessons at the age of five. However, she began studying oil painting at the Musashino Art Academy. When visiting a modern jazz seminar, she then decided to become a jazz singer. After graduating, she went to New York, where she received lessons in modern ballet, jazz and dance. Three years later she returned and formed the rock band with her as lead singer.
Anli Sugano was active in the jazz scene of Tokyo from the 1970s; her debut album as jazz singer Anli Ichi (d. She presented “Anli 1”) in 1978, followed by Shining Wave (Far East, 1979), on which she sang well-known pop and jazz standards such as “The Girl from Ipanema” or “We’ll Be Together Again ”In 1979/1980, she performed in Tokyo with the Concord Jazz All Stars, including Scott Hamilton, Warren Vaché, Dave McKenna, Cal Collins and Jake Hanna.
In the 1980s, Sugano presented a number of albums at Eastworld, Concord and Philips, and performed with the Benny Carter Jazz All Stars Orchestra. During a New York stay in 1987, their last album was In Manhattan, accompanied by Sugano by Ruby Braff, John Campbell, Howard Alden, Jack Lesberg and Ronnie Zito. In the field of jazz, she lists at seven recording sessions between 1979 and 1987.
