Shigeru Suzuki

Shigeru Suzuki (鈴木茂, Suzuki Shigeru, born December 20, 1951) is a Japanese musician, songwriter and guitarist. He first became known as a member of the influential rock band Happy End, but is now a prolific session musician. As of 2006, Suzuki had contributed to 588 recordings.

Before joining Happy End in 1969, Suzuki was in a band called Sky (スカイ) with Tatsuyo Hayashi and Ray Ohara (Sadistic Mika Band). When Happy End disbanded in 1972, Suzuki and Haruomi Hosono formed Caramel Mama (キャラメル・ママ) with Hayashi, Masataka Matsutoya and Hiroshi Sato in 1973. They changed their name to Tin Pan Alley (ティン・パン・アレー) a year later.

Suzuki released his first solo album, Band Wagon which was recorded in Los Angeles with musicians from notable acts such as Little Feat, Santana and Sly and the Family Stone, in 1975.

Suzuki, Hosono and Hayashi reformed Tin Pan Alley, dropping the "Alley" from the name, for an album in 2000.

On February 17, 2009, Suzuki was arrested by the Tokyo Wangan Police Station for violating the Cannabis Control Law. He was convicted to six months in prison and three years probation on March 17.

Solo studio albums

• Band Wagon (1975)
• Lagoon (1976)
• Caution! (1978)
• Telescope (1978)
• Cosmos '51 (1979)
• White Heat (1979)
• Sei Do Ya (1985)
• Maboroshi no Huckleback (幻のハックルバック, 1989)
• Kujira no Umi ~ Living Whales (クジラの海～Living Whales, 1998)

With Tin Pan Alley

• Caramel Mama (キャラメル・ママ, 1975)
• Tin Pan Alley 2 (1977)
• Märchen Pop (メルヘン・ポップ, 1979, cover album)
• Tin Pan (2000)

CBS/Sony Sound Image Series

• Pacific (1978) with Haruomi Hosono and Tatsuro Yamashita
• New York (1978) with various artists
• Island Music (1983) with Hosono, Yamashita, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Masataka Matsutoya and Takahiko Ishikawa
• Off Shore (1983) with Hosono, Yamashita, Sakamoto, Matsutoya, Masaki Matsubara and Kazumasa Akiyama