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Casiopea/カシオペア Is A Japanese Jazz Fusion Band That Was Formed In 1976 By Guitarist Issei Noro And Bassist Tetsuo Sakurai. In 1977 Keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya And Drummer Takashi Sasaki Joined The Group. The Group Debuted With The Album Casiopea In 1979 And 30 Albums Or More Have Since Been Released. In 1980 The Drummer Seat Is Replaced By 神保彰/Akira Jimbo. The Album Eyes Of The Mind Was Released In The United States In 1981. They Then Released The Album Mint Jams In 1982 Followed By Four By Four In The Same Year Which Is A Collaborative Album With Some Of Fourplay Members Including Lee Ritenour Harvey Mason Nathan East And Don Grusin. Their First Foreign Concert Was Held In The United Kingdom In 1983. The Group Has Toured Europe South America Australia And Southeast Asia. In 1989 神保彰/Akira Jimbo And Tetsuo Sakurai Left The Band Following Several Years Of Musical Differences. They Named Their Own Band Jimsaku. For The Replacement The Group Chose Yoshihiro Naruse Bass And Masaaki Hiyama Drums . In 1993 The Group Once Again Change Its Members. Noriaki Kumagai Came To Replace Masaaki. Then From 1997 神保彰/Akira Jimbo Returned To Casiopea This Time As A Part-Time Member Recording More Albums And Again Contributing Some Of The Compositions. In 2006 Issei Noro The Group's Leader Decided To Freeze All Activities Of The Band Until Further Notice. On April 20 2012 It Was Announced That Casiopea Would Return With Kiyomi Otaka On Keyboards Replacing Minoru Mukaiya Who Led His Own Music Production Team Mukaiya Club. This Iteration Is Known As Casiopea 3rd. During The 2010 Decade Casiopea 3rd Resumed Album Releases And Both Casiopea 3rd And Inspirits Held A Joint Concert As A Result Of Having A Common Bandleader In Issei Noro. During The Covid-19 Crisis Issei Noro Released A Song Thanking All Those On The Frontlines.

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