YAMAMOTO, NAOZUMI

Naozumi Yamamoto was born in Tokyo in 1932, two years after the school band program began in Japan. With many of his relatives already in the music profession, it seemed natural for him to also study music. Although the school band contests and most other music performances were curtailed during World War II, he was much impressed by the American military bands stationed in Japan after the armistice. When the band contests were resumed in 1956, he joined with other talented...