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村上“ポンタ”秀一

From: Nishinomiya, Japan
Active: 1951–2021
Releases: 11

jazz fusion

Official site

About

Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami (Japanese: 村上秀一, Murakami Shuichi; 1 January 1951 – 9 March 2021) was a Japanese jazz drummer and session musician.

From Shuichi Murakami on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

PONTA BOX 1993–now drums (drum set), eponymous
村上“ポンタ”秀一グループ now
Jun Fukamachi 21st Century Band now
MASH now
NOBUYUKI, PONTA UNIT now

Discography

Albums 8

Live 3

Links

Official

ponta.bz

Social

Reference

Parent

村上奈美 now

Also known as

Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami · Shūichi “Ponta” Murakami

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Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 5b1b9f5e-4407-4e0d-a32a-a3fb1eac1fcb
ISNI: 0000000407829065
IPI: 00167205281
IPI: 00174271962

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 8 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.