Maki Asakawa

Maki Asakawa (浅川 マキ, Asakawa Maki, January 27, 1942 – January 17, 2010) was a Japanese jazz and blues singer, lyricist and composer.

Born in Mikawa (now part of the city of Hakusan), Ishikawa Prefecture, after graduating high school she worked for a time as a teller in the local national pensions office before moving to Tokyo. Particularly influenced by the styles of Mahalia Jackson and Billie Holiday, she began her career singing at US Army bases and at cabarets.

Asakawa made her debut recording, "Tokyo Banka/Amen Jiro" with Victor in 1967. After appearing in a series of concerts organized by underground playwright Shuji Terayama in 1968, she signed with Toshiba, presently EMI Music Japan, and released the popular songs, 夜が明けたら (Yo ga aketara; At the Break of Dawn) and かもめ (Kamome; Gull) in 1969. Her debut album, 浅川マキの世界 (Asakawa Maki no Sekai; Maki Asakawa's World), was released in 1970.

In addition to writing and composing, she also released cover versions of US traditional folk and blues, translated to Japanese, such as "Asahi no ataru ie (朝日のあたる家)" (The House of the Rising Sun).

She became popular in the 1970s and had made more than 30 releases by the end of the 1990s, after which she was mostly known for performing live.

Asakawa collaborated with musicians such as Yosuke Yamashita and Ryuichi Sakamoto. She continued performing live until the time of her death. Scheduled to perform in Nagoya January 15–17, 2010, she died before her show on the 17th, at the age of 67, of heart failure.

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Releases

Sleeve Title Year Format
浅川マキ* = Maki Asakawa - 夜が明けたら/かもめ 1969 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo
浅川マキ* = Maki Asakawa - 夜が明けたら/かもめ 1971 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Repress
浅川マキ* = Maki Asakawa - 夜が明けたら/かもめ 1971 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Repress
浅川マキ* - Express Compact 1971 Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Compilation
Maki Asakawa - Underground 1987 Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
浅川マキ* - Underground 1987 CD, Album
浅川マキ* - ちっちゃな時から/ふしあわせという名の猫 1973 Vinyl, 7", Single, Repress
浅川マキ* - 幻の男たち Live 1984 1986 Laserdisc, 12", Single Sided, Reissue, NTSC
浅川マキ* - 港の彼岸花 / 赤い橋 1971 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
浅川マキ* - Underground 2022 Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo
浅川マキ* - Maki II 2016 Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
浅川マキ* - ちょっと長い関係のブルース 2011 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Maki Asakawa - Maki Asakawa UK Selection 2016 CD, Compilation
浅川マキ* - 幻の男たち 1983 Vinyl, LP, Album
Maki Asakawa - Underground 1987 Vinyl, LP, Album
Maki Asakawa - Darkness III 1997 CD, Compilation, Promo
No Image 浅川マキ* - Live 1972 Vinyl, LP, Album
Maki* - 浅川マキの世界 1973 Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo
Maki* - 裏窓 2011 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
浅川マキ* - My Man 1982 Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
浅川マキ* - Live 1972 Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
浅川マキ* - アメリカの夜 2021 Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Maki Asakawa - Who's Knocking On My Door 2021 Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Maki Asakawa - Darkness II 1996 CD, Compilation
浅川マキ* - Selected Album By Maki 1984 Cassette, Compilation
浅川マキ* - シングル・コレクション 2011 File, MP3, Compilation
浅川マキ* - My Man 1982 Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
浅川マキ* - Nothing At All To Lose 1988 Vinyl, LP, Album
浅川マキ* - 夜が明けたら/かもめ 1969 Vinyl, 7", Single
Maki* - 灯ともし頃 2011 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
浅川マキ* - 幻の男たち Live 1984 2004 DVD, NTSC, Reissue
浅川マキ* - 裏窓 / 翔べないカラス 1973 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Maki Asakawa - Who's Knocking On My Door 2011 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
浅川マキ* - Nothing At All To Lose 1988 CD, Album
浅川マキ* - 夜のカーニバル 1989 CD, Album, Promo
浅川マキ* - 夜が明けたら/かもめ Vinyl, 7", Single, Test Pressing
Maki Asakawa - Some Years Parst 1985 Vinyl, LP, Album
浅川マキ* - Maki II 2011 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
浅川マキ* - Black -ブラックにグッドラック 1991 CD, Album
浅川マキ* - My Man 2011 CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
浅川マキ* - 夜のカーニバル 1989 Cassette, Album, Stereo
浅川マキ* - Stranger's Touch 1989 CD, Album, Promo
浅川マキ* - 浅川マキの世界 2016 Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
浅川マキ* - 浅川マキの世界 1973 Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress
浅川マキ* - ブルー・スピリット・ブルース = Blue Spirit Blues 1975 Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
浅川マキ* - One 1980 Vinyl, LP, Album
浅川マキ* - 幻の男たち Live 1984 1994 VHS, Reissue, NTSC
浅川マキ* - Selected Album By Maki 1984 Vinyl, LP, Compilation
浅川マキ* - こんな風に過ぎて行くのなら 1972 Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Promo, Stereo
Maki Asakawa - 黒い空間 1994 CD, Album

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