Kiyoshi Koyama: R.I.P.

Kiyoshi Koyama recently died at the age of 82. He was one of the best friends jazz has ever had a a journalist, radio host and producer. Back in the early ‘80s when he was producing large sets for the Keynote label, of Roland Kirk and Clifford Brown, I dubbed him Box Man after my favorite K. Abe novel. The moniker stuck. Our paths intersected frequently in New York and Tokyo, where I appeared on his radio show in 2015. He never lost his enthusiasm or energy and he will be missed.

-Michael Cuscuna