Shunzo Ohno (大野 俊三, Ōno Shunzō, born 22 March 1949[citation needed]) is a Japanese trumpeter, composer and arranger.
He played active parts as a member of MACHITÖ Y SUS AFROCUBANAS and became known in Europe and South America.
In 2014, he became the first Japanese jazz player to win the Grand Prize of the International Songwriting Competition, for his song "Musashi".
Upon arriving in NYC, he began to tour with Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Roy Haynes, Norman Connors, and later with Wayne Shorter, Larry Coryell, Buster Williams and performances with Herbie Hancock.
(shunzoohno.com, Shunzo Ohno Official Site) (NYnoissennde24nen zyazuman Ohno Shunzo, ganwokoete, 1998) Afterwards, he succeeded in playing with Blakey, and, as a member of Dance of Magic, You are my Starship which Norman Connors represent, he participated in the world tour for three years.
[4] Three months after, Wayne Shorter, who Ono Shunzo respected, requested him to join him in California performances.
After the major earthquake in the Tohoku District on March 11, 2011, Ohno played many charity performances in many places both in Japan and in foreign countries to support the victims.