REAL NAME TSUTOMU YAMASHITA IS A JAPANESE PERCUSSIONIST & COMPOSER ARTIST PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK LEADING THE JAZZ ROCK FUSION GROUP "GO". YAMASH'TA WAS BORN IN MARCH 1947 IN KYOTO. HE STUDIED AT THE KYOTO ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND MADE HIS SOLO CONCERT DEBUT AT THE AGE OF 16. FROM 1964 - 1969, HE STUDIED IN THE U.S WITH BOTH JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSICIANS. HIS 1971 ALBUM 'RED BUDDHA' IS AN AVANT GARDE ALL PERCUSSION SOLO WORK WHICH HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY REISSUED.