Teruo Nakamura (中村 照夫, Nakamura Teruo, born March 3, 1942 in Tokyo) is a Japanese jazz bassist and record producer. Moved to New York in 1964 and studied double bass with Reggie Workman. Nakamura in 1969 joined drummer Roy Haynes's ensemble; that same year he also formed a band with Steve Grossman and Lenny White, who both went on to play on his debut as a leader, 1973's Unicorn. Nakamura played both acoustic and electric bass on the album, which was recorded in 1973 and released by Three Blind Mice. Nakamura formed the Rising Sun band in the mid-1970s. In 1977 this contained saxophonist Bob Mintzer, guitarist Shiro Mori, with Mark Gray on synthesizer, Art Gore on drums and Nobu Urushiyama on percussion. Nakamura worked principally as a record producer in the 1980s and 1990s.
