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As a Leader or Primary Artist -- Later Period ( years 1991 - latest )
You can listen to a few sound clips for for each album.
| Album Title & Release Date(s) |
Songs | Personnel & Recording Data |
I'm Glad There Is You
Sunshine Ave. Label, SUNL-1003 (Sep, 2009) |
1. I'm Glad There Is You 2. Part of the Deal (Yoshiaki Masuo) 3. People Time 4. Chi Chi/Sippin' at Bells 5. The Folks Who Live on the Hill 6. Blue Daniel 7. Madrugada (Bill Mays) 8. Wonder Why 9. Fall (Wayne Shorter) 10. Get Out of Town 11. Young and Foolish |
Yoshiaki Masuo 増尾好秋(g) Bill Mays ビル・メイズ (p) |
Life Is Good |
01 Life is Good (Music by Yoshiaki Masuo; Lyrics by Yoshiaki and Shirley Masuo) 02 Wet Dog (Yoshiaki Masuo ) 03 Run Away (Winter Samba) (Music by Yoshiaki Masuo; Lyrics by Shirley Masuo) 04 The Tree (Yoshiaki Masuo) 05 YOH (Music by Yoshiaki Masuo; Lyrics by Shirley Masuo) 06 On Greene Street (Yoshiaki Masuo) 07 Pannonica (T . Monk ) 08 Blackbird (Lennon/McCartney) 09 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) 10 Another Christmas Song (Yoshiaki Masuo) 11 The Gondola Song (Gondola to Uta) (Shinpei Nakayama/Isamu Yoshii) |
01: Masuo (lead vo, g, keyb, perc), Noriatsu Naraoka (b), Tony Cintron
Jr. (ds), Shirley Masuo (background vo, perc) 02: Masuo (g, keyb), Larry Goldings (org), Lenny White (ds) 03: Masuo (g, lead vo, keyb), Larry Goldings (org), Kip Reed (electric b), Kazuo Yoshida (ds, perc), Steve Sacks (Alto flute and section arrangement), Background vo by The 2 Lips) 04: Masuo (g, keyb), Larry Goldings (org), Bill Mays (piano), Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki (b), Tony Cintron, Jr. (ds) 05: Masuo (g, vo, keyb), Larry Goldings (org), Lenny White (ds) T.M. Stevens (el. b), Nathaniel Townsley (ds), Tony Cintron, Jr. (ds), Ted Nash (flutes), Marcus Printup (flugelhorn), Mark Soskin (keyb) Background vocals: Sali Oguri, Gayle Oshiro, Shirley Masuo Horn arrangement by Bill Mays and Yoshiaki Masuo 06, 07: Masuo (g), Larry Goldings (org), Lenny White (ds) 08: Masuo (g, vo, keyb), Larry Goldings (org), Lenny White (ds), Shirley Masuo (vo) 09: Masuo (g, vo), Larry Goldings (org), Lenny White (ds), T.M. Stevens (electric b) 10: Masuo (g), Larry Goldings (org), Lenny White (ds) 11: Masuo (g and vo) |
Are You Happy Now
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1. Small Steps (Masuo)
SoundClip 2. Snap Jam (Masuo) 3. For the Old Boys (Masuo) → There are Lyrics writtien to it by Yoshiaki Masuo. (* Josephine on Track 3 in the Japan relase.) 4. Josephine (Masuo) (* For the Old boys on track 4 in the Japan release.) 5. Miles Run (Masuo) SoundClip 6. Skating in Central Park (John Lewis) 7. Walkin' Around (Masuo) 8. E. J. (Masuo) 9. Are You Happy Now (Masuo) SoundClip All tunes written and arranged by Yoshiaki Masuo except (6) written by John Lewis, (1) flute arrangement by Steve sacks, and (2) horn arrangement by Yoshiaki Masuo and Souichi Noriki. 01
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Yoshiaki Masuo (guitar) Larry Goldings (organ) Lenny White (drums) Rudy Bird (perc) Will Boulware (keyb) Barry Danielian (tp) Scott Kreitzer (tenor sax) Souichi Noriki (keyb) Steve Sacks (alto flute) Produced by Yoshiaki Masuo Co-produced by Sam Copro (Japan release) Co-produced by Shirley Masuo (U.S. release) Recorded by Jon Rosenberg and Yoshiaki Masuo Feb. and May, 1996 at The Studio, NYC. Mixed by Yoshiaki Masuo Note about this album written by Y. Masuo on the Sunnyside website. |
Just Like Old Times
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1. J.A.B. (Masuo)
SoundClip * Letters in gray are for the original mix CD. 01
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06 YouMake...
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Yoshiaki Masuo (guitar, keyboards) 渡辺貞夫 (alto sax, sopranino sax) Kenny Drew Jr. (piano, keyboards) 鈴木良雄 (bass) Buddy Williams (drums) Rudy Bird (percussion) The 2 Lips (background vocals)* Produced by Yoshiaki Masuo Recorded by David Baker and Katsuhiko Naitoh in October, 1992 at The Studio, NYC Mixed by Katsuhiko Naitoh and Yoshiaki Masuo in February 1993 Mastered by Phil Klum in February 1993 *Additional recording (for track 10) by Eiji Takasugi in June, 2002 at The Studio, NYC Remixed and remastered by Yoshiaki Masuo and Eiji Takasugi at The Studio Executive producer: Tony Ariga |
A Subtle One |
1. Opus de Funk (Horace Silver)
SoundClip 2. You're My Everything ( Words by Mort Dixon, Joe Young; Music by Harry Warren) 3. No More Dreams (Yoshiaki Masuo) SoundClip 4. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Words by Eric Maschwitz; Music by Manning Sherwin) 5. Reminiscence (Yoshiaki Masuo) 6. A Subtle One (Stanley Turrentine) 7. My Friend Jim (Yoshiaki Masuo) 8. Anohini Kaeritai (Yumi Arai) SoundClip 01
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Yoshiaki Masuo (guitar) 1-8. Kenny Kirkland (piano) 1, 4, 5, 7 Will Boulware (keyboards) 3, 6, 7 Ron Carter (bass) 1-7 Lincoln Goines (el. bass) 8. Al Foster (drums) 1, 4, 5, 7 Grady Tate (drums) 2, 3, 6 Ruddy Bird (percussion) 3, 6, 7, 8 Romero Lubambo (guitar) 8 Gil Goldstein (piano) 8 Buddy Williams (drums) 8 Produced by Yoshiaki Masuo and Tony Ariga Recorded by David Baker, Katsuhiko Naito and Scott Ansel Mixed by David Baker, Katsuhiko Naito and Yoshiaki Masuo in July and August, 1991 at The Studio, NYC Mastered by Greg Calbi in Aug 1991, aat Sterling Sound, NYC Re-mastered by Yoshihiro Kawasaki |
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