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| Album Title & Release Date(s) |
Songs | Personnel & Recording Data |
| ジャズを詠む (Jazz wo Yomu) akiko with 海野雅威 TRIO (The album title "Jazz wo Yomu" means something like "Chanting/Composing/Intoning Jazz Verses") Universal music POCS-1962 |
01 Jazz - introducing "How High The Moon" (Words: akiko, Nancy Hamiton; Music: akiko, Morgan Lewis) 02 Poor Butterfly (Words: John Golden; Music: Raymond Hubbell) 03 East Of The Sun (Words: Brooks Bowman, akiko; Music: Brooks Bowman) 04 Crazy He Calls Me (Words: Bob Russell; Music: Carl Sigman) 05 Where Or When (Words: Lorenz Hart; Music: Richard Rodgers) 06 Come Rain Or Come Shine (Words: John H Mercer; Music: Harord Arlen) 07 For All We Know (Words: Samuel M Lewis; Music: Fred J Coots) 08 Let's Call The Whole Thing Off (Words & Music: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 09 I Love You For Sentimental Reasons (Words: Deek Watson; Music: William "Pat" Best) 10 Look For The Silver Lining (Words: B.G.DeSlyva; Music: Jerome Kern) 11 Enjoy It While You Can (Words: akiko, Tadataka Unno; Music: Tadataka Unno) |
Produced by akiko, Tadataka Unno Vocal : akiko Recording Engineer : Daiki Iimura |
| Around the World Yoshio Suzuki & Yoshiaki Masuo FNCJ-1005 One label (55 Records) |
01 Sailing and Rolling (Yoshio Suzuki) 02 Around The World In 80 Days (Victor Young) 03 I'll Be With You (Yoshiaki Masuo) 04 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (E. Maschwitz-M. Sherwin) 05 Moon Through The Window (Yoshio Suzuki) 06 My Ideal (L. Robin-N. Chase-R. Whiting) 07 In The Field (Yoshio Suzuki) 08 Minor Adjustment (Yoshiaki Masuo) 09 Deep In A Dream (E. De Lange-J. Van Heusen) 10 Last Love (Yoshio Suzuki) 11 Corvallis (Yoshiaki Masuo) 12 Music From The Lake (Yoshiaki Masuo) |
Yoshio Suzuki (bass) Yoshiaki Masuo (guitar) Recorded in March 2011 |
| I Wish ～ Watashi no Negai Junko Ebihara Sunshine Ave. Label, SUNL-1004 (Mar, 2011) Recorded at the Studio, NYC in Nov. 2007. Additional recording at Studio Friends Music, Tokyo in July 2010 |
01. I With 02. No More Dreams 03. Sentimental Journey 04. I Can See Clearly Now 05. Tennessee Waltz 06. I Miss You 07. Lucky Lady 08. Blame It On My Youth 09. Smile 10. Somebody Loves Me 11. Cold Cold Heart 12. Arigato (Thank you) |
Junko Ebihara (vo, p, pianica) ( piano on tracks 1,5,6,7,12) Mark Soskin (p, keyb) Chip Jackson (b) Marcello Pellitteri (ds) Yoshiaki Masuo (guitar :on tracks 2, 9) All Songs Arranged by Junko Ebihara I Wish, I Miss You, and Arigato: words and Music by Junko Ebihara No More Dreams: words by Junko Ebihara, Music by Yosiaki Masuo |
| Blues For Carnegie Ryuji Osaki (EMTJ-10511 (Feb 10, 2010) |
01. Starlight In Your Eyes 02. 7th 03. Jennifer 04. Time to Shine 05. Love Life 06. In Love Again ~ Orange 07. Always Yours 08. Eternity 09. Blues For Carnegie 10. In the Rain |
Ryuji Osaki (p), Tony Marino (b),
Mark Taylor (ds), Yoshiaki Masuo (g) |
| Softly as I Leave You Nartha Miyake featuring Naoki Kigajima Trio / Yoshiaki Masuo XQDN-1021 Recorded in May, 2009. Released in Nov 25, 2009 |
1. Try a Kuttke Tebderbess 2. My Shining Hour 3. I Remember Clifford 4. This is a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening 5. Body and Soul 6. Corcovado 7. Zing! Went The Strings of My Heart 8. Golden Earrings 9. Dream a Litle Dream of Me 10. Moonlight Serenade 11. Good Morning Heartache 12. The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else 13. 'Round Midnight (14. Bonus Track) Softly as I Leave You
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Tracks 1-5, 7, 9-10, 12-13 Martha Miyake (vo) Naoki Kitajima (p) Shinichi Kato (b) Ryo Saito (ds) Tracks 6, 8, 11: |
| Hajime-uta -- Spring and Summer edition (Japanese First Songs 1) Masumi Yasu Butterfly Record BR-001 2,100 yen (May, 2005) |
1. Oborodukiyo (Night with a hazy moon) 2. Hanayome Ningyo (Bride doll) 3. Dokoka de Haru ga (Spring somewhere) 4. Sakura (Cherry blossoms) 5. Ame (Rain) 6. Umi (Ocean) 7. Natsu wa Kinu (Summer has come) 8. Shikararete (Having been scolded) 9. Yirikago no Uta (Cradle song) |
Masumi Yasu (vo) Bill Mays (p), Martin Wind (b), Matt Wilson (ds) Yoshiaki Masuo (ac g) (Track 7) Produced by: Yoshiaki Masuo and Masumi Yasu Recording engineer: Eiji Takasugi Recorded at The Studio, NYC, NY in Sep, 2004 Mixed by Ikuyama Shimizuno atStudio Z's and swing bamboo studio Mastered by Wataru Sato at Tokyo Recording Co., Ltd |
| Moon and Breeze Yoshio Suzuki VACV-1047 (Oct. 27, 2004) |
1. Theme for Churaumi 2. Moon and Breeze 3. Pantanal 4. Wings (in memory to Masaomi Urisaka) 5. Eastern Town 6. Falling Summer 7. Evening Ivory 8. Pasionate Lady (for Kyoko Seki) 9. Koma 10. On Autumn Lake 11. In The Cradle All songs composed by Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki except "Theme for Shuraumi" by Yoshio Suzuki and Soichi Noriki. All the songs except "Wings" "Passionate Lady", "Koma" and "In The Cradle" arranged by Soichi Noriki. "Theme for Churaumi" was composed for the Okinawa Churaumi Aquatium. |
Yoshio Suzuki (b) Sadao Watansbe (as) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Soichi Noriki (p, keyb, synth, arr) Shinpei Inoue (fl) Masahiro Fujioka (sax) Hiroshi Murakami (ds) Cecile Monroe (ds) Yoichi Okabe (perc) Sadao China (sanshin) Recorded at Friends Music Studio, Tokyo in May - July, 2004 Mixed at Sony Music Studio Tokyo in July, 2004 |
| Dinah Tsuyoshi Yamamoto UGH-2000 G-H Nine (Jan 26, 2000) |
1. Sometimes I'm Happy (Words: Irvings Casesar & Clifford
Grey; Music:Vincent Youmans) 2. Kimi ni Iwareta (Words:Tsuyoshi Yamamoto & Daisuke Yamamoto; Music:Tsuyoshi Yamamoto) 3. Stardust (Words:Mitchell Parish; Japanese lyric adaptation: Kyosen Ohashi; Music: Hoagy Carmichael) 4. Dinah (Words: Joe Young; Japanese lyric adaptation: Hatero Satoh; Music: Samuel M Lewis) 5. Who Can I Turn To? (Words&Music: Lesllie Bricusse and Anthony George Newly) 6. Get out and Get under the Moon (Words: Charles Tobias & William Jerome; Japanese lyric adaptation: ??? & Ken'ichi Enomoto; Music: Larry Shay) 7. My Melancholy Baby (take 1) (Words: George A Norton & Meybelle Watson; Music: Ernie Burnett) 8. Body & Soul (Words: Robert Sour & Edward Heyman & Frank Eyton; Music: Johnny John W Green) 9. P.S. I Love You (Words&Music: Gordon Jenkeins & Johen H Mercer) 10. Kid (Words&Music: Tsuyoshi Yamamoto) 11. Just a Jigoro (Words&Music: Djang Reinhardt) 12. Singin' in the Rain (Words:Arther Freed; Japanese liryc adaptarion: Hiroshi Ikeda; Music: Nacio Herb Brown) 13. My Melancholy Baby (take 2) |
Tsuyoski Yamamoto (vo, p) Yoshiaki Masuo (g, keyb) Tsutomu Okada (b) Earl Williams (ds) Produced by Takeo Takayama Directed by Thuyoshi Yamamoto and Yoshiaki Masuo Recorded in Oct 1992 at the Studio NYC |
| The Meeting Sonny Rollins CD: ALL OF US, AS 40 (1994 in ITALY) |
1. The Meeting (Rollins) 2. Mc Ghee (Rollins) 3. There Is No Greater Love (Symes, Jones) 4. Don't Stop The Carnival (Rollins) 5. Alfie (Rollins) 6. St. Thomas (Rollins) Sonny Rollins & Pat Metheny Live in Tokyo(Japan) 1983 Sonny Rollins Quintet Live in Laren(Holland) 1973 |
Tracks 1,2: Sonny Rollins (ts) Pat Metheny (g) Alphonso Johnson (b) Jack DeJohnette (ds) Tracks 3-6: Sonny Rollins (ts) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Walter Davis,Jr. (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) David Lee (ds) Tracks 1,2 recorded live in Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 1983 Tracks 3-6 recorded live in Laren, Japan, August 21/25, 1973 |
| Reel Life Sonny Rollins US:Milestone M-9108 Japan:CD:VICJ-60566 (May 24, 2000); LP: Victor VIJ-6391 (Jan, 1983) |
Side A: 1. Reel Life (Sonny Rollins) 2. McGhee (Sonny Rollins) 3. Rosita's Best Friend (Sonny Rollins) Side B: 1. Sonny Side Up (Yoshiaki Masuo) 2. My Little Brown Book (Billy Strayhorn) 3. Best Wishes (Sonny Rollins) 4. Solo Reprise (Sonny Rollins) |
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone) Bobby Broom (electric guitar) Yoshiaki Masuo (acoustic guitar on "Rosita's Best Friend," electric guitar for other selections, and claves. Masuo does not play on "My Little Brown Book") Bob Cranshaw (electric base, casbasa) Jack DeJohnette (ds, congas&maracas) Lucille Rollins (cowbell) Guitar Solos: - Bloom: "Reel Life," "Best Wishes" - Masuo: "Sonny Side Up," "Rosita's Best Friend" Produced by Sonny Rollins; Co-produced by Lucille Rollins Recorded on Aug. 17-22, 1982 |
| New York Concerto Jeo Chambers & Friends featuring Yoshiaki Masuo CD: BMG Japan BVCJ-37586 (2007/5/23); BMG Fun House BVCJ 37130 (Jun 21, 2000); LP: RVC Baystate RJL8018 (Sep 21, 1981) |
Side A: 1. Irina (Joe Chambers) 2. Two Hearts 3. Like Sonny (John Coltrane) 4. Visions (Joe Chambers) 5. A Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Weisman-Garrett-Wayne) Side B: 1. Concierto De Aranjuez (Joaquin Rodrigo) 2. Dhabihu (Joe Chambers) 3. Autumn in New York (Vernon Duke) All arranged by Joe Chambers |
Joe Chambers (drums & vibraphone) Sonny Fortune (alto sax & flute) Kenny Barron (piano & electric piano) Eddie Gomez (bass) Ray Mantilla (perc) Yoshiaki Masuo (guitar) Recorded June 11&12, 1981 at Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey |
| Just Groovin' Anli Sugano LP: Toshiba EMI, EAST WORLD EWS-8131 (1980?) |
Side A: 1. Anli's Theme (H. Suzuki) 2. (Your Love has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher (P. Smith; G. Jacson; R. Mine; B. Davis) 3. Antonio's Song (The Rainbow) (M. Franks) 4. Mandy (S. English; R. Kerr) 5. We're All Alone (B. Scaggs) Side B: 1. Alfie (B. F. Bacharach; H. David) 2. The World is Waiting for The Sunrise (E. Seitz ; E. Lockhart) 3. Groovin' (F.Cavaliere; E. Bligati) 4. Mr. Printer (J.J.Stanley; K. Tsutsumi) 5. Closing Theme for Anli (G. Starr; H. Suzuki) |
Anli Sugano Vocal Akira Inoue (arrangement, p, el p, synth, Sennheiser, Vocoder) Yoshiaki Masuo (el g) on A2, A4 Shoji Yokouchi (el g) on B2 Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (p) on B1 Shigeharu Mukai (tb) on A3 Yasuaki Shimizu (ss, ts) on A4, B2, B3 Takeru Muraoka (harmonica) on B1 Hidefumi Toki (as) on B-4 Kenji Takamizu (el b) Akira Okazawa (el b) Takayuki Hijikata (el g) Hideo Yamaki (ds) Yasushi Ichihara (ds) Tadaomi Anai (perc) Isao Kanayama (marimba) Shunzo Sunahara (bs) Jake H. Conception (as) Kiyoshi Saitoh (ts) Eiji Arai (tb) Katsuyuki Sugimoto (bt) Shin Kazuhara (tp) Yoshikazu Kishi (tp, flh) EVE (chorus) Ohono Ensemble (strings) Colgen New Band on A1, B5 Recording Date: Dec 79 - Mar 80 |
| Manhattan Focus Manhattan Focus CD: Roving Spirits RKCJ-6023 (Jun 21, 2006); LP: SKS8007 (1979) |
Side 1: Hocus-Pocus O Que Sera To My Lady Mixed Roots Side 2: Para Joe Busco Amazon Obligado Voce Sao Pau-Lo |
Al Foster (ds) Yoshiaki Masuo (el g, ac g) Bob Berg (ts) Kunihiko Sugano(ac p, el p) Tom Harrell (flh) Yoshio Suzuki (ac b) T.M. Stevens (el b) Sammy Figueroa (perc) Eddie Colon (perc) Recorded in Nov. 1978 at Sound Ideas Studio,N.Y. |
| Venus Eyes Manhattan Blaze LP: YX-7589 Mar 25, 1979 |
1. Venus Eyes (John Stubblefield / arr: John Stubblefield) 2. Moon (Wayne Shorter/ arr: Joe Chambers ) 3. Demon Upstairs (Ron Bridgewater / arr: Ron Bridgewater) 4. Wefe (Cecil Bridgewater / arr: Cecil Bridgewater) 5. The Answer is Love (Hilton Ruiz / arr: Cecil Bridgewater) 6. Luisiana Strut (Cecil Bridgewater / arr: Cecil Bridgewater) |
Cecil Bridgewater (arrange) Hilton Ruize (p) Alex Blake (b) Joe Chambers (vibe) Idris Muhamad (ds) Ray Mantilla (perc) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Eddie Henderson (tp) John Stubblefield (ts) brass section & strings section "Manhattan Blaze" board of directors : Cecil Bridgewater, Joe Chambers, Yoshio Ozawa, Reggie Workmann Produced by Yoshio Ozawa for Nippon Columbia Recorded and mixed by Jim McCurdy at Sound Ideas Studio, New York City, October, 1978 |
| Village in Bubbles Kazumi Watanabe with Manhattan Blaze CD: Better Days COCB-53295 (Dec 22, 2004) LP: Nippon Columbia YX-7587-ND (Nov 1978) |
Side A: 1. Park Avenue 2. Dance Corona (Trumpet solo John Faddis; Alto sax solo Frank Strozier) 3. Village in Bubbles (1st guitar solo Kazumi Watanabe; 2nd guitar solo Yoshiaki Masuo) Side B: 1. Magic Carpet (Tenor sax solo Ron Bridgewater) 2. Mustache Daddy 3. Crystal Rain All tunes composed by Kazumi Watanabe Arranged and Conducted by Cecil Bridgewater |
Kazumi Watanabe (el g, ac g) Yoshiaki Masuo (el g) Mickey Tucker (ac p, Fender rhodes, ELEPIAN) Alex Blake (el b, ac b) Idris Muhammad (ds) Ray Mantilla (perc) No-Bu (perc) Joe Chambers (vib, cowbell) Horn section: Jon Faddis (tp), Earl Gardner (tp), Frank Gordon (tp), Virgil Jones (tp), Greg Williams (French horn), Earl McKintyre (tb), Janice Robinson, (tb), Ron Bridgewater (ts), Frank Strozier (as, fl) Strings section: String Reunion, Inc. Recorded at Sound Ideas Studio, NYC, Aug 22-29, 1978 Produces by Yoshio Ozawa |
| Great Harvest Makoto Terashita LP: Teichiku GU-5014 (1979) |
Side A & Side B: 1. Samoa 2. Take the Coltrane 3. Dai Hosaku (Great Harvest) 4. Tell Me An Old Story,Grand Papa All tunes composed by Makoto Terashita |
Makoto Terashita (p) Bob Berg (ts) Errol Walters (b) Jo Jones Jr (ds) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) All produced by Yoshiaki Masuo Recorded 1978 In New York |
| Maracaibo Conepone George Ohtsuka CD: ABCJ-48 (Jul 23, 1999); LP: (Oct? 1978) |
Side A: 1. Maracaibo Cornpone (Masabumi Kikuchi) 2. Rainbows (Miroslav Vitous) 3. Telegram (John Avercrombie) Side B: 4. Who Got? (Richie Beirch) 5. Ginger (Richie Beirch) 6. Believer (Miroslav Vitous) |
George Ohtsuka (ds) Steve Grossman (ss) John Abercrombie (el g, el mangolin) Masabumi Kikuchi (keyboards, ac p) Nana Vasconcelos (perc, vo) Miroslav Vitous (b) Yoshiaki Masuo (el, g) (plays on A-1 only) Produced by Masabumi Kikuchi Recorded May 25,26(,29) 1978 at Sound Ideas studio, NYC Recording & mix-down engineer: David Baker |
| It's Great Outside Takehiro Honda Victore Entertainment VICJ-61423 (Jan 11, 2007); VICJ-77062 (Oct 25 2017); VICJ 23019 (Nov. 21, 1990); LP: VIJ-6014 (July 25, 1978) |
Side 1: 1. I'll Become the Child 2. It's Great Outside 3. With Our Soul 4. Son Song Side 2: 1. Lin's Garden Blues 2. When the Sun Comes Up 3. I'll be Honest with You 4. Dear Friend All compositions by Takehiro Honda |
Takehiro Honda (p,el p, clavinet, org) Cornell Dupree (el g) Yoshiaki Masuo (el g) Anthony Jackson (el b) Steve Jordan (ds) Ray Mantilla (perc,congas) Will Boulware (org) on track 2-2 Recorded Mar 31-Apr 2, 1978 at Blue Rock Studio, NYC. |
| ZAL Richard Beirach in duet with Terumasa Hino & Yoshiaki Masuo LP: Trio Jazz Mania PAP-9053 1977 CD: BRJ|4045 (Aug 1, 1987); AMJ ABCJ-12 (Feb 26, 1999) |
Side 1:[Richard Beirach & Yoshiaki Masuo] 1. Mavrodaphne (R. Beirach & Yoshiaki Masuo) 2. Broken Wing (R. Beirach) 3. Yesterdays (Jerome Kern, arr. by R. Beirach/T. B. Harms) Side 2: [Richard Beirach & Terumasa Hino] 1. ZAL (R. Beirach) 2. Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair (Appalachian folk song, arr. by R. Beirach) [piano-solo] 3. What is this Thing Called Love (Cole Porter, arr. by R. Beirach/Harms Inc.) |
Personnel: Richard Beirach (piano) all tracks Yoshiaki Masuo (guitar) A1, A2, A3 Terumasa Hino (flugelhorn & trumpet) B1, B3 Recorded in New York City on September 28, 29, 1976 |
| Black Cat Monty Waters LP: WHYNOT WN-006 (1976) CD: TRIO Records WHYNOT MTCJ-2015 (Feb 21, 2001); |
Side A: 1. J. Love March 2. Bogs Blues 3. Apartment Number 2H Side B 1. Modest 2. Black Cat Bonus track on CD version (6) R. P. M. |
Monty Waters (as, ss) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Ronnie Boykins (b) George Avaloz (ds) Produced by Masahiko Yuh Recorded in Aug, 1975 |
| Pamoja Sadao Watanabe CD:UCCJ-4084 (May 27, 2009); UCCJ-9023(Jan 17, 2007); UCCJ-4021 (Jan 25,2001); 32JD-10047 (Jun 25, 1987) LP: EAST WIND, Nippon Phonogram EW-8022 (1976 ?); 15PJ-1013; 20PJ-12 |
Side A: 1. Vichiakani 2. Musitoni Side B: 1. Pamoja 2. Everytime We say (Cole Porter) |
Sadao Watanabe (as, fl) Hiroshi Fukumura (tb) A1,B3 Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Takehiro Honda (p) Isao Suzuki (b) Hiroshi Murakami (ds) Masahiko Togashi (ds, perc) Recorded live at Yomiuri Hall on Oct 27, 1975 |
| First Moves Sonny Rollins Live LP: ??? CD: JazzDoor JD 1271 (1994 in Europe) |
1. First Moves (Sonny Rollins) 2. Look for the Silver Lining (Buddy DeSylva / Jerome Kern) 3. To A Wild Rose (Edward MacDowell) 4. Alfie's Theme (Sonny Rollins) |
Sonny Rollins (tenor & soprano
saxophones) Yoshiaki Masuo (electric guitar) Rufus Harley (soprano saxophone & bagpipes) Gene Perla (electric base) David Lee (drums) Recorded live, November 12, 1974 in Belgrade |
| The Cutting Edge Sonny Rollins US Milestone 9059 CD:Original Jazz Classics OJCCD-468-2 LP:OJC-468 Japan CD:Victor Enternainment VICJ-41852 (2007/2/21); VICJ-60220 (1998/9/2); LP: Victor VIJ-4022 (1974/12/25?) |
Side A: 1. The Cutting Edge (Sonny Rollins) 2. To A Wild Rose (Edward MacDowell) 3. First Moves (Sonny Rollins) Side B: 1. A House Is Not A Home (Bacharach-David) 2. Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Traditional) |
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone) Stanley Cowell (piano) Yoshiaki Masuo (guitar) Bob Cranshaw (electric base) David Lee (drums) Mtume (conga drums, perc) Rufus Harley (bagpipes) Produced by Orrin Keepnews Recorded during concert performance at Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland; July 6, 1974. |
| Complete Sonny Rollins in Japan Sonny Rollins VICJ~61558-9 (2008/4/23) |
Disct 1 1. Powaii (Sonny Rollins) 2. St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins) 3. Alfie (Sonny Rollins) 4. Moritat (Brecht-Weil) Disct 2 1. SAIS (James Mtume) 2. God Bless the Child (Herzog Jr. --Holiday) 3. Hold 'em Joe (Harry Glenn Thomas Jr.) |
Sonny Rollins (tenor and soprano saxophone) * same as that of "Sonny Rollins in Japan". Disc 1 contains the same tracks as "Sonny Rollins in Japan". Disc 2 contains additional tracks. |
| Sonny Rollins in Japan Sonny Rollins Japan CD: VICJ-60220 (1998/9/2); SMJ-6030 ?; VICJ-23001 ?; LP: Victor VIJ-4025 (??); |
Side A: 1. Powaii (Sonny Rollins) 2. St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins) Side B: 1. Alfie (Sonny Rollins) 2. Moritat (Brecht-Weil) |
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone) Yoshiaki Masuo (guitar) Bob Cranshaw (electric base) David Lee (drums) Mtume (conga drums) Produced by Tetsuya Shimoda |
| Horn Culture Sonny Rollins US Milestone 9051; CD:OJCCD-314-2; LP: OJC-314 (1991) Japan Victor LP: VIJ-4023 (1974/2/10?) CD: VICJ-60218 (1998/9/2) |
Side 1: 1. Pictures in the Reflection of a Golden Horn (Sonny Rollins) 2. Sais (James Mtume) 3. Notes For Eddie (Sonny Rollins) Side 2: 1. God Bless' The Child (Holiday-Herzog) 2. Love Man (Sonny Rollins) 3. Good Morning, Heartache (Drake-Fisher-Higginbotham) |
Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone) Yoshiaki Masuo (acoustic guitar) Walter Davis, Jr. (piano, electric piano) Bob Cranshaw (electric base) David Lee (drums) Mtume (perc, piano) On"Sais," Sonny Rollins also plays soproano sax, Walter Davis plays electric piano, and Mtume plays acoustic piano. Produced by Orrin Keepnews Recorded at Cl Recording, New York City; April, June and July, 1973 |
| Merry-Go-Round Elvin Jones US: Blue Note BST84414 (1972) |
Side 1: 1. Round Town (Gene Perla) 2. Brite Piece (Dave Liebman) 3. Lungs (Jan Hammer) 4. A Time for Love (Joe Farrell) 5. Tergiversation (A. Wiggens - Gene Perla) Side 2: 6. La Fiesta (Chick Corea) 7. The Children's Merry-go-round March (Keiko Jones) 8. Who's Afraid (Frank Foster) |
Elvin Jones (ds) Chick Corea (p, el p) Jan Hammer (p, el p) Gene Perla (b) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) on 'Round Town' and 'A time for Love' Joe Farrell (fl, ss, ts) Dave Liebman (ss, ts) Steve Grossman (ts) Pepper Adams (bariton sax) Don Alias (conga) Frank Foster (cl) Recorded on Dec 15, 1971 Masuo has guest appearances on 'Round Town' and 'A time for Love' |
| Second Album Kohsuke Mine LP: Three Blind Mice TBM-4 (1972); TBM-2504 |
Side 1: 1. Y. M (Kohsuke Mine) 2. Brother In Low (Yoshio Suzuki) Side 2: 3. Striped Slacks (Yoshio Suzuki) 4. Chin San Take 1 (Takashi Imai) 5. Chin San Take 2 (Takashi Imai) |
Kohsuke Mine(as, ss) Takashi Imai (tb) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Yoshio Suzuki (b) Hiroshi Murakami (ds) Recorded Nov. 29 & Dec 2, 1970 |
| Collaboration Part 2 Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet with Sadao Watanabe Quartet LP: Nippon Phonogram FS-5053(as a two disc set with FS-5052); FS-6502(as a separate disc) |
Side 3: 6. Hiro (Sadao Watanabe) 7. Drizzing Rain (Masabumi Kikuchi) Side 4: 8. Microcosm I (Masabumi Kikuchi) 9. Without Lullaby (Masabumi Kikuchi) 10. Thanatos take 1 (Masabumi Kikuchi) |
Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet + Sadao Watanabe Quartet Masabumi Kikuchi (electric piano, piano), Sadao Watanabe (sopranino, alto sax), Masahiro Kikuchi (organ on "Hiro", electric piano on "Drizzling Rain" "Thanatos take 1"), Kohsuke Mine (soprano sax on "Drizzling Rain" "Thanatos take 1"), Yoshiaki Masuo (guitar, except "Microcosm""Without Lullaby"), Yoshio Ikeda (bass, except "Without Lullaby"), Yoshio Suzuki (bass, electric bass except "Microcosm"), Hiroshi Murakami (drums), Hiro Tsunoda (drums except "Without Lullaby"), Keiji Kishida (drums on "Hiro" "Thanatos take 1") Recorded Oct. 8,13 & Nov 14, 1970 |
| Collaboration Part 1 Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet with Sadao Watanabe Quartet LP: Nippon Phonogram FS-5052 (as a two disc set with FS-5053); FS-6501(as a separate disc) |
Side 1: 1. Illusion (Masabumi Kikuchi) 2. Thanatos take 2 (Masabumi Kikuchi) Side 2: 3. Uptight (Yoshiaki Masuo) 4. So Por Vici (Sadao Watanabe) 5. Lunar Eclipse (Masabumi Kikuchi) |
Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet + Sadao Watanabe Quartet Masabumi Kikuchi (electric piano/ harpsicord solo on "So Por Voci"), Sadao Watanabe (sopranino), Masahiro Kikuchi (electric piano), Kohsuke Mine (soprano sax), Yoshiaki Masuo (guitar), Yoshio Ikeda (bass, except "Up Tight"), Yoshio Suzuki (electric bass & cello), Hiroshi Murakami (drums), Hiro Tsunoda (drums), Keiji Kishida (drums) Recorded Oct. 8,13 & Nov 14, 1970 |
| Pastoral / Isotope Sadao Watanabe Quartet Open reel tape: Pony RDP-6006 (Released around Feb, 1971) |
1. Pastoral 2. Round Trip---Coming 3. Sun Rise 4. Isotope 5. Sun Set 6. Carolina 7. Here's That Rainy Day (* Song order on the tape is unknown.) Of this recording, two tracks (Pastoral and Round Trip) are released in Mar, 1980 on a vinyl record titled "Sadao Watanabe vs Terumasa Hino." -> See Discography 3 |
Sadao Watanabe (as, fl, sn) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Yoshio Suzuki (b) Hiro Tsunoda (ds) Recorded at 1st Studio of Nippon Broadcasting System Service on Oct 1, 1970 |
| Astrorama Jean-Luc Ponty & Masahiko Satoh LP: Liberty/Toshiba LPC-8039 (Aug 29, 1970) |
Side A: 1. Golden Green 2. And So On Side B 3. Astrorama & Nuggis |
Jean-Luc Ponty (el vln) Masahiko Satoh (el p, p, comp) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Motohiko Hino (ds) Recorded at Toshiba Studio, Tokyo |
| Come back to Foster 1864 Cotton Field Rock Band LP: Victor SPX-1002 (1970) |
Side A: 1. Jeanie with the light brown hair 2. The old folks at home 3. Gentle Annie 4. Nelly was a lady Side B: 1. Old black Joe 2. Old dog Tray 3. Dolly day 4. Beautiful dreamer 5. Massa's in cold cold, ground |
Masahiko Satoh(ep, organ, arr), Mototeru Takagi (ss, bcl) Kiyoshi Sugimoto (g) Sadanori Nakamure (g) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Yasuo Arakawa (b) Akira Ishikawa (dr) and others Recorded in 1970 ?? |
| around the time Sadao Watanabe LP: WAM MLP15454 |
Side A: 1. Round Trip Going (Yoshiaki Masuo) 2. Round Trip Coming (Yoshiaki Masuo) Side B: 1. Pastoral (S. Watanabe) 2. California Here I Come (Jolson,De Sylva, Meyer) 3. Tokyo Suite:Sunset (S. Watanabe) |
Sadao Watanabe (as, fl, sn) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Yoshio Suzuki (b) Hiro Tsunoda (ds) Recorded Jun 26, 1970 ? |
| Sadao Watanabe at Montreux Jazz Festival Sadao Watanabe LP: CBS SONY SONP-50378J, SOPM-185, 18AH-1563, 23AP-1068 CD: SRCS 9588 |
Side A: 1. Round Trip:Going and Coming (Yoshiaki Masuo) Side B: 1. Lament (J.J.Johnson) 2. Tokyo Suite: Sunset (S. Watanabe) 3. Pastoral - Theme - (S. Watanabe) |
Sadao Watanabe (as, fl, sn) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Yoshio Suzuki (b) Hiro Tsunoda (ds) Recorded at Casino de Montreux, Switzerland June 18, 1970 |
| Sensitive Sound of Sonia Rosa Sonia Rosa CD: Jan 20, 1999 Vivid Sound VSCD-606; May 1988? CS32-1439 LP: Reissue EPT-8111 ; Original May 1970? Toshiba EP-7751 |
1. The Girl from Ipanema 2. Fly Me to the Moon 3. Desafinado 4. The Look of Love 5. Meditation 6. Corcovado 7. I'll Never Fall in Love Again 8. The Shadow of Your Smile 9. La Chanson D'Orphee (du "Orfeu negro") 10. Alfie 11. Secret Love 12. Tristeza |
Sonia Rosa (vo, g) Sonia Rosa (vo, kg) Sadao Watanabe Quartet (Track 1, 12) Arranged by Sawao Watanabe (1, 12) Kunihiko Suzuki (2, 5, 8) Sonia Rosa (3, 9,11) Shunichi Magaino (4, 7, 10) Kouichi Uzaki (6) |
| Live at the Junk Sadao Watanabe LP:CBS SONY SONP-50221J, CBS SONY SOPM-180, 18AH 1562, 23AP-1067 CD: SRCS-9587 (Feb 19,2000) |
Side 1: 1. Cheryl (Charlie Parker) 2. If I Said The Sky Was Fallin (J.J.Johonson) 3. Gergia On My Mind (H.Carmicheal, S.Gorrell) -- The Theme (Miles Davis) Side 2: 1. The Guy's In Love With You (B.Bachrach, H.Davis) 2. No More Blues (A.C.Jobim) 3. Here's That Rainy Day (J.Van.Heusen, J.Burke) 4. Granny's Samba - Ending:Felicidade (Gary Mcfarland) -- Felicidade (A.C.Jobim) |
Sadao Watanabe (as, sn) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Yoshio Suzuki (b) Fumio Watanabe (ds) Recorded at Jazz Club "Junk", Ginza, Tokyo, December 26, 27th, 1969 |
| Takehiko Honda meets rhythm section featuring Sadao Watanabe Minton Blues Takehiro Honda & Sadao Watanabe Quartet CD: Absord Music Japan (AMJ) ABCJ-377 (Jul 26, 2006); Absord Music Japan ABCJ-29 (May 28, 1999); TKCZ-79080 (Dec 21, 1994); LP: TRIO PA-9702 (1970); TRIO RSP-9007 |
Side 1: 1. Minton Blues (T. Honda) 2. Hey Hude 3. By the Time I Get Phoenix Side 2: 1. Ain't Tell You a Good Way But (T. Honda) 2. Stella by Starlight 3. Quiet Sea (T. Honda) |
Takehiko Honda (Takehiro Honda) (p) Sadao Watanabe (as) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Yoshio Suzuki (b) Fumio Watanabe (ds) Recorded on Dec. 9, 1969 at Yamaha Hall |
| Song Book Sadao Watanabe LP: CBS SONY SOPL-38XJ, 18AH 1567, 23AP-659 CD: *SRCS-9586 (Feb 19, 2000) |
Side A: 1. Duet For Lovers 2. Street Samba 3. Doria's Step 4. Love Theme (1) 5. Love Theme (2) 6. Roda Viva (Cico Buarqe De Hollanda) 7. Gabor 8. Tuxaua (Rogerio Duprpat) 9. Curled Hair Boy & Long Hair Girl 10. I Know The Place For Us 11. Nihonbashi 12. If I Said The Sky Was Falling 13. Train Samba (Gary Mcfarland) 14. Fandango 15. Trois Gymnopedies (Eric Satie) Side B: 1. One For T 2. Matsuri no Asa ni (1) 3. Matsuri no Asa ni (2) 4. Hopeful Encounter (Gary Mcfarland) 5. I Feel Romantic 6. You And I 7. Promise Me 8. Lady Mako 9. Dear Old Days 10. Pastoral 11. Closing Theme From "Matte-Mas-Wa" All songs composed by Sadao Watanabe unless otherwise specified. |
Sadao Watanabe (as, sn, fl) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Yoshio Suzuki (b) Fumio Watanabe (ds) Masabumi Kikuchi (p) Kazuo Yashiro (p, el p) Recorded at Tokyo Studio Center, July 11 to Oct 3, 1969 |
| Pastoral Sadao Watanabe CD: SRCS-9585 (Feb 19, 2000) CBS SONY CSCL 1310 (1990) LP: CBS SONY SONP-50130 (1969)/ SOPM 146; 18AH 1561; 23AP-1066 |
Side A: 1. Pastoral 2. Bridge A3: Tokyo Suite: Sunrise/Sunset Side B: 1. Gary, Outro Samba 2. Someday In Suburbs 3. Fandango 4. Closing Theme From "Kin-Kira-Kin" 5. Ritmo Saboroso All compositions and arrangement by Sadao Watanabe |
Sadao Watanabe (as, fl, sn) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Yoshio Suzuki (b, el b, p) Fumio Watanabe (ds, perc) Kazuo Yashiro (el p) Hiroshi Matsumoto (vib) Masahiro Tanaka (fh) Chiyoshige Matsubara (fh) Recored Jun 24 and July 8, 1969 at Toshi Center Hall, Akasaka |
| Do You Know the Way to San Jose? Jiroh Inagaki & His Rhythm Machine |
Side A: 1. Do You Know the Way to San Jose? 2. Alfie 3. I'll Never Fall in Love Again 4. Wanting Things 5. The Window of the World 6. The Look of Love Side B: 1. Promises Promises 2. What the World Need Now is Love 3. I Say a Little Prayer 4. Walk on by 5. Reach out for Me 6. Two Guy's in Love with You |
Jiroh Inagaki (ts) Masahiko Satoh(p, arr) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Sadanori Nakamure (g) Yasuo Arakawa (b) Takeshi Inomata(dr) Recorded in 1969 ?? |
| "The Essense of Jazz" Series / Pastoral Sadao Watanabe |
Side A: 1. Pastoral Side B: 1. Pastoral |
Sadao Watanabe (as) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Yoshio Suzuki (b) Fumio Watanabe (ds) Recorded May 24, 1969 at Shinjuku Kousei Nenkin Hall |
| Sadao Watanabe vs. Terumasa Hino LP: Canyon C20R0034 |
Side 1: 1. Pastoral 2. Round Trip -- Coming Side 2: 1. Journey to Air |
Sadao Watanabe (as, sn,fl) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Yoshio Suzuki (b) Hiro Tsunoda (ds) Recorded Jan, 1969 |
| Sadao Plays Bacharach & Beatles (Sadao Plays Beatles &
Bacharack) Sadao Watanabe LP: TACT XMS-10010CT (Mar,1969) CD: Takt/Nippon Columbia COCY-80502 (Feb 21 ,1997); COCB-31022 (Aug 19, 2000) |
Side 1: 1. LOOK OF LOVE (B.Bacharach, H.David) 2: MAGICAL MISTERY TOUR (Mccartney, Lennon) 3: Trains, Boats And Planes (B.Bacharach, H.David) 4: Ticket To Ride (Mccartney, Lennon) 5: Walk On By (B.Bacharach, H.David) 6: I Am The Walrus (Mccartney, Lennon) Side 2: 1. Here, There And Everywhere (Mccartney, Lennon) 2. Blue Jay Way (G.Harrison) 3. Reach Out For Me (B.Bacharach, H.David) |
Sadao Watanabe (sns, as) Takashi Imai (tb) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Fumio Watanabe (ds) Yoshio Ikeda (b) Terumasa Hino (tp) Tetsuo Fushimi (tp) Hiroshi Suzuki (tb) Yasushi Ichiura (b-tb) Yoshio Suzuki (org,hpsi) Yuji Imamura (perc) Tomoaki Hashizume (tb) Isao Eto (el b) Kazuo Yashiro (org, elec-hpsi) Side 1: Recorded Nov 8, 1968 at Tokyo Sankei Hall Side 2: Recorded Dec 16, 1968 at a studio |
| Now's The Time Sadao Watanabe Nippon Housou Service RF5024 (Open Tape only) 1968 |
Side 1: 1. Now's The Time (Charie Parker) 2. Forest Flower (C.Lloyd) 3. A Time And A Place (J.Heath) 4. Fried Bananas (Gary Mcfarland) Side 2: 1. Gentle Rain (Louis Bonfa) 2. Gipsy 66 (Gabor Szabo) 3. The Cat (L.Schifrin) 4. Song Of The Jet (A.C.Jobim) |
Sadao Watabane (as) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Shizuo Hashimoto Fumio Watababe August or later, 1968 |
| Forest Flower Sharps and Flats '68 featuring Hiroshi Suzuki and Yoshiaki Masuo LP:Nippon Columbia YS-10038-J (Sep ??, 1968) |
Side A: 1.Elijah 2.Walk tall 3.Backlash 4.Sunny 5.The "In" cloud Side B: 1.Forest flower 2.A day in the life 3.Watermelon man 4.Mercy,mercy,mercy 5.Sidewinder |
Nobuo Hara, Kazunori Taniguchi (ts) Hajime Maekawa, Kouji Suzuki (as) Nobuyuki Morikawa (bs) Shuhzo Morikawa, Teruyuki Fukushima, Kunitosi Sinohara, Hiroshi Sanami (tp) Tadao Taniyama, Hiroshi Suzuki, Haruo Ochi (tb) Toshihiko Ogawa (p) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Hiroshi Takeuchi (b) Yoshio Nakamura (ds) Norio Maeda (arr) Recorded Jun ??, 1968 |
| Feelin' Good Terumasa Hino and His Group LP:Tact, Nippon Columbia XMS-10001 (Sep 25, 1968) CD:Tact, Nippon Columbia COCY-80429 (Nov 21 1996)/ *COCB-31028 (Aug 19, 2000) |
1.Mississippi Dip (Irwin Andrews) 2.Feeling Good (Anthony Newley) 3.And Satisfy (Ronnell Bright) 4.Trust me Now (M.Kikuchi) 5.The Magilla (Duke Pearson) 6.Lucy in the Sky with Diamond(Lennon-McCartney) |
Terumasa Hino (tp) Masabumi Kikuchi (p) Takeru Muraoka (ts) Hiroshi Suzuki (tb) Toru Konishi (g) Motohiko Hino (ds) Kunimitsu Inaba (b) Kaoru Chiba (fh) Jake (as) Hiroshi Okazaki (bs) Kouji Hatori (tp) Takeshi Aoki (b, tb) Akira Miyazawa (fl) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Humio Watanabe (perc) Arranger:M.Kikuchi Recorded Jun 4,12, 1968 at Teichiku kaikan Studio,Tokyo |
| We Got A New Bag Sadao & Charlie Again LP: tact Jazz-3002 1968 CD: Takt/Nippon Columbia COCY-80503 (Feb 21, 1997); COCB-31024 (Aug 19, 2000) |
Side 1: 1. Ragam Sinthubariravi (Indian Traditional) a) Palavi, b) Anupalavi, c) Saranam 2. Kunji Kunjipesi, Mathi, Mayakkum (Indian Traditional) Side 2: 1. Lament (J.J.Johnson) 2. Palisades (C.Mariano) 3. You Are My Heart's Delight (German Traditional) |
Sadao Watanabe (as) Charlie Mariano (as,nagasvaram) Masabumi Kikuchi (p) Masanaga Harada (b) Fumio Watanabe (ds) Yoshiaki Masuo (g) Tadashi Shigami (b) and others Recorded Jan 21, 1968 at Teichiku Kaikan Studio |