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Yoshiaki Masuo Discography  ( in English)

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As a Producer --JazzCity Spirit label

Masuo has produced some eighty jazz albums, including those on the JazzCity and JazzCity Spirit labels which he set up and ran in team work with Tony Ariga. The total number of albums Masuo has worked on comes to 200 or so, when non-jazz titles are included. Here on this site, we list the albums on the JazzCity and Jazz City Spirit.
Primary Artist and Album Title Recorded Songs Personnel
DoDo 3 / Toru Dodo  Latest

MZCJ 1087 (Feb 21, 2006)

Oct 18&19 2005 1. R or B
2. Bolivia
3. Boneless & Skinless
4. Inside Bubbles
5. NYUCS (New York Undrgraound Car Servie)
6. A Spiral Escalator
7. Arabesque
8. Giacomo Swing
9. Brush Pitch
10. My Romance
11. For Mr. M (Sazae's Theme)
12. T.Dog's Theme
Toru Dodo (p)
Joseph Lepore  (b)
Rodney Green (ds)
116 West 238 St./ Toru Dodo

MZCJ 1028 (Feb 25, 2004)
Apr 2003 1. 3 Faces
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. So So So So So See Me
4. Premonition
5. Intermezzo 2
6. 12-13
7. November 1st
8. Metamorphosis
9. Love Theme from Cinema Paradise
10. Enduring Freedom
Toru Dodo (p)
Reuben Rogers (b)
John Lamkin (ds)
DoDo / Toru Dodo

TKCB 72432 (Sep 26, 2002)
Mar 2001, Apr and May 2002 1. First Things First
2. Cleo’s Mirror
3. Phillip
4. Poru P Bobo
5. The Nearness of You
6. Catharsis
7. Dot.Dot.
8. Class Action
9. Finishing Touch
10. Autumn in New York
Toru Dodo (p)
Reuben Rogers (b)
John Lamkin (ds)
Soul Serenade / Lew Marini

TKCB 70899 (May 22, 1996)
Dec 1995 1. Back in the U.S.S.R
2. When a Man Loves a Woman
3. No Scuffle Shuffle (spelling uncertain)
4. Need To Dance
5. Soul Serenade
6. Rockin' Robin
7. Shan Yang (spelling uncertain)
8. Hippety Hoppety Bittity Bopity (spelling uncertain)
Lew Marini (ts,fl)
Leon Pendervis (key)
David Spinozza (g)
Tom Berney (b)
Bernard Purdey (ds)
The Nutcracker Suite/ Manhattan Chamber Jazz Septet

TKCB 72410 (Aug 21, 2002)
TKCB-70633 (May 25, 1995)
Oct 1993 1. The Nutcracker Overture -- The Nutcracker March -- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy -- The Dance of Reeds -- The Arab Dance
2. Farewell Song
3. Clair de Lune
4. Pavane pour une Infante Defunte
5. Full Moon And Empty Arms
6. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Bill Mays (p)
Lew Marini, Ted Nash (fl,sax)
Ken Hitchcock (cl,sax)
Roger Rosenberg (bs-cl)
Terry Clark (ds,perc)
John Golsby (b) (spelling uncertain)
Maw Tenor Blues (spelling uncertain) / Scott Kreitzer

TKCB 72411 (Aug 21, 2002)
TKCB-70542 (Nov 25, 1994)
May 1994 1. The Rhythmethod
2. End Of A Rainbow
3. Little Daling
4. Turn Around
5. The Crazy Sea Calls Me
6. Ambidextrous
7. Mow Tenor Blues (spelling uncertain)
8. Angel Eyes
9. Time For A Change
Scott Kreitzer (ts)
Larry Goldings (org)
Bernard Purdey (ds)
Another Point of View / Kenny Drew Jr.

TKCB 72408 (Aug 21, 2002)
TKCB-70304?Feb 25, 1994)
Nov 1993 1. Another Point of View
2. Letter To Evan
3. Wind Song
4. In Your Own Sweet Way
5. Infant Eyes
6. Love Letter To Karen
7. Radio
8. Maria
9. Monk's Dream
10. Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love (piano solo)
Kenny Drew Jr. (p)
Eddie Gomez (b)
Bill Stewart (ds)
Zingaro -- Songs Without End / Marc Copland Ralph Towner


TKCB 72409 (Aug 21, 2002)
TKCB?70405 (Jun 25, 1994)

Nov 1993 1. Nardis
2. Zingaro
3. Turn
4. Good-Bye
5. Free Bop
6. All That's Left
7. Jamaica Stopover
8. Snowfall
9. Blue In Green
10. Love Walked In
Ralph Towner (g)
Marc Copland (p)
Take Your Dance Into Battle / Freddie Bryant

TKCB-70158 (Sep 25, 1993)
Feb, 1993? (1) Take Your Dance Into Battle (Freddie Bryant)
(2) Just You, Just Me (Raymond Klages, Jesse Greer)
(3) Neruda (Freddie Bryant)
(4) Pop (Freddie Bryant)
(5) Alone (Freddie Bryant, Poem by Maya Angelou)
(6) Karma (Freddie Bryant)
(7) Looney Tune (Larry Young)
(8) The Little Stone (Freddie Bryant)
(9) Nia (Freddie Bryant)
(10) Sioux Fantasy (Freddie Bryant)
(11) Street (Freddie Bryant)
Freddie Bryant (g)
Don Braden (ts, ss)
Steve Wilson (as, ss)
Ira Coleman (b)
Billy Drummond  (ds)
Eric Mingus  (voice)
Just Like Old Times / Yoshiaki Masuo

TKCB 72407 (Aug 21, 2002) Remix
TKCA-70047 (Apr 25, 1993)
Oct 1992 1. J.A.B. (Masuo)
2. Sonnyside Up (Masuo)
3. Good To Be Here (Sadao Watanabe)
4. Minor Samba (Masuo)
5. Into The Night (Masuo)
6. Corvallis (Masuo)
7. You Make My Love Burn Bright (Masuo)
8. Moose The Mooche (Charlie Parker)
9. Old Folks (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robinson)

5. Corvallis (Masuo)
6. You Make My Love Burn Bright (Masuo)
7. Moose The Mooche (Charlie Parker)
8. Old Folks (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robinson)
9. Into The Night (Masuo)
10. You Make My Love Burn Bright (vocal version)*
Yoshiaki Masuo (g,keyb)
Sadao Watanabe (as, ss)
Kenny Drew Jr. (p, keyb)
Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki (b)
Buddy Williams (ds) Rudy Bird (perc)
The 2 Lips (back-vo)*

*: Remix version only


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