This is the official fan website for Yoshiaki Masuo, a Japanese-born great jazz guitarist,
composer, arranger and producer, who played as a Sonny Rollins guitarist for seven years in total and
performed with other various big-name jazz musicians as well.
Based on the United States for decades, in Greater New York most of time,
Mr. Masuo in recent years comes to stay and perform in Japan every spring and autumn.
Spring & Autumn Tours in Japan Every Year
Mr. Masuo comes back and stays in Japan for a period of about three months every spring and autumn in recent years.
He formed his own band in Japan in 2012 for the first time after more than three decades.
Since then, the band has changed part of it's members several times and also its name a few times.
It's name now is YOSHIAKI MSAUO BAND (as of year 2026).
Masuo also plays in a variety of other coonfigurations with various musicians.
Japan tour dates information is basically offered on the Japanese-language
Schedule&News page of this site.
But if you have any question about it, please contact website administrator Kaco.
Recent Photos can be seen on Yoshiaki Masuo Official Facebook page
One Word
by Yoshiaki Masuo
One Word
-- 2025 Hawaii version
( About Hawaii version Message from Masuo in Japanese）
Other versions of One Word
on YouTube as well:
2011 version,
2020 version,
2020 acoustic version
This site, endorsed by guitarist Yoshiaki Masuo and
his management, is designed, edited, and maintained by a devoted fan of Masuo.
Webmaster: Kaco (Tokyo, Japan)
Please use the following URLs for links to this site:
This English front page (http://www.ymasuo.com/eng/),
or
The site entrance page (http://www.ymasuo.com/).
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