Sadao Watanabe

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Sadao Watanabe
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Born: 1st February 1933 in Tochigi Prefecture.
Renowned Japanese jazz musician playing alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone and flute is one of the pioneers of "Jap Jazz". Moved to Tokyo after graduating from high school and then, in 1962, moved to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music. He has released more than 50 albums and is also recognised as a talented photographer having produced six publications of his work.
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Releases:
Kenya Ya Africa (LP, Liv)   CBS/Sony 1973
My Dear Life (LP)   Flying Disk 1977
Hunt Up Wind (Album) (2 versions)   Flying Disk ... 1978
Echo (LP, Comp, RM)   CBS/Sony 1979
How's Everything (2xLP, Album, Promo)   Columbia 1980
No Problem / All About Love (12")   CBS 1980
Fill Up The Night (Album) (3 versions)   WEA ... 1983
Rendezvous (2 versions)   Elektra 1984
Maisha (CD, Album)   WEA 1985
Parker's Mood - Sadao Watanabe Live At Bravas Club '85 (Album) (2 versions)   WEA Musik GmbH ... 1985
Any Other Fool/Miles Apart (12")   Elektra 1989
Sweet Deal (CD, Album)   Warner Music (Germany) 1991
Mbali Africa (2xCD, RE, Album, Liv)   SME Records 2000
Sadao 2000 (CD, Album)   Polydor, Verve Records 2000
Jazz Samba (CD, Album, RM)   KOCH Records 2007
Sadao Watanabe (CD, Album, RE, RM)   Think! (2) 2007
Round Trip (LP)   CBS/Sony  
Production:
Through The Eyes Of Love (CD, Album) Just A Touch Warner Bros. Records 1992
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El Chico (Album) (2 versions)   Impulse! 1965
Gypsy '66 (Album) (2 versions)   Impulse! ... 1965
The In Sound (LP)   Verve Records 1966
Live In Concert (LP)   East Wind 1975
Matrix (LP, Album) If I Said The Sky Was ... Catalyst Records (3) 1977
Dave Grusin And The GRP All-Stars Live In Japan (LP, Album)   GRP 1981
Quartet (Album) (2 versions)   CBS ... 1982
A Toda Maquina (Album) (2 versions) A Toda Maquina Discos CBS International 1983
Kyoto (Album) (2 versions) Nihon Bash Universal Music (Japan) ... 1990
Through The Eyes Of Love (CD, Album) Just A Touch Warner Bros. Records 1992
Jazz Fusions One (Comp) (2 versions) Love Will Make It Right Beechwood Music 1994
Shibuya Jazz Classics - Sleep Walker Collection - Columbia Issue (CD, Album, Comp) Mas Que Nada, Palisades Solid Records (6) 2003
Wild Thing (LP + Vinyl, RE)   Vampi Soul 2003
Finally... The First Farewell Tour (3 versions) Pick Up The Pieces (Li... Warner Music Vision ... 2004
Jazz Swings Pop (CD, Comp, RM) Satisfaction Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2006
The Legend Of Jazz (SACD, Comp, RM)   Eighty-Eight's 2009
Tracks Appear On:
Nippon To The Dance Floor (12") Duo Creatics Miracle Records (2) 1979
Nippon Jazz (LP, Comp) Morning Island, Sevent... April Records (4) 1980
Bitter Suite (2xLP) All About Love CBS 1981
Bitter Suite (2xLP, Comp) All About Love CBS 1981
Second Suite (2xLP, Comp) Orange Express CBS 1981
Street Suite (2xLP, Comp) Ride On CBS 1983
Jazz Fusions One (Comp) (2 versions) Love Will Make It Right Beechwood Music 1994
Out Of The Cool Too (Comp) (2 versions) Mas Que Nada Discomagic Records ... 1995
Classic Jazz-Funk Mastercuts Volume 6 (Comp) (2 versions) Nice Shot, Hunt Up Wind Mastercuts 1996
Bitter Suite (CD, Comp) All About Love Connoisseur Collection 2000
Shibuya Jazz Classics - Sleep Walker Collection - Columbia Issue (CD, Album, Comp) Mas Que Nada Solid Records (6) 2003
Immunity (Cass, Mixed) Nostalgia Magic Objects 2006
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