Sadao Watanabe - 1976 - Pamoja

Sadao Watanabe

1976

Pamoja

01. Vichakani 15:29

02. Musitoni 9:19

03. Pamoja 14:24

04. Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye 8:37

Alto Saxophone, Flute – Sadao Watanabe

Bass – Isao Suzuki

Drums – Hiroshi Murakami

Guitar – Yoshiaki Masuo

Percussion – Masahiko Togashi

Piano – Takehiro Honda

Trombone – Hiroshi Fukumura

Recorded October 27, 1975 at Yomiuri Hall, Tokyo.

A record that's slightly later than Sadao Watanabe's classic period on Takt and Columbia Records – but a great album with some really wonderful moments, and one that shows him continuing to evolve as a musician! The set was recorded live in Tokyo in 1975, and it features Watanabe working with a group that includes Isao Suzuki on bass, Yshiaki Masuo on guitar, and Takehiro Honda on piano. The four tracks are all long, with some of the searching Coltrane-ish playing that Watanabe brought to his earlier Sony albums, but they've also got a fair bit of the warmth he was reaching for during the 70s – combining elements of world jazz styles into a mode that really pushed his work on alto and flute.