Sadao Watanabe - 1977 - Recital

Sadao Watanabe

1977 

Recital

01. Pastoral 9:26

02. Burung Burung 7:25

03. Hitting Home 6:11

04. Matahari Terbenam 2:42

05. Hiro 8:08

06. Old Photograph 7:36

07. Wana Tanzania 0:35

08. Maraica 9:51

09. Theme From "My Dear Life" 1:50

Alto Saxophone, Sopranino Saxophone, Flute – Sadao Watanabe

Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Kohsuke Mine

Bass – Tsutomu Okada

Drums – Shinji Mori

Electric Bass – Akira Okazawa

Guitar – Kazumi Watanabe

Percussion – Masahiko Togashi

Piano, Electric Piano – Takehiro Honda

Trombone – Hiroshi Fukumura

Live Recording of "Sadao Watanabe Recital" on October 19, 1976 at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo

A great live set from Sadao Watanabe – one that shows the wealth of influences he'd been drawing on, from post-Coltrane spirituality, to African-oriented rhythms, to a slight bit of funk! The group's great – with Watanabe on flute, alto, and soprano sax, Takehiro Honda on Fender Rhodes and piano, Kazumi Watanabe on guitar, plus added bass, trombone, and percussion – and we especially like Honda's keyboards, which make any session like this an instant treat! The album's got a warm, soulful feeling, but a sharper edge than most of Watanabe's smoother work of the time