Sadao Watanabe - Song Book (2014)
Artist: Sadao Watanabe
Title: Song Book
Year Of Release: 1969
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Genre: Jazz, Post Bop, Modal
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 53:03
Total Size: 353 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Song Book
Year Of Release: 1969
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Genre: Jazz, Post Bop, Modal
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 53:03
Total Size: 353 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Duet for Lovers (Watanabe) - 2:14
02. Street Samba (Watanabe) - 1:57
03. Doria's Step (Watanabe) - 2:01
04. Love Theme (1) (Watanabe) - 0:33
05. Love Theme (2) (Watanabe) - 1:32
06. Roda Viva (De Hollanda) - 1:19
07. Gabor (Watanabe) - 2:19
08. Tuxaua (Duprpat) - 1:49
09. Curled Hair Boy & Long Hair Girl (Watanabe) - 1:20
10. I Know the Place for Us (Watanabe) - 2:30
11. Nihonbashi (Watanabe) - 1:19
12. If I Said the Sky Was Falling (Watanabe) - 2:38
13. Train Samba (McFarland) - 2:36
14. Fandango (Watanabe) - 1:18
15. Trois Gymnopedies (Satie) - 0:48
16. One for T (Watanabe) - 1:18
17. Matsuri no Asa Ni (1) (Watanabe) - 1:09
18. Matsuri no Asa Ni (2) (Watanabe) - 2:16
19. Hopeful Encounter (McFarland) - 1:26
20. I Feel Romantic (Watanabe) - 2:01
21. You and I (Watanabe) - 2:14
22. Promise Me (Watanabe) - 1:15
23. Lady Mako (Watanabe) - 2:05
24. Dear Old Days (Watanabe) - 1:13
25. Pastoral (Watanabe) - 10:42
26. Closing Theme from "Matte-Masu-Wa" (Watanabe) - 1:10
Sadao Watanabe - alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, flute
Yoshiaki Masuo - guitar
Yoshio Suzuki - bass, electric bass
Fumio Watanabe - drums, percussion
Masabumi Kikuchi (#1,6-16,19-26) - piano, harpsichord, marimba
Kazuo Yashiro (#2-5,17,18) - piano, harpsichord
A really beautiful chapter in the career of reedman Sadao Watanabe – a batch of mostly original compositions, as you might guess from the title – and a double-length record that really showed an evolution of his talents! The sound is often highly lyrical – with Watanabe blowing alto, soprano sax, and flute in modes that are clearly informed by his bossa nova recordings of the late 60s, but which also spring forth in even more complicated styles – with echoes of French soundtracks, European jazz, and other sweet styles of the time. The group's a small one – with Yoshiaki Masuo on guitar, Kazuo Yashiro on acoustic piano and Fender Rhodes, Masabumi Kikuchi on piano, Yoshio Suzuki on bass, and Fumio Watanabe on drums.
