Sadao Watanabe - Viajando (1998)

Recorded in New York in January/February 1998 this is Watanabe at his most mellow with a group of Latin friends, most notably a small group with Cesar Mariano on keyboards and programming, Paulo Braga on drums and Romero Lubambo on guitar. Add to that a lot of percussion and you have an album that simmers and from time to time introduces a range of vocalists who further add to the stew.For me the best tracks for me are the ones where Watanabe plays sopranino , notably "Afrozil", "On a Sunny Day" and the instrumental version of "Doco Seducao"( although I like the vocal version with Pamela Briggs on vocals as well!) It sounds as though the sessions were great fun and produced a mellow laid back album that presents a different side of Watanabe's playing.