06/09/2021

Sadao Watanabe "California Shower" (1978) -Jazz Fusion / City Pop-

  

 Label : Flying Disk


Japon Side One

01 - California Shover (Sadao Watanabe)
02 - Duo-Creatics (Dave Grusin)
03 - Desert Ride (Gary McFarland)

Side Two

01 - Seventh High (Sadao Watanabe)
02 - Turning Pages Of Wind (Sadao Watanabe)
03 - Ngoma Party (Sadao Watanabe)
04 - My Country (Sadao Watanabe)


Musicians :
Sadao Watanabe : Alto Saxophone, Sopranino, Flute
Dave Grusin : Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes Piano
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Chuck Rainey : Electric Bass
Harvey Mason : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Congas, Percussion
Oscar Brashear : Trumpet
George Bohannon : Trombone
Ernie Watts : Tenor Saxophone
With Full String Section
Erno Neufeld : Concert Master

Arranged by Dave Grusin, except on "Desert Ride" & "Ngoma Party" by Sadao Watanabe
Recorded in March, 1978 at Record Plant & Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, California

Executive Producer : Toshinari Koinuma
Kiyoshi Itoh
Co-Producer : Yukio Morisaki
U.S.A. Project Coordinator : Kiki Miyake
Recording & Re-mixing Engineer : Phil Schier
Assistant Recording Engineer : Ron Alvarez