16/09/2021

Sadao Watanabe "Morning Island" (1979) -Jazz Fusion / City Pop-



Label : Flying Disk


Japon Side One

01 - Morning Island (Sadao Watanabe)
02 - Down East (Sadao Watanabe)
03 - Serenade (Sadao Watanabe)
04 - We Are The One (Sadao Watanabe)

Side Two

01 - Home Meeting (Sadao Watanabe)
02 - Petit Valse Pour Sadao (Dave Grusin)
03 - Samba Do Marcos (Dave Grusin)
04 - Inner Embrace (Sadao Watanabe)


Musicians :
Sadao Watanabe : Alto Saxophone, Sopranino, Flute
Dave Grusin : Acoustic Piano, Rhodes Piano, Percussion
Jeff Mironov : Electric Guitar
Francisco Centeno : Electric Bass
Steve Gadd : Drums
Rubens Bassini : Congas, Percussion
Eric Gale : Electric Guitar
Marvin Stamm : Trumpet
Alan Rubin : Trumpet
Tony Rudd : Trombone
George Young : Alto Saxophone
Michael Brecker : Tenor Saxophone
Ronnie Cuber : Baritone Saxophone

David Nadien : Concertmaster, Violin
Charles Libove, Barry Finclair, Harry Cyckman, Harry Lookofsky, Richard Sortomme; Diana Halprin, Marvin Morgenstein, Herb Sorkin : Violins
Al Brown, Theodore Israel, Lamar Alsop : Violas
Charles McCracken, Richard Locker : Cellos

Arranged & Conducted by Dave Grusin

Recorded in March 1979 at A & R Recording Studios, New York City
Producers : Kiyoshi Itoh, Akira Taguchi
Assistant Producer : Yukio Morisaki
Production Coordinator : Kiki Miyake
Recording & Remixing Engineer : Jim Boyer
Assistant Recording Engineer : Brad Leigh
Mastering Engineer : Tohru Kotetsu