16/09/2021

Sadao Watanabe "Orange Express" (1981) -Jazz Fusion / Smooth Jazz-



Label : CBS, Inc.


Japon Side 1

01 - Orange Express (Sadao Watanabe)
02 - Ride On (Sadao Watanabe)
03 - Call Me (Sadao Watanabe)
04 - Good For All Night (Sadao Watanabe)

Side 2

01 - Bagamoyo / Zanzibar (Adaptation by Sadao Watanabe / (Sadao Watanabe)
02 - Straight To The Top (Dave Grusin)
03 - Mbali Africa (Sadao Watanabe)


Arranged & Conducted by Dave Grusin
Produced by Kiyoshi Itoh
Engineered by Larry Rosen
Recorded & Mixed at A&R Recording Studios, New York City in April & May, 1981
Mastered by Eiji Taniguchi & Yoshihiro Suzuki at CBS/Sony Studio, Tokyo
Executive Producer : Toshinari Koiouma


"Orange Express", "Ride On"

Sadao Watanabe : Alto Saxophone,
Dave Grusin : Rhodes Piano & Synthesizers
George Benson : Guitar on "Orange Express"
Bobby Broom : Guitars
Marcus Miller : Bass
Buddy Williams : Drums
Crusher Bennett : Congas & Percussion

"Call Me", "Good For All Night", "Bagamoyo / Zanzibar"
Sadao Watanabe : Alto Saxophone, Sopranino & Flute
Dave Grusin : Rhodes Piano, Acoustic Piano, Synthesizers & Percussion
Jeff Mironov : Guitars
Marcus Miller : Bass
Buddy Williams : Drums
Crusher Bennett & Carol Steele : Congas & Percussion

"Straight To The Top", "Mbali Africa"
Sadao Watanabe : Alto Saxophone & Sopranino
Dave Grusin : Rhodes Piano
Richard Tee : Rhodes Piano & Acoustic Piano
Eric Gale : Guitar
Marcus Miller : Bass
Buddy Williams : Drums
Crusher Bennett : Congas & Percussion

String Section 
David Nadien : Concermaster
Gerald Tarack, Matthew Raimondi, Elena Barere, Max Ellen, John Tintavalle, Guy Lumia, Charlie Libove, Jan Mullen & Joseph Rabushka : Violins
Theodore Israël & Alfred Brown : Violas
Charles McCracken & Jonathan Abramowitz : Cellos

Horn Section
Marvin Stamm & Jon Faddis : Trumpets & Flugelhorns
Keith O'Quinn : Trombone
Lou Marini : Tenor Saxophone
Ronnie Cuber : Baritone Saxophone

Ed Walsh : Synthesizer Programming