25/09/2023

Sadao Watanabe "Earth Step" (1993) -Jazz Funk / Smooth Jazz-



Label : Polydor K.K. Japan


Japon 01 - Love Will Make It Right (Sadao Watanabe)
02 - Earth Step (Sadao Watanabe & Rob Mounsey)
03 - We'll Never Know (Sadao Watanabe & Richard Wittenmeyer)
04 - Sangoma (Rob Mounsey)
05 - One Night In A Dream (Sadao Watanabe, David Buskin & Abra Bigham)
06 - So Do I (Sadao Watanabe)
07 - Love Song For Africa (Sadao Watanabe)
08 - Windfall (Sadao Watanabe)
09 - Lover's Walk (Sadao Watanabe)
10 - What Do You Say (Sadao Watanabe & Rob Mounsey)
11 - Till We Meet Again (Sadao Watanabe)


Sadao Watanabe : Alto & Sopranino Saxophones
Rob Mounsey : Keyboards, Programming & Additional Percussion
Jeff Mironov : Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Bashiri Johnson : Percussion
Will Lee : Electric Bass Guitars
Steve Gadd : Drums
Vaneese Thomas : Lead vocals on "One Night In A Dream" & "We'll Never Know"

Background vocals : Kacey Cisyk, William Eaton, Gordon Grody, Lani Groves, Will Lee, Rob Mounsey

Produced & Arranged by Rob Mounsey for Flying Monkey, Inc.
Recorded & Mixed by Richard Alderson
Assistant Engineers : Dann Wojnar, Dave Schiffman
Recorded at Power Station & Flying Monkey, New York
Mixed at Skyline Studios, New York
Production Co-ordinator : Felicia Michael & Akira Yada