16/03/2025

Sadao Watanabe "Good Time For Love" (1986) -Smooth Jazz / Jazz Funk-



Label : Elektra / Asylum Records


Japon Side One 

01 - Good Time For Love (Sadao Watanabe)
02 - Love Birds Whisper In My Ear (Sadao Watanabe)
03 - When We Make A Home (Sadao Watanabe & Richard Wittenmeyer)
04 - Step Out On The Street (Sadao Watanabe)

Side Two

01 - I Love To Say Your Name (Sadao Watanabe)
02 - Pogo (Sadao Watanabe)
03 - All The Way (Melvin Ragin, Sonny Burke, Josef Powell & Art Posey)
04 - Loving You Is Easy (Doug Taylor)


Produced by Sadao Watanabe, Hiro Kajiwara
Recording Engineered by Seigen Ono (Super Studio), Yoshihiro Suzuki, Mikio Takamatu, Kevin Halpin
Assistant Engineer : Junji Matsuo, Tetsuya Morioka, Motonari Matsumoto, Tony Van Horn
Remixing Engineered by Seigen Ono (Super Studio), Mikio Takamatsu
Recorded at :
CBS/Sony Roppongi Studio A & B ; Sedic Studio A ; FM Tokyo R Studio in Tokyo
Automated Sound Studio in New York City
Remixed at CBS/Sony Roppongi Studio B with Neacam
Digital Mastering at Sunrise Studios


Side One 

01 - Good Time For Love

Rhythm Arranged by Sadao Watanabe
Horn Arranged by Soichi Noriki
Sadao Watanabe : Alto Saxophone
Earl Smith : Electric Guitar
Ancel Collins : Keyboards
Bertram McLean : Electric Bass
Carton Davis : Drums
Sydney Wolf : Percussions
Jimmy Cliff : Congas
Shigeo Fuchino : Tenor Saxophone
Kenji Nishiyama : Trombone

02 - Love Birds Whisper In My Ear

Arranged by Soichi Noriki
Sadao Watanabe : Alto Saxophone
Takayuchi Hijikata : Acoustic Guitar
Soichi Noriki : Keyboards
Ken Watanabe : Electric Bass
Hideo Yamaki : Drums
Keiichi Gotoh : Synthesizer Operate

03 - When We Make A Home

Arranged by Rob Mounsey
Chorus Arranged by Soichi Noriki
Sadao Watanabe : Alto Saxophone
Jeff Mironov : Electric Guitar
Rob Mounsey : Keyboards
Will Lee : Vocal & Electric Bass
Chris Parker : Drums
Sue Evans : Percussions
Eve : Chorus

04 - Step Out On The Street

Arranged by Soichi Noriki
Sadao Watanabe : Alto Saxophone, Percussions
Takayuchi Hijikata : Acoustic Guitar
Soichi Noriki : Keyboards
Ken Watanabe : Electric Bass
Hideo Yamaki : Drums
Keiichi Gotoh : Synthesizer Operate

Side Two

01 - I Love To Say Your Name

Arranged by Soichi Noriki
Sadao Watanabe : Alto Saxophone
Takayuchi Hijikata : Acoustic Guitar
Soichi Noriki : Keyboards
Ken Watanabe : Electric Bass
Hideo Yamaki : Drums
Keiichi Gotoh : Synthesizer Operate

02 - Pogo

Arranged by Onajé Allan Gumbs
Sadao Watanabe : Alto Saxophone, Sopranino
Bobby Broom : Electric Guitar
Onajé Allan Gumbs : Keyboards
Victor Bailey : Electric Bass
Poogie Bell : Drums
Mino Cinelu : Congas & Percussions

03 - All The Way

Arranged by Soichi Noriki
Sadao Watanabe : Alto Saxophone
Tsunehide Matsuki : Electric Guitar
Tohru Tatsuki : Electric Guitar
Soichi Noriki Keyboards
Kenji Takamizu Electric Bass
Shuichi Murakami Drums

04 - Loving You Is Easy

Arranged by Soichi Noriki
Sadao Watanabe : Alto Saxophone
Tsunehide Matsuki : Electric Guitar
Tohru Tatsuki : Electric Guitar
Soichi Noriki : Keyboards
Kenji Takamizu : Electric Bass
Shuichi Murakami : Drums