Kazumi Watanabe "Mobo Splash" (1985) -Jazz Fusion-

Label : DOMO

 Side One

01 - Afternoon In The Park (Kazumi Watanabe)

02 - Splash (Kazumi Watanabe, Gregg Lee & Shuichi Murakami)

03 - Izayoi (Kazumi Watanabe)

04 - Sometimes We Say Monk (Kazumi Watanabe)

Side Two

01 - Crisis III (Kazumi Watanabe)

02 - Gourd-Top-Mouse (Kazumi Watanabe & Shuichi Murakami)

03 - Synapse (Kazumi Watanabe)

04 - Busiest Night (Kazumi Watanabe)

Kazumi Watanabe : Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Guitar Synthesizer, Keyboards, Digital Sampler

Gregg Lee : Electric Bass

Shuichi 'Ponta' Murakami : Drums, Percussions

Nobuyoshi Ivo : Z-Bass, Acoustic Bass

Ichiko Hashimoto : Voice

Kazutoki Umezu : Alto Sax

David Sanborn : Alto Sax

Michael Brecker : Tenor Sax

Produced by Kazumi Watanabe

Co-Produced by Mobo III

Recorded at Media Sound, N.Y. & Polydor Studios, Tokyo, April-August 1985

Recording Engineered by Doug Epstein (N.Y.) & Seigen Ono (Tokyo)

Assisted by Alexander Haas (N.Y.) & Hitoshi Sato (Tokyo)

Mixed by Seigen Ono at Polydor Studios, August 1985

Mastered by Kathie Sugimoto (JVC)

Kazumi & The Gentle Thoughts ‎"Mermaid Boulevard" (1978) -Jazz Fusion-

Label : Alfa Records

 Side One

01 - Mermaid Boulevard (Kazumi Watanabe)

02 - Neptune (Kazumi Watanabe)

03 - Waltz For Sweet (Kazumi Watanabe)

04 - 'Q' (Louis Johnson & George Johnson)

Side Two

01 - Sugar Loaf Express (Lee Ritenour)

02 - Poppy's Walk (Kazumi Watanabe)

03 - Gentle Afternoon (Kazumi Watanabe)

Musicians :

Kazumi Watanabe : Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer

Lee Ritenour : Electric & Acoustic Guitar

Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano & Clavinet

Ernie Watts : Tenor Sax & Flute

Steve Forman : Percussion

Anthony Jackson : Electric Bass

Harvey Mason : Drums

Jun Fukamachi : Synthesizer

Minako Yoshida : Background vocal

Rhythm Arrangement : Lee Ritenour

Strings Arrangement : Jun Fukamachi

Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi

Recording Engineers : Phil Schier, Norio Yoshizawa

Re-mix Engineer : Phil Schier

Assistant Engineers : Joan Schier, Atsushi Saito, Yasuhiko Terada

Recorded & Re-mix at Studio 'A', Tokyo from October 17th to 29th, 1977

Executive Producer : Kunihiko Murai

Kazumi "To Chi Ka" (1980) -Jazz Fusion-

Label : Better Days Records / Nippon Columbia Records

 Side One

01 - Liquid Fingers (Kazumi Watanabe)
02 - Black Canal (Kazumi Watanabe)
03 - To Chi Ka (Kazumi Watanabe)
04 - Cokumo Island (Kazumi Watanabe)

Side Two

01 - Unicorn (Kazumi Watanabe)
02 - Don't Be Silly (Kazumi Watanabe)
03 - Sayonara (Kazumi Watanabe)
04 - Manhattan Flu Dance (Kazumi Watanabe)


Produced by Mike Mainieri (for Nippon Columbia)
Co-Produced by Kazumi Watanabe
Recorded & Mixed by Doug Epstine
At Media Sound, New York City, March 4-26, 1980
Assistant Engineering by Gary Boyle, Carl Beatty, Andy Hoffman, Don Wershba
Mastered at Nippon Columbia, Tokyo


Side One

01 - Liquid Fingers

Kazumi Watanabe : Electric Guitar
Joe Caro : Rhythm Guitar
Kenny Kirkland : Keyboards
Marcus Miller : Bass Guitar
Steve Jordan : Drums

02 - Black Canal

Kazumi Watanabe : Electric Guitar, Ovation Adamas
Joe Caro : Rhythm Guitar
Kenny Kirkland : Keyboards, Acoustic Piano Solo
Warren Bernhardt : Oberheim
Marcus Miller : Bass Guitar
Steve Jordan : Drums
Ed Walsh : Oberheim Programming

03 - To Chi Ka

Kazumi Watanabe : Acoustic Guitar
Mike Mainieri : Vibes

04 - Cokumo Island

Kazumi Watanabe : Electric Guitar
Warren Bernhardt : Keyboards, Oberheim
Tony Levin : Fretless Bass Guitar
Peter Erskine : Drums
Sammy Figueroa : Percussions
Michael Brecker : Tenor Saxophone
Ed Walsh : Oberheim Programming

Side Two

01 - Unicorn

Kazumi Watanabe : Electric Guitar
Joe Caro : Rhythm Guitar
Kenny Kirkland : Keyboards
Warren Bernhardt : Oberheim
Marcus Miller : Bass Guitar
Steve Jordan : Drums
Mike Mainieri : Vibes
Ed Walsh : Oberheim Programming

02 - Don't Be Silly

Kazumi Watanabe : Electric Guitar, Korg Guitar Synthesizer
Joe Caro : Rhythm Guitar
Kenny Kirkland : Keyboards
Warren Bernhardt : Oberheim Solo
Marcus Miller : Bass Guitar
Steve Jordan : Drums
Ed Walsh : Oberheim Programming

03 - Sayonara

Kazumi Watanabe : Electric Guitar
Warren Bernhardt : Keyboards, Oberheim
Tony Levin : Fretless Bass Guitar
Peter Erskine : Drums
Sammy Figueroa : Percussions
Ed Walsh : Oberheim Programming

04 - Manhattan Flu Dance

Kazumi Watanabe : Electric Guitar
Warren Bernhardt : Keyboards
Tony Levin : Bass Guitar
Peter Erskine : Drums
Michael Brecker : Tenor Saxophone

Kenji Omura "Concierto De Aranjuez" (1978) -Jazz Rock-

Label : Alfa Records, Inc.

 Side 1

01 - Concierto De Aranjuez (Joaquin Rodrigo) 

Side 2

01 - I Never Was A Cowboy (Don Grusin)
02 - Latin Stuff (Kenji Omura) 
03 - I Feel Breeze (Kazumi Watanabe) 
04 - Tighten Up (Ernie Watts) 


Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi
Engineered by Norio Yoshizawa 
Recorded at Shibaura Studio 'A', Tokyo from September 27th to October 20th, 1978

Musicians :
Acoustic & Electric Guitars : Lee Ritenour
Electric Guitar : Kazumi Watanabe & Kenji Omura
Percussion : Steve Forman
Acoustic & Electric Piano : Dave Grusin
Electric Piano & Synthesizer Yamaha Cp-70 : Don Grusin
Soprano & Tenor Sax, Flute : Ernie Watts
Synthesizer : Jun Fukamachi on Track 01
Bass Guitar : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : Alex Acuña