Sadao Watanabe

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    • 山形市
    • 山形市民会館　大ホール · Mon 6 Apr · 18
    • 仙台市
    • トークネットホール仙台　大ホール · Wed 8 Apr · 18
    • 郡山市
    • けんしん郡山文化センター　中ホール · Thu 9 Apr · 18
    • 北上市
    • 北上市さくらホールｆｅａｔ．ツガワ　中ホール · Sat 11 Apr · 16
    • 高崎市
    • 高崎芸術劇場　大劇場 · Sun 10 May · 16
    • 京都市
    • ロームシアター京都　サウスホール · Fri 15 May · 18
    • 江東区
    • ＳＧＣ　ＨＡＬＬ　ＡＲＩＡＫＥ · Sun 24 May · 16
    • 立川市
    • たましんＲＩＳＵＲＵホール　大ホール · Wed 3 Jun · 18:30

About Sadao Watanabe

One of the most well-known Japanese jazz musicians of his generation, Sadao Watanabe is an adept, bop-influenced saxophonist with a deep love of Brazilian bossa nova. He initially gained global fame in the 1960s with Bossa Nova Concert and Sadao Meets Brazilian Friends, showcasing his warm tone and lyrical, swinging sound. His subsequent recordings, highlighted by 1974's Round Trip, 1984's Rendezvous, and 1999's Remembrance, found him traversing such varied styles as funk, fusion, and crossover pop. Since the 2000s, Watanabe has focused largely on acoustic post-bop, Brazilian traditions, and straight-ahead jazz, as on the 2017 orchestral concert album Encore!

FROM
Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
BORN
1 February 1933
GENRE
Jazz