Sadao Watanabe

alto saxophone, sopranino, flute · 1933 · Utsunomiya (Japan)

He took over Toshiko Akiyoshi's Cozy Quartet when she left for the United States, then studied at Berklee from 1962. Known for his bossa nova records, he turned to jazz-rock as early as 1966 and had a triumph with "California Shower" (1978).

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Styles

• Japanese jazz
• Bossa nova, jazz samba
• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Landmark tracks

• California Shower (1978)

Sources

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