Open Road is a live double-album by Japanese saxist/flutist Sadao Watanabe, released in 1973 on CBS/Sony. Tracklist: A1. “Birds” (5:02) A2. “Morning” (6:00) A3. “Pastel Morning” (6:55) A4. “Rock Dove” (4:03) A5. “Flowing” (2:58) A6. “Intersection” (5:00) B1. “Jua Song” (10:48) B2. “Tanza Frills” (14:13) C1. “Echo” (10:10) C2. “Kaleidoscope” (7:41) D1. “Love Song” (11:05) […]
Native Son were a Japanese jazz-funk band that released five albums on JVC between 1979 and 1983, followed by a half-dozen further titles on Polydor up to 1987. Members: Tamio Kawabata (electric bass), Motonobu Ohde (electric guitar), 本田竹曠 [Takehiro Honda] (electric piano, Rhodes, Clavinet, Solina, celesta, percussion), Hiroshi Murakami (drums), Kohsuke Mine (tenor saxophone, soprano […]
Kohsuke Mine — 峰厚介 (Feb. 6, 1944) — is a Japanese jazz saxophonist and bandleader who released numerous albums under solo and combo billings on Philips, East Wind, and other labels during the 1970s. Late in the decade, he co-founded the jazz-funk super-group Native Son, which released 11 albums on JVC and Polydor between 1979 […]
