Tuesday, August 26, 2008

SADAO WATANABE – BASIE’S AT NIGHT

Japanese jazz saxophonist Sadao Watanabe is set to release a new, double-disc album and perform on rare select dates in the United States. The new CD, "Basie's At Night" will be released on September 2, 2008 and features some of Watanabe's best songs recorded at Basie's in Ichinoseki, Iwati on April 14, 2007. Sadao Watanabe learned clarinet and alto in high school, and moved to Tokyo in the '50s, where he joined Toshiko Akiyoshi's bop-oriented group. When the pianist moved to the U.S. in 1956, Watanabe took over the band. Watanabe has remained mostly based in Japan throughout his career, but when he attended Berklee in the early '60s, he was able to work with Gary McFarland, Chico Hamilton, and Gabor Szabo.

The tracklisting for "Basie's At Night" is:
Disc 1
1. One For You
2. Plum Island
3. I’m Old Fashioned
4. Alake – Lopin’
5. Tembea
6. Deep In A Dream
7. Maji

Disc 2
1. Bye Bye Babe
2. Basie’s At Bight
3. Life Is All Like That (For Snoopy & his friends)
4. See What Happens
5. Call Me
6. Manha De Carnaval
7. Episode
8. Karibu
9. Harambee
10. Carinhoso

Sadao Watanabe will perform on select U.S. dates in August and September.
The U.S. dates are:
August 29 - San Francisco, CA @ Yoshi's
August 30 - San Francisco, CA @ Yoshi's
August 31 - San Francisco, CA @ Yoshi's
September 2 - Los Angeles, CA @ Catalina Jazz Club
September 3 - Los Angeles, CA @ Catalina Jazz Club
September 5 - Washington, D.C. @ Blues Alley
September 6 - Washington, D.C. @ Blues Alley
September 8 - New York, NY @ Blue Note
September 9 - Boston, MA @ Regatta Bar
September 10 - Chicago, IL @ TBD

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