One of Sadao's first hit albums in Japan after he returned, homesick, in 1965, ignited that country's bossa nova craze. "I want to get back to basics, I want to play saxophone. I've started to love ...

CAMBRIDGE — Sadao Watanabe was not quite 30. He’d been playing jazz for about a dozen years, gigging around Japan in the nascent postwar jazz scene with homegrown groups like the quartet of Toshiko ...

adao Watanabe’s latest live album, Re-Bop the Night on the Victor label, is intended to make up for the dissatisfaction he felt about his playing on the 2017 studio album Re-Bop, Japan’s foremost jazz ...

Youngsters from Masami Endo’s after-school choir class are about to hit the big time. The singers, third- through sixth-graders from Atsugi Naval Air Facility, Japan, performed on the latest CD of one ...

Sadao Watanabe is one of Japan’s greatest jazz musicians. By 1958, he had established himself as a world-class saxophonist, having performed with leading musicians and quartets. He moved to Boston in ...

For nearly 50 years, jazz musician, Sadao Watanabe, has been at the forefront of Japan's jazz scene. Born in 1933 in Utsunomiya City, Japan, the young Watanabe moved to Tokyo in the early 1950s, where ...

Jazz is usually associated with late nights, but the double bill of Hendrik Meurkens and the Sadao Watanabe Group should still draw a full house at their Jazz World Live concert this afternoon.

As part of HP Pres’ rotating art exhibit, we are featuring the biblical works of Japan’s foremost Christian artist, Sadao Watanabe (1913–1996). His creative and colorful works represent various scenes ...

Born in Tochigi Prefecture in 1933. Moved to Tokyo after graduating high-school. In 1962, moved to Boston to study at Berklee College of Music after participating in many band sessions as a alto ...

Age is just a number, but for 76-year-old alto saxophonist Sadao Watanabe, some numbers matter. September sees Watanabe — fans and admirers refer to him as "Nabesada" — celebrate the 25th anniversary ...

Click the FOLLOW button to be the first to know about this artist's upcoming lots, sold lots, exhibitions and articles The 2025 record price for Sadao Watanabe was for Noah's Ark The 2024 record price ...