Sadao Watanabe - Sadao Watanabe meets New Japan Philharmonic (live) (2023)

An amazing live album packaged with miraculous encounters, including re-enactments of the Budokan concerts from the 1980s, held at the New Japan Folharmonic Orchestra and Sumida Triphony Hall in April 2023!

Sadao Watanabe, one of Japan's leading saxophone players, has released many masterpieces including the hit album "California Shower" and is still active even at the age of 90. Thirty-five years ago, in 1988, they performed with the New Japan Philharmonic at Kinshi Performance. This work includes the live performance that was held as a one-day performance at Sumida Triphony Hall on Saturday, January 29, 2023. A live album that packs the miraculous encounter with the New Japan Philharmonic for the first time in 35 years with the same energy as it is! Sadao Watanabe (as), Akira Onozuka (p & key), Kiichiro Komobuchi (b), Marcelo Kimura (g), Yabu Taka (g), Ittetsu Takemura (Ds), Yoichi Murata (conductor)/New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.