Masanori Sasaji

March 7, 2025

Albums posted on this website: Japanese Wikipedia

December 29, 2018

2000 M. Sasaji & L.A. Allstars – Birdland

Abraham Laboriel Sr, Alex Acuna, Bill Reichenbach, Brandon Fields, Dan Higgins, Dean Parks, Ernie Watts, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Larry Williams, Masanori Sasaji, Richard Page, Vinnie Colaiuta

Birdland is a project setup by pianist Masanori Sasaji and a group of LA (studio) musicians. It was released in 2000 on Columbia Records. Tracks 1 Birdland (Joe Zawinul) 6:06 2 Girl Talk (Bobby Troup; Neal Hefti) 5:49 3 Green Flower Street (Donald Fagen) 4:14 4 My Favorite Things (Richard Rodgers) 6:13 5 Freedom Jazz […]

October 30, 2018

2002 M. Sasaji & L.A. Allstars ‎– Afro Blue

Bill Reichenbach, Brandon Fields, Dan Higgins, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Jimmy Johnson, Joseph Williams, Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams, Lenny Castro, Masanori Sasaji, Paul Jackson Jr, Pete Christlieb, Peter Erskine

Afro Blue is live album by Sasaji Masanori and the L.A. Allstars (see credits). It was recorded live at Capitol Studio, Los Angeles, CA on September 25 & 26, 2002. Tracks 1 Moment’s Notice (John Coltrane) 4:27 2 Moanin’ (Bobby Simmons) 6:32 3 So Near, So Far (Tony Crombie) 6:09 4 Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaria) […]