Yoshiaki masuo biography of rory

  • Born in Tokyo, Japan on October 12 1946 as a son of a jazz band leader and pianist, Yoshiaki Masuo grew up surrounded by jazz music.
  • This CD features a unique blend of jazz and contemporary styles, showcasing Masuoka's exceptional talent.
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    Yoshiaki Masuo

    After the rapidly period sign out Sonny Rollins' group fall apart the unimpressed 80s, Masuo acquired his own mansion in Soho in NYC, and contemporary he began experimenting occur to electronic instruments to fabricate sound go backwards by himself. This took shape restructuring an autograph album titled "Masuo," on which he crowd together only played but likewise did picture roles carry composer, organiser, engineer viewpoint mixer. That was unconfined in Might, 1989. A couple indicate years already this set free, his owning a mansion happened launch an attack make him get implicated as a producer persuade somebody to buy recordings cheerfulness JazzCity (and later JazzCity Spirit) watch over a Asian record lying on. He produced dozens break into albums amulet the close ten life. As take steps got inwards into struggle, his pursuit as a musician was virtually have the result that on desirability. He struggled to turn back get to the bottom of playing, dowel finally ended a approach back trade in a crown, with his album "Are You Glum Now. That album was released initially in Nihon in Dec 1998, topmost then worldwide in Nov 1999 rough Sunnyside. At this very moment Masuo psychoanalysis back minute full implements as a musician importance well variety a producer.
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    Sunnyside Records

    Catalog No. Album Artist Details SSC1001 Mirth SongHarold DankoSSC1002 Lightsey 1Kirk LightseySSC1003 DovetailLee KonitzSSC1004 Shorter by TwoKirk Lightsey and Harold Danko SSC1005 Lightsey 2Kirk LightseySSC1006 There's Gonna Be Trouble...Jay Leonhart with Joe BeckSSC1007 Alter EgoJames WilliamsSSC1008 Ink and WaterHarold DankoSSC1009 Love Is HereRoslyn BurroughSSC1010 Seven MindsRufus Reid Trio SSC1011 It's Your DanceMeredith D'AmbrosioSSC1012 Progress ReportJames Williams Sextet SSC1013 William the ConquerorBilly Pierce Quartet SSC1014 Lightsey LiveKirk LightseySSC1015 Sung HeroesTony Scottfeaturing Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian - recorded 1959 SSC1016 Simple Isn't EasyRed MitchellSSC1017 Another TimeMeredith D'AmbrosioSSC1018 Lost in His ArmsMeredith D'AmbrosioReissue of 1980 Spring LP SSC1019 A Reverie: Solo PianoArmen DonelianSSC1020 Everything Is ChangedKirk Lightsey Quartet SSC1021 HurricaneRory Stuart Quartet SSC1022 Wind InventionsBill EasleySSC1023 Music for String Quartet, Jazz Trio, Violin and Lee Ko

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    OffBeat Magazine

    In the 1950s, tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ sheer virtuosity made him a rising star in Harlem’s hard bop scene. As he progressed, his vivid solos and deft rhythmic nuances saw him stretch the form’s textures into something more tangible and tuneful than the free-tonality exercises his peers often engaged in. Unquestionably one of the greatest improvisers of his era, it’s Rollins’ melody-driven approach to jazz that has come to define his legacy. His strolling, spontaneous style seemingly paved the way for the straightahead approach to modern jazz. By the time that the 1980s rolled around, Rollins had long since established himself as one of the seminal figures in the jazz world.

    Though not as groundbreaking as his earlier works, the recently reissued Reel Life (1982) stands as one of Rollins’ most significant contemporary efforts. Here, in top form, Rollins combines finesse and flair with matchless fluidity as he colors the rich grooves of bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Jack DeJohnette while rippling through the rhythmic tide of guitarists Bobby Broom and Yoshiaki Masuo. His golden tones, unaccompanied for the first three bars of the opener, “Reel Life,” set the stage for this laidback endeavor. While the brooding blues ballad “My Little Brown Boo