Sadao Watanabe – Nice Shot! (VG+/E) – LP, JP 1980, With OBI

Nice Shot! is an LP by Sadao Watanabe from 1980 released on the Flying Disk label.

About this album

Nice Shot! is a polished compilation that highlights Sadao Watanabe’s fluent blend of jazz, funk and Brazilian-tinged fusion. Issued in 1980, it gathers material from a period when the Japanese saxophonist was building an international reputation for sleek, melodic playing and accessible arrangements. Watanabe’s warm tone and lyrical phrasing give the set its character, while pieces such as “California Shower” and “Morning Island” point to the cosmopolitan groove that made his work especially popular beyond Japan. As a snapshot of his late-1970s sound, it reflects the crossover appeal that helped establish him as one of Asia’s most recognisable jazz artists.

Genre: Jazz