Masanori Sasaji

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Masanori Sasaji ( Japanese 笹 路 正 徳 , Sasaji Masanori ; * 1955 ) is a Japanese fusion and jazz musician ( piano , keyboard , Hammond organ , synthesizer , arrangement ) and film composer .

Masanori Sasaji worked in the 1980s with Osamu Kawakami , with whom the first recordings were made as early as 1978 ( Jumup for Joy , with Noriko Miyamoto , Kazumasa Akiyama , Yasuaki Shimizu , Eri Ohno , Takeru Muraoka ), and also in the band Jazz (with Hideo, among others ) Yamaki , Motohiko Hamase , Yasuaki Shimizu), with Kazumi Watanabe's Kazumi Band and in the trios Press Rider (with Takayuki Hijikata , Norio Sakai ) and Mountain Tune (with Takayoshi Umeno ).

In 1979 he recorded his debut album Hot Taste Jam (Yupiteru) in a big band line-up with Hitoshi Okano , Takeshi Itoh , Yasuaki Shimizu, Takayuki Hijikata, Akira Okazawa , Isoo Fukui , Yuichi Togashiki , Hideo Yamaki , Satoshi Murakawa , Yumi Murata ; In 1980 the LP Hell-ter Skeltor (Bourbon Records) followed. In the USA, the big band productions Afro Blue and Green Flower Street were created for SONY in the late 1990s , with the LA Allstars under the direction of Jimmy Hey. In the field of jazz, Tom Lord lists him in 24 recording sessions between 1978 and 1990, most recently with Masahiro Andoh . He also produced the album Homecoming by jazz pop singer Noon (2008), to which he also contributed as a keyboardist. As a studio musician, he also worked with the J-Pop band Spitz and as a film composer for anime TV series (such as Loveless ) and feature films.

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  1. ↑ With woodwinds Dan Higgins, Brandon Fields, Pete Christlieb , Larry Williams, Kim Hutchcroft, trumpeters Gary Grant, Wayne Bergeron , Larry Hall, Ron Stout, trombonists Charlie Loper , Andy Martin, Reggie Young, Bill Reichenbach (bass trombone). The rhythm group consisted of Paul Jackson, Jr. (guitar), Masanori Sasaji (keyboards), Jimmy Johnson (bass), Peter Erskine (drums), Lenny Castro (percussion),
  2. ↑ In the studio band u. a. Dean Parks , Abe Laboriel , Vinnie Colaiuta , Alex Acuña , Dan Higgins , Ernie Watts , Jack Nimitz , Gary Grant , Warren Luening , Charlie Loper, and Andy Martin
  3. ^ Billboard October 21, 2000
  4. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 10, 2017)
  5. ↑ Masanori Sasaji in the Internet Movie Database (English)Template: IMDb / Maintenance / "imported from" is missing
personal data
SURNAME Sasaji, Masanori
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 笹 路 正 徳 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz musician (piano, keyboards)
DATE OF BIRTH 1955