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Masahiko Satoh and the Soundbreakers
11+ albums
experimentaljazzAvant-GardePsychedelic Rockfree jazz
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Masahiko Satoh & Sound Brakers - Satoh is a composer/arranger/keyboardist from Tokyo. After leaving music school he played in various jazz combos in Japan [and later, Europe and the US], and recorded his first album as the Masahiko Satoh Trio, 'Palladium' [Express/Toshiba, 1969], which won the Japan Jazz Award. In 1970 and 1972 he also won awards of excellence for two compositions. Numerous jazz albums followed, including one with Jean-Luc Ponty, one with Wolfgang Dauner and some with Stomu Yamash'ta, but Satoh is perhaps best known amongst Japanese progressive collectors for the excellent album as Masahiko Satoh & Sound Brakers, 'Amalgamation' aka 'Kokotsu no Showa Genroku' [Liberty/Toshiba, 1971], with Hiro Yanagida [see below; ex-Apryl Fool, Foodbrain] and Kimio Mizutani [see above; around the same time also playing with Love Live Life + One and People]. I've only heard one track, which is crazy psych-jazz rock jamming. Satoh also played keyboards and Moog on Mizutani's solo album. Satoh's following album consisted of electronic music, composed and performed on synthesizer - 'Switched On East/Electronic Japan' [Columbia, 1971]; I presume it's Japanese traditional music played on Moog! Satoh has continued his career in jazz and composing/arranging to the present day, and formed his own label BAJ Records in 1997. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Face 1
2122Face 2
1723Amalgamation Part 1
504Amalgamation Part 2
465Amalgamation Part 2 (Ancient Tales of the Days to Come/Hear Me Takin' to Ya/Le D’ecouverte de I’homme/Holy Barbarian/Voce Plena E Naturale/Dedicated to Mr.John Bull/Shinjuku Maturi/Agony and Ecstasy)
266Amalgamation (Part 2)
1872. Amalgamation Part 2
681. Amalgamation Part 1
59Amalgamation - Pt. 1
510Amalgamation - Pt. 2
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