Tetsuo Sakurai Jaco Tribute Band - It's A Jaco Time! (2013)
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Artist: Tetsuo Sakurai Jaco Tribute Band Title Of Album: It's A Jaco Time! Year Of Release: 2013 Label: King Records Genre: Jazz / Fusion Format: MP3 Bitrate: CBR 320 kBit/s Total Time: 47:25 min Total Size: 166 MB WebSite:
Tracklist:
01. INVITATION 02. LIBERTY CITY 03. THREE VIEWS OF A SECRET 04. (USED TO BE A) CHA CHA 05. PALLADIUM 06. LAS OLAS 07. PORTRAIT OF TRACY 08. CONTINUUM 09. RIVER 10. HAVONA
Tetsuo Sakurai (born 1957-11-13) is a Japanese bassist. To date, he has released a total of 37 albums as a member of Casiopea and Jimsaku and solo artist, and has also made 3 bass instructional videos.
Tetsuo Sakurai started playing bass when he was 13 years old.
In 1976, Sakurai, with Issei Noro, founded jazz fusion band Casiopea in 1976. He released 19 albums while in Casiopea but later left the band with Akira Jimbo in 1989 over musical differences. Both of them then went on to form a new jazz fusion supergroup, Jimsaku. Jimsaku was active for nine years, until 1998, when it was disbanded and both Sakurai and Jimbo went on to pursue individual solo careers.
Sakurai's third solo album TLM20, released in 2000, was recorded live in a concert with Casiopea members Issei Noro and Minoru Mukaiya, Akira Jimbo, and Kazuki Katsuta of Dimension. The fourth solo album Gentle Hearts, released in 2001, was recorded with Greg Howe & Dennis Chambers. The fifth solo album Cartas do Brasil was released in 2003 and was a vocal ballad cover album recorded in Rio de Janeiro with Djavan, Ivan Lins, Rosa Passos and other artists. In 2004, Tetsuo toured with Greg & Dennis. The following year, the tour live performances was released on DVD titled Gentle Hearts Tour 2004.
Sakurai is currently composing and playing his own music as a solo artist with domestic and foreign musicians. -- Wiki
