are a Japanese

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band.

Lead Musicians

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Issei Noro is a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist who is one of the founding members and the main composer of the band Casiopea. He has released 6 solo albums and a compilation. He also works as an instructor of a guitar clinic, and as a producer. In 1983, ...

Casiopea , is a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, drummer Tohru "Rika" Suzuki, and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike. In 1977, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya and drummer Takashi Sasaki ( ja) replaced Koik ...

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of KORENOS/Rocket Jam (guitar)

Ottottrio Band

* Chizuko Yoshihiro (keyboards, Full-Time 1988, Part-Time 1998) **A freelance keyboardist, who played with Ottottrio Live in 1988, but only played on 3 tracks of their 1998 Album, Triptych. * Shotoku Sasaji (keyboards, 1988) **Only performed with Ottottrio in 1988. * Chiharu Mikuzuki (bass guitar, 1988) **Only performed with Ottottrio in 1988, but went on to work with Various other Japanese Jazz-Fusion Musicians (including Former T-Square Keyboardist Tadashi Namba). * Hiroyuki Noritake (drums, 1988 and 1998) **T-Square's Drummer, who performed with Ottottrio in 1988 (alongside Masahiro Andoh, who plays Guitar for the same group), and played on Triptych. * Keiji Matsumoto (Keyboards, 1998) **Played on only 1 track of Triptych. A year later, he became T-Square's Keyboardist. * Ko Shimizu (Bass, 1998) ** One of the Founding Members of Naniwa Express, who played 3 tracks on Triptych. * Masanori Shimada (keyboards, 1998) ** Played 3 tracks on Triptych. * Shinichi Kusama (keyboards, 1998) **Played only 1 track on Triptych. * Tetsuo Sakurai **Casiopea's Bassist from 1976 to 1989, played 3 tracks on Triptych. * Mitsuru Sutoh **T-Square's Bassist from 1986 to 2000, played 3 tracks on Triptych.

Discography

Super Guitar Session: Hot Live

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in July 1988. # "Boys be Ambitious" (Issei Noro) – 4:54 # "Guitar Cubic" (Hirokuni Korekata) – 5:08 # "Pricia" (Korekata) – 7:53 # "Mr. Moon" (Masahiro Andoh) – 5:16 # "

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) – 3:53 # "

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) – 7:41

Super Guitar Session: Red Live

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in July 1988. # "Conga" (Enrique Garcia) – 4:32 # "Eyes of the Dragon" (Masahiro Andoh) – 7:08 # "Special Happening" (Issei Noro) – 5:07 # "Saving All My Love for You" (

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) – 4:25 # "Triple Fighting" (Hirokuni Korekata) – 7:22 # "

Land of a Thousand Dances "Land of a Thousand Dances" or "Land of 1000 Dances" is a song written and first recorded by the American rhythm and blues singer Chris Kenner in 1962. It later became a bigger hit in versions by Cannibal & the Headhunters and Wilson Pickett. ...

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) – 5:37

Triptych

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on December 12, 1998. (Re-released as "Blu-Spec CD" on December 23, 2009) #"Desert Dog" (Masahiro Andoh) #"Sea Dragon" (Hirokuni Korekata) #"Watch It" (Issei Noro) #"You've Got a Friend" (

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) #"And I Love Her" (

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) #"Sunny" (

Bobby Hebb Robert Alvin Von Hebb (July 26, 1938 – August 3, 2010) was an American R&B and soul singer, musician, songwriter, recording and performing artist, best known for his 1966 hit " Sunny". Biography Hebb was born in Nashville, Tennessee. His par ...

) #"Soft Madness" (Andoh) #"Coral in Blue" (Korekata) #"Flash Out" (Noro)

References

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