Sadao Watanabe Concert History

Sadao Watanabe (渡辺貞夫) is Japan's most famous saxophone player. Born February 1st, 1933, in Utsunomiya in the Tochigi prefecture of Japan, Watanabe began playing the alto sax after moving to Tokyo at the age of 18. He went on to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston from 1962 to 1965. He plays both alto and soprano saxophone, and has collaborated with internationally renowned artists such as Chico Hamilton, Gary Peacock, Chic Corea and Kikuchi Masabumi.

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Sadao Watanabe Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
Dec 02, 2025
Sadao Watanabe Billboard Live Osaka Osaka, Ōsaka, Japan
Dec 01, 2025
Sadao Watanabe Billboard Live Osaka Osaka, Ōsaka, Japan
Oct 01, 2025
Sadao Watanabe Billboard Live Osaka Osaka, Ōsaka, Japan
Sep 30, 2025
Sadao Watanabe Billboard Live Osaka Osaka, Ōsaka, Japan
Sep 24, 2025
Sadao Watanabe Billboard Live Yokohama Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Jun 23, 2022
Sadao Watanabe
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Blue Note Tokyo Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Mar 24, 2019
Sadao Watanabe Blue Note Jazz Club New York, New York, United States
Mar 23, 2019
Sadao Watanabe Blue Note Jazz Club New York, New York, United States
Mar 21, 2019
Sadao Watanabe Blue Note Jazz Club New York, New York, United States
Sep 03, 2017
Tokyo Jazz Festival
"Tokyo Jazz Festival" / Chick Corea / Gonzalo Rubalcaba / Treme Brass Band / Al Di Meola / Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles / Sadao Watanabe / Ron Carter
Various Venues Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Jul 01, 2016
Sadao Watanabe Blue Note Tokyo Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Mar 04, 2015
Sadao Watanabe Royal Paragon Hall Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Mar 02, 2014
Jakarta Int'l Java Jazz Festival
Natalie Cole / India.Arie / Snarky Puppy / Gerald Albright / Allen Stone / Dave Koz / Mindi Abair / Richard Elliot / Robert Glasper / Roy Ayers / Lonnie Liston Smith / James Taylor Quartet / Sadao Watanabe / Jonathan Butler / Rick Braun / Tania Maria / Nils Petter Molvaer Show all bands
Jakarta International Expo North Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia
Mar 01, 2014
Jakarta Int'l Java Jazz Festival
Incognito / Mindi Abair / Dave Koz / Gerald Albright / Richard Elliot / Snarky Puppy / Jeff Lorber / Magnus Lindgren Band / Rick Braun / Sadao Watanabe / Tania Maria / Vincent Ingala / Gregg Karukas
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Jakarta International Expo North Jakarta, Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia
Dec 09, 2013
Sadao Watanabe Nagoya Blue Note Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Jun 23, 2013
Sadao Watanabe Blue Note Jazz Club New York, New York, United States
Jun 22, 2013
Sadao Watanabe Blue Note Jazz Club New York, New York, United States
Jun 21, 2013
Sadao Watanabe Blue Note Jazz Club New York, New York, United States
Apr 04, 2012
Sadao Watanabe Scullers Jazz Club Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Sep 27, 2010
Sadao Watanabe Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center New York, New York, United States

Genres:

Jazz
Jazz Fusion
Japanese
Smooth Jazz
Japan
Jazz Ballads
Saxophone
Jazz Saxophone
Japanese Jazz
Classic Japanese Jazz
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Latest Setlist (06/23/2022):

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  1. A felicidade
  2. Butterfly
  3. Passo de Doria
  4. Call Me
  5. Itapua (On the Beach)
  6. I Thought of You
  7. Quilombo
  8. Road Song
  9. Front Seat
  10. Just a Touch
  11. Regra Três
  12. Samba da Volta
  13. Carinhoso
  14. Imagine / Give Peace a Chance
  15. Life Is All Like That / Harambee

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Concerts Per Year:

2025 5 concerts
2022 1 concert
2019 3 concerts
2017 1 concert
2016 1 concert
2015 1 concert
2014 2 concerts
2013 4 concerts
2012 1 concert
2010 4 concerts
2009 1 concert
2008 4 concerts
2006 4 concerts
1999 1 concert
1998 1 concert
1992 1 concert
1990 1 concert
1987 1 concert
1986 2 concerts
1984 1 concert
1981 2 concerts
1980 4 concerts
1975 1 concert
1970 1 concert

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