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坂田明 (21 Feb 1945 - )

Male Person - Japan jazz saxophonist

Releases (10)

Official

Album

  1. 20人格 = 20 Personalities / Akira Sakata Sings 1980
  2. Tacology 21 Aug 1987 (as Akira Sakata)
  3. Mooko 1988 (as Akira Sakata)
  4. SILENT PLANKTON 25 May 1991
  5. Fisherman's.com 2001 (as Akira Sakata)
  6. The Tale Of The Heike 31 May 2016
  7. 赤とんぼ 31 Dec 2020

Album - Compilation

  1. Early 1980’s 31 Jan 2018 (as Akira Sakata)

Other

  1. Kaigara-bushi (DJ Krush Remix) 2002 (as Akira Sakata)

Relationships (10)

Member Of

  1. 坂田明トリオ original
  2. AKIRA original, eponymous
  3. Arashi original, lead vocals, alto saxophone, clarinet
  4. Wha-ha-ha
  5. Jazz Hijokaidan
  6. Flying Mijinko Band
  7. Autonomous Zone
  8. 坂田明セクステット reeds
  9. Bonjintan

Children

  1. 坂田学

Recordings by (71)

  1. Room 3:55 (1980)
  2. Yarin'Age 6:02 (1980)
  3. Meuniere 4:45 (1980)
  4. Panco 6:25 (1980)
  5. Vocal Training 0:24 (1980)
  6. Shin-Doyo (Part 1) 4:37 (1980)
  7. A Ra-Men Man 1:00 (1980)
  8. White Christmas 3:40 (1980)
  9. A Trucker 1:02 (1980)
  10. Poem & Jazz At Seoul 2:08 (1980)
  11. A Farmer 1:04 (1980)
  12. Tokio Moogie Foomie 1:52 (1980)
  13. A Pre-Probaseman 1:02 (1980)
  14. Shin-Doyo (Part 2) 2:43 (1980)
  15. A New-Teacher 0:44 (1980)
  16. Kanjincho 5:00 (1980)
  17. An Etude 0:12 (1980)
  18. Ex-Prime Minister Vs Keyboards 5:56 (1980)
  19. A Laughter 0:56 (1980)
  20. Folklore 2:45 (1980)
  21. A Comedian 1:05 (1980)
  22. Poem & Jazz At Peking 2:15 (1980)
  23. A Seasonal Labourer 0:56 (1980)
  24. Naima 0:25 (1980)
  25. A Carpenter 0:56 (1980)
  26. Telephone 3:15 (1980)
  27. A Band's Man 0:59 (1980)
  28. Samba De Domba 3:36 (1980)
  29. Don's Theme 3:31 (21 Aug 1987)
  30. Octopus March 4:34 (21 Aug 1987)
  31. Viva Octopus 5:32 (21 Aug 1987)
  32. Kai-Daco-Hime 6:36 (21 Aug 1987)
  33. Ballad for Taco 6:18 (21 Aug 1987)
  34. Don's Theme (instrumental) 5:19 (21 Aug 1987)
  35. Nitchimo Satchimo 6:33 (1988)
  36. Hieyashi Bushi 5:54 (1988)
  37. Wann Kann Ich Sie Wiedersehen? 4:42 (1988)
  38. Hitsujikai No Bansan 9:14 (1988)
  39. Kibaminzoku No Odori 7:49 (1988)
  40. Mooko 3:02 (1988)
  41. DAPHNIA 12:40 (25 May 1991)
  42. STRANGE ISLAND 6:30 (25 May 1991)
  43. STRAWBERRY‐KIDS IN A STORM 10:21 (25 May 1991)
  44. ANCIENT FOREST 6:49 (25 May 1991)
  45. INNOCENT FOREST 7:17 (25 May 1991)
  46. LOOK AT ME 8:06 (25 May 1991)
  47. SILENT PLANKTON 8:05 (25 May 1991)
  48. Kaigara-Bushi 14:43 (2001)
  49. Ondo No Hunauta 9:50 (2001)
  50. Saitaro-Bushi 8:27 (2001)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. Slit of Cloud 6:25 DJ Krush with Akira Sakata (07 Sep 2004)

Instruments

  1. Mitochondria 20:40 Manfred Schoof, Akira Sakata, Yosuke Yamashita, Takeo Moriyama (1975) alto saxophone
  2. Hachi 10:10 Manfred Schoof, Akira Sakata, Yosuke Yamashita, Takeo Moriyama (1975) alto saxophone
  3. Hachi 12:50 山下洋輔トリオ (1976) alto saxophone
  4. Horse Trip 3:44 山下洋輔トリオ (1976) alto saxophone
  5. Introhach 4:05 山下洋輔トリオ (1976) alto saxophone
  6. Chiasma 7:14 山下洋輔トリオ (1976) alto saxophone
  7. Double Helix 4:24 山下洋輔トリオ (1976) alto saxophone
  8. Nita 4:51 山下洋輔トリオ (1976) alto saxophone
  9. 速流笛破 Soku-Ryu-Teki-Ha (Life Is So Hard) 10:50 一噌幸弘 (21 Apr 1991) guest, alto saxophone
  10. コロンブスの卵 4:40 coba (06 Nov 1991) saxophone
  11. Rhinocerous Man in the Distance 4:24 林英哲 (05 Sep 1995) saxophone
  12. After the Fox 3:20 坂田明 & 中原昌也 (07 Apr 2010) clarinet
  13. Copper Median Co. 14:02 Hijokaidan featuring Akira Sakata (30 Sep 2012) percussion, alto saxophone
  14. NJQ 10:21 Hijokaidan featuring Akira Sakata (30 Sep 2012) clarinet
  15. Auto-Noda-Fe 30:25 Hijokaidan featuring Akira Sakata (30 Sep 2012) gong, alto saxophone
  16. Uroboros in a Klein Bottle 4:57 Hijokaidan featuring Akira Sakata (30 Sep 2012) alto saxophone
  17. Backstroke Star 40:25 Jazz Hijokaidan (30 Sep 2012) alto saxophone
  18. Uroboros in a Klein Bottle 9:01 非常階段 (08 Feb 2013) saxophone
  19. auto-noda-fe 37:27 非常階段 (08 Feb 2013) saxophone, clarinet
  20. Encore 7:10 非常階段 (08 Feb 2013) saxophone, clarinet
  21. Copper Median Co. 10:52 非常階段 (08 Feb 2013) saxophone, clarinet
  22. Japanese Landscapes 4 25:15 The Peter Brótzmann ‘Chicago Tentet’ plus Akira Sakata (Apr 2013) guest, reeds
  23. Noise Is Jazz, Jazz Is Noise 7:09 非常階段 with 坂田明 (20 Aug 2014) saxophone
  24. Early Summer Passion 6:30 非常階段 with ファーストサマーウイカ & 坂田明 (20 Aug 2014) saxophone
  25. Tokyo Pt. 15 11:16 Paal Nilssen-Love, Akira Sakata and Michiyo Yagi (12 Dec 2014) soprano clarinet, alto saxophone
  26. Tokyo Pt. 13 11:23 Paal Nilssen-Love, Akira Sakata and Michiyo Yagi (12 Dec 2014) soprano clarinet, alto saxophone
  27. Tokyo Pt. 8 7:12 Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love, Jim O’Rourke, Akira Sakata and Masahiko Satoh (12 Dec 2014) soprano clarinet, alto saxophone
  28. Tokyo Pt. 14 14:40 Paal Nilssen-Love, Akira Sakata and Michiyo Yagi (12 Dec 2014) soprano clarinet, alto saxophone
  29. Flying Basket, Part 3 15:06 Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow (18 Sep 2015) alto saxophone
  30. Flying Basket, Part 2 19:03 Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow (18 Sep 2015) alto saxophone
  31. Flying Basket 1:11:27 Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow (18 Sep 2015) alto saxophone
  32. Flying Basket, Part 1 18:29 Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow (18 Sep 2015) alto saxophone
  33. Flying Basket, Part 4 18:49 Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow (18 Sep 2015) alto saxophone

Vocals

  1. After the Fox 3:20 坂田明 & 中原昌也 (07 Apr 2010)
  2. auto-noda-fe 37:27 非常階段 (08 Feb 2013)
  3. Flying Basket 1:11:27 Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow (18 Sep 2015)
  4. Flying Basket, Part 1 18:29 Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow (18 Sep 2015)
  5. Flying Basket, Part 3 15:06 Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow (18 Sep 2015)
  6. Flying Basket, Part 4 18:49 Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow (18 Sep 2015)
  7. Flying Basket, Part 2 19:03 Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow (18 Sep 2015)

Produced

  1. お元気ですか ?:?? AKIRA (EMOTO+SAKATA) (1985)
  2. モナリサ ?:?? AKIRA (EMOTO+SAKATA) (1985)
  3. Baseball Love ?:?? AKIRA (EMOTO+SAKATA) (1985)
  4. お百姓一揆のしびれギャル ?:?? AKIRA (EMOTO+SAKATA) (1985)
  5. 青春はルンルン ?:?? AKIRA (EMOTO+SAKATA) (1985)
  6. 熱海の夜は更けて⋯箱崎晋一郎に捧ぐ ?:?? AKIRA (EMOTO+SAKATA) (1985)
  7. ほいじゃが ?:?? AKIRA (EMOTO+SAKATA) (1985)
  8. 背中まで45分 ?:?? AKIRA (EMOTO+SAKATA) (1985)
  9. 夜汽車に彼岸花 ?:?? AKIRA (EMOTO+SAKATA) (1985)

Credited as (46)

  1. Akira Sakata
  2. Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke
  3. Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with Chikamorachi
  4. DJ KRUSH with Akira Sakata
  5. DJ Krush with Akira Sakata
  6. 坂田明 & ちかもらち
  7. 坂田明 & 中原昌也
  8. Manfred Schoof, Akira Sakata, Yosuke Yamashita, Takeo Moriyama
  9. 坂田明
  10. 坂田明 & ジム・オルーク と ちかもらち & メルツバウ
  11. Hijokaidan featuring Akira Sakata
  12. 非常階段 with ファーストサマーウイカ & 坂田明
  13. 非常階段 with 坂田明
  14. T.Mikawa × Junko × Akira Sakata × John Clement × Murray Favro
  15. Jojo Hiroshige × Akira Sakata × Aya Onishi × Yuji Katsui
  16. 坂田明 × 岡野太
  17. Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with Chikamorachi & Merzbow
  18. Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love, Jim O’Rourke, Akira Sakata and Masahiko Satoh
  19. Paal Nilssen-Love, Akira Sakata and Michiyo Yagi
  20. Akira Sakata & Chikamorachi with Masahiko Satoh
  21. Last Exit feat. Akira Sakata
  22. Paal Nilssen-Love / Akira Sakata / Kiko Dinucci / Kohei Gomi / Toshiji Mikawa
  23. Akira Sakata / Johan Berthling / Paal Nilssen-Love
  24. Jim O’Rourke, Akira Sakata, YOSHIMIO
  25. Transparentz × 坂田明
  26. Transparentz × Akira Sakata
  27. Akira Sakata & Giovanni di Domenico
  28. Akira Sakata / Manuel Mota / Giovanni di Domenico / Mathieu Calleja
  29. Sakata, Yermenoglou, di Domenico, Damianidis
  30. Konstrukt and Akira Sakata
  31. Konstrukt feat. Akira Sakata
  32. Akira Sakata, Bill Laswell,Ronald Shannon Jackson,Kiyohiko Semba
  33. Moshiri & Akira Sakata
  34. Peter Kowald with Akira Sakata
  35. Akira Sakata, Yoshihide Otomo, Bill Laswell, Tatuya Yoshida
  36. Akira Sakata / Takeo Moriyama
  37. Bill Laswell , Yasuaki Shimizu ,Akira Sakata ,Hideo Yamaki ,DJ Yama, Yas‐Kaz
  38. Akira Sakata, Fred Longberg-Holm, Ketil Gutvik, Paal Nilssen-Love
  39. Bill Laswell, Tatsuya Nakamura, Hideo Yamaki with Akira Sakata
  40. AKIRA (EMOTO+SAKATA)
  41. The Peter Brótzmann ‘Chicago Tentet’ plus Yoshihide Otomo, Michiyo Yagi, Toshinori Kondo, Akira Sakata
  42. The Peter Brótzmann ‘Chicago Tentet’ plus Akira Sakata
  43. 坂田明 / 池田謙
  44. John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Hideo Yamaki with Toshinori Kondo, Akira Sakata, DJ Yama
  45. John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Hideo Yamaki, Toshinori Kondo, Akira Sakata, DJ Yama
  46. Akira Sakata, Giovanni di Domenico

Works (14)

Composed

  1. Tokyo Pt. 14 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  2. Tokyo Pt. 15 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  3. Tokyo Pt. 13 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  4. Tokyo Pt. 8 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  5. Snowing on the Temple Garden
  6. Blow of Humpback Whale
  7. Saitaro-Bushi – Atlantis Version
  8. Again Sheep Said "Wolf is Coming"
  9. Semikujira (Right Whale)

Lyrics

  1. ほいじゃが
  2. お百姓一揆のしびれギャル
  3. 夜汽車に彼岸花
  4. Saitaro-Bushi – Atlantis Version
  5. Again Sheep Said "Wolf is Coming"

Events (1)

Guest Performer At

  1. Music Unlimited 25: Fukushima Special reeds

Links (11)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.akira-sakata.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001052411
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2001052411
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/135347912
  4. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/%E5%9D%82%E7%94%B0%E6%98%8E

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/302429

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/211593

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000192000

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/43407318

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418888

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4GR0SzYsFQkfSaB3AqviWJ