Kazumi Watanabe - Guitar Solos and Improvisation Compilation

That's a Plenty! by Lew Pollack - 0:00
   • THAT'S A PLENTY / EVE & 渡辺香津美  

Unicorn by Kazumi Watanabe - 0:35
   • 渡辺香津美　ユニコーン　ソロ  

UNT by Kazumi Watanabe - 2:18
   • Kazumi Watanabe, Jeff Berlin, Bill Br...  

CYCLONE by Kazumi Watanabe - 3:14
   • 1977.12.18 WIDE WIDE JAZZ IN KOBE / K...  

Unicorn by Kazumi Watanabe - 4:14
   • 【LIVE】渡辺香津美 × CASIOPEA - UNICORN  

Kurdish Dance by Yosuke Yamashita - 5:12
   • Kazumi Watanabe Yosuke Yamashita クルディ...  

JFK by Kazumi Watanabe - 6:12
   • Kazumi Watanabe, Jeff Berlin, Bill Br...  

September by Earth, Wind & Fire - 7:17
   • 伊東 たけし & 渡辺 香津美 - September (1995)  

東京砂漠 by 内山田洋とクール・ファイブ - 8:29
   • 🎵😄前川清　with　渡辺香津美【東京砂漠】  

Superstition by Stevie Wonder - 9:08
   • 渡辺　香津美＆ジョージ川口　１９８３  

CITY by Kazumi Watanabe - 10:44
   • Kazumi Watanabe, Jeff Berlin, Bill Br...  

Manhatten Flu Dance by Kazumi Watanabe - 12:36
   • Marcus Miller with Kazumi Watanabe To...  

O-X-O by Resonance Vox - 13:07
   • Kazumi Watanabe Resonance Vox - O-X-O  

紅の翼 by 佐藤勝 - 14:01
   • テリー＆渡辺香津美・・・紅の翼  

Unicorn by Kazumi Watanabe - 15:02
   • One For All - Kazumi Watanabe  

こきりこ節 - 16:25
   • 渡辺香津美の「遠足」　「タモリの世界は音楽だ！」より  

Peking Duck by Resonance Vox -17:26
   • Kazumi Watanabe Resonance Vox - Pekin...  

Nothing from Nothing by Billy Preston - 18:53 
   • 村上”ポンタ”秀一　Nothing From Nothing  

Milestones by Miles Davis - 19:44
   • Masato Honda Kazumi Watanabe ~ Milest...  

?????- 21:20
   • 渡辺香津美『いわゆるMYギター』 Yamaoka JG 1篇  

Dr.Mambo X by Resonance Vox - 22:24
   • RESONANCE VOX / Dr.Manbo X  

Liquid Fingers by Kazumi Watanabe - 23:32
   • Liquid Fingers / Kazumi WATANABE@digi...  

Unicorn by Kazumi Watanabe - 24:07
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Summertime by Chaka Khan - 25:58
   • SUMMERTIME   CHAKA・山下洋  

????? - 28:34
   • 6時間スペシャルライブ①　東原力哉　渡辺香津美　他  

遠州ツバメ返し by Kazumi Watanabe - 29:02
   • KAZUMI- YOUSUKE-  Ensyu tubamegaeshi  

Unicorn by Kazumi Watanabe - 30:45
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Black Magic Woman by Peter Green - 32:48
   • 夢の乱入者　総集編IV①　1994-1995  

FIGHT MAN by Casiopea and T-Square - 34:51
   • 【LIVE】CASIOPEA × 渡辺香津美  - FIGHT MAN  

St. Louis Blues by Louis Armstrong - 36:44
   • 夢の乱入者　総集編IV①　1994-1995  

Flamingo by Earl Bostic - 37:42
   • 夢の乱入者　総集編IV①　1994-1995  

CITY by Kazumi Watanabe - 37:54
   • Jazz World Live Series: Kazumi Watana...  

遠州ツバメ返し by Kazumi Watanabe - 39:26
   • Kazumi Watanabe 渡辺香津美  

Firewater by JIMSAKU - 41:08
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Impressions by John Coltrane - 43:47
   • Impressions - Bjorn Thoroddsen & Kazu...  



#KazumiWatanabe (Japanese: 渡辺 香津美, Hepburn: Watanabe Kazumi, born October 14, 1953 in Tokyo) is a Japanese guitarist.

Watanabe learned guitar at the age of 12 from Sadanori Nakamure at the Yamaha Music School in Tokyo. He released his first album in 1971. In 1979, he formed a jazz rock band with some of Japan's leading studio musicians, and recorded the album Kylyn. During that year, he toured with the pop band #YellowMagicOrchestra.

In the 1980s, he toured as guest soloist with Steps, the #BreckerBrothers, and Word of Mouth, led by #JacoPastorius. Watanabe created the #jazzrock/ #jazzfusion band Mobo in 1983 with Mitsuru Sawamura (saxophone), Ichiko Hashimoto (piano), Gregg Lee (bass), Shuichi Murakami (drums), and Kiyohiko Senba.

During the eighties Watanabe released the jazz-rock albums To Chi Ka (1980), Mobo Club (1983), Mobo Splash (1985), and Spice of Life (1987). A DVD was issued from the tour which featured drummer Bill Bruford and bassist Jeff Berlin, who also played on the record.

In the 1990s Kazumi assembled an all-Japanese line-up called #ResonanceVox (Vagabonde Suzuki on bass, Rikiya Higashihara on drums, Yahiro Tomohiro on percussion). This band has released several adventurous fusion albums.

-From Kazumi Watanabe Wikipedia

Due to the recent news of Kazumi Watanabe's hospitalization and the fact that there are no videos that compile some of his solos together, I felt that this video (even as crudely edited as this one) deserved to be shown, to show how insanely gifted and talented Kazumi Watanabe is.

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