Akio Sasajima

{{Short description|Japanese jazz guitarist (born 1952)}}

{{nihongo|Akio Sasajima|笹島 明夫|Sasajima Akio}} (born 1952) is a jazz guitarist born in Japan and currently based in Sapporo, Japan. His playing style incorporates bebop, hard bop, and jazz fusion.[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p7487/biography|pure_url=yes}} Akio Sasajima] at Allmusic He recorded several albums as a leader for Muse and Enja in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Discography

  • Akio with Joe Henderson (Muse, 1988) – with Joe Henderson
  • Time Remembered (Muse, 1989)
  • Humpty Dumpty (BRC, 1990) – with Joe Henderson
  • Akioustically Sound (Muse, 1991)
  • Time Remembered (Muse, 1993)
  • Akioustically Sound (Muse, 1995) – with Ron Carter
  • Two for the Muse (Pony Canyon, 2006)
  • Images Of Lennon/McCartney (Tonegold, 2015)

References