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Kazue Sawai

b, voc, JP
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. 沢井 一恵

Kazue Sawai (1941, Kyoto) is a Japanese koto and jushichigen [17-string bass koto] player and one of the pioneers of contemporary Japanese music. Kazue began studying the koto at the age of eight under Michio Miyagi and graduated from Tokyo national university of fine arts. She collaborated, among others, with Takahashi Yuji, Peter Hamill, John Zorn, Sofia Gubaidulina or Bang on a can.

     
Instruments
  • Bass
  • Vocals
Genres
  • Jazz
  • World
  • Folk
  • Classical
Popular Tracks   
S on Temps Couché by Michel Doneda, Beñat Achiary & Kazue Sawai
Air of Prayer for seventeen-String Koto Solo - 1984 on Teizo Matsumura: Poem by Teizo Matsumura, Kifu Mitsuhashi, Nanae Yoshimura & Michiko Akao
E on Temps Couché by Michel Doneda, Beñat Achiary & Kazue Sawai
T on Temps Couché by Michel Doneda, Beñat Achiary & Kazue Sawai
Kuguhi (Swan Song): I. — on Kinderszenen by Various Artists
Kuguhi (Swan Song): IV. — on Kinderszenen by Various Artists
P on Temps Couché by Michel Doneda, Beñat Achiary & Kazue Sawai
Kuguhi (Swan Song): II. — on Kinderszenen by Various Artists
Kuguhi (Swan Song): III. — on Kinderszenen by Various Artists
Une Chance Pour L'ombre on Une Chance Pour L'Ombre by Various Artists

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Point And SurfaceRyuichi Sakamoto, Sofia Gubaidulina, Yutaka Sado + Kazue Sawai2011Album
Une Chance Pour L'OmbreMichel Doneda, Lê Quan Ninh, Tetsu Saitoh, Kazue Sawai, Kazuo Imai2004Album
Organic - MineralJoëlle Léandre & Kazue Sawai2001Album
Unicorn (無翼鳥)Kim Suk Chul, Sim Sangnam, I Taebaek, Jeong Cheolgi, Kim Jung-Hee, Gim Seonga, Tetsu Saitoh, Fumio Itabashi, Kazue Sawai2000Album
Live At Hall Egg FarmKazue Sawai, Michel Doneda, Tetsu Saitoh2000Album
美明 - TwilightKazue Sawai, Kim Yong Toek, Hong Ok Mi, Kim Myeong Dae, Chinggalt, Udbal1998Album
Temps CouchéMichel Doneda / Beñat Achiary / Kazue Sawai1998Album
Yaeyama YugyohTetsu Saitoh / Kazue Sawai1996Album
Ta-Wa-GoKazue Sawai1995Album
Three PiecesKazue Sawai1992Album
The Wind Is Calling Me Outside - Kazue Sawai Plays Yuji TakahashiKazue Sawai1990Album
Eye To EyeKazue Sawai1987Album
Act.1 - 17-String Koto 1983Kazue Sawai1983Album
現代邦楽の世界Kazue Sawai1980Album
Koto Plays "Chidori"Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai, Hozan Yamamoto1978Album
春の海/琴・名曲集 = Haru no Umi: Masterpieces Of KotoTadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai, Hozan Yamamoto1976Album
春の海/琴・名曲集 = Haru no Umi: Masterpieces Of KotoTadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai, Hozan Yamamoto1976Album
Japon Interpreta A LatinoamericaTadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai1976Album
Haru No Umi Koto = MeikyokusenTadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai, Hozan Yamamoto, Sachiko Miyamoto1975Album
さくらさくら 琴・日本の詩情Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai1973Album
Jazz Rock 琴 / 日本の民謡Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai, Takeshi Inomata, Norio Maeda, Hozan Yamamoto1973Album
Air On The G-String Sebastian Bach Played By The KotoTadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai, Norio Maeda, Hozan Yamamoto1972Album
J.S. Bach Is Alive And Well And Doing His Thing On The KotoTadao Sawai & Kazue Sawai & Hozan Yamamoto & Sadanori Nakamure & Tatsuro Takimoto & Takeshi Inomata1971Album
琴 / 日本の詩情 (Japanese Poetry In Koto)Tadao Sawai, Kazue Sawai1969Album
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