Ben Wittman, Alan Williams, Greg Porter, Mauricio Villavecchia, and Susan Botti in the NEC-founded art rock band, Danse Real;
Jazz pianist Claire Ritter, with whom he would record six albums, some alongside jazz notables Steve Swallow, Ran Blake, Dave Holland, and Stan Strickland;
The other founding members of Les Miserables Brass Band, with whom he would record three studio albums, play festivals such as Jacob’s Pillow (Becket, MA), The Last Laugh (Montreal), and Heimatklänge (Berlin), perform with Lester Bowie and The Klezmatics, and tour with David Byrne in The Knee Plays in Brisbane, Chicago, New York City, and Tokyo in 1988;
Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Blickenderfer,
who along with violinist/actor Johannes Ammon, co-founded the trio, Sabana Blanca, best known for bringing improvised music to classic silent films in cafes, art galleries, and at the Harvard Film Archive.
Masuko and his one-time NEC student, avant-garde pianist Satoko Fujji, and her experimental jazz trumpeter husband, Natsuki Tamura, remain collaborators on projects such as:
- Hakidame ni Tsuru, their improv troupe with percussive dancer Mizuki Wildenhahn,
- Hada Hada, Tamura's 2003 album, and
- Senzai Ichigu, their 2022 album with Johannes Ammon.
