SOUNDS & VISIONS: a brief DISC + VIDEOgraphy

UPCOMING RELEASES

6th SENSE LIVING ROOM
Sabana Blanca

Featuring Takaaki Masuko, Johannes Ammon, & Andrew Blickenderfer
Recorded in 1999,
Release: October 31, 2023
(NativeWit Productions)

THE LAST LAUGH
Sabana Blanca

Featuring Takaaki Masuko, Johannes Ammon, & Andrew Blickenderfer
Recorded in February 1999,
Release pending (2024)
(NativeWit Productions)

Recent Release: Senzai Ichigu (千載一遇)

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Senzai Ichigu

Takaaki Masuko + Friends (Takaaki Masuko, Johannes Ammon, Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura)

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with THE HORSE FLIES

GRAVITY DANCE (MCA, 1989) by The Horse Flies                                Claus, Dodge, Hayward, Hyman, Masuko & Stearns

UNTIL the OCEAN (Pest Control, 2008) by The Horse Flies                Claus, Hanson, Hyman, Masuko, Olsa, & Stearns

"You Know What's Coming" - Claus, Dodge, Hayward, Hyman, Masuko & Stearns, 1993 Grassroots Festival, Trumansburg, NY

"Human Fly" - Claus, Hanson, Hyman, Masuko, & Stearns with special guests, June DruckerAlison Miller, 2003 Telluride Festival, Telluride, Colorado

"I Need a Plastic Bag (to Keep My Brains In)" - Claus, Dodge, Hayward, Hyman, Masuko & Stearns with The Second Hand Dance Company, at the Oakland Beehive in Pittsburgh, PA in 1992

"14 Reasons" - Claus, Hanson, Hyman, Masuko, Olsa, & Stearns, eTown, Live at The Boulder Theater, April 25, 2010, Boulder, Colorado.

"Last Train to Rajasthan" - Claus, Hanson, Hyman, Masuko, Olsa, & Stearns, 2008 Grassroots Festival, Trumansburg, NY
 

"Cluck Old Chicken" - Claus, Hanson, Hyman, Masuko, Olsa, & Stearns with special guests, Bela Fleck, eleven-year-old Masuko-fan Matthew Kenny, and the Tuvan throat singing ensemble, Alash, 2009 Grassroots Festival, Trumansburg, NY

The Knee Plays with DAVID BYRNE and LES MISERABLES BRASS BAND

DANCE ACCOMPANIMENT

"The Weird Sisters" - The Horse Flies + the Second Hand Dance Company, Oakland Beehive, Pittsburgh PA, 1992

Hakidame ni Tsuru (Satoko Fujii, Takaaki Masuko, Natstuki Tamura, Yasuhiro Usui, & Mizuki Wildenhahn), Germany, 2016

"Slow Waltz"The Second Hand Band, accompanying the Second Hand Dance Company, New Victory Theatre, New York City, circa 1996

Hakidame ni Tsuru, Yokohama Jazz Promenade Festival, 2014 

OTHER RECORDING PROJECTS

DOOR AJAR (2020, NativeWit Productions) by Telltale Crossing

with Cristi Catt & Daniela Tosic

WHAT DO YOU SEE? (2004, NEMS) by HourGlass

...this superb quintet of singers and instrumentalists filters old music through modern sensibilities, bringing fresh enchantment to everything they touch. ”

— Donald Rosenberg, Cleveland Plain Dealer

THE FOURTH RIVER: The Millennium Revealed (1999, Telarc) by Tapestry

with Les Miserables Brass Band

OM-PAH (1987) by Les Miserables Brass Band Image links to album on Apple Music