1980 studio album by T-Square
Rockoon is the fourth studio album by Japanese Jazz fusion band T-Square (then known as The Square) . It was released on April 1, 1980.
Takeshi Itoh (saxophone player) had begun to use the Lyricon (a Woodwind Synthesizer) in their albums from 1980 until 1987. He switched to Yamaha WX11 and finally to AKAI EWIs in 1988 and has since been using EWIs as a secondary wind instrument.
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All music is composed by Masahiro Andoh , except where noted[ 1]
Title 1. "Rockoon" (music: Masahiro Andoh, Daisaku Kume & Jun Aoyama) 3:14 2. "Really Love" (lyrics: Linda Hennrick) 4:46 3. "Tomorrow's Affair" 4:44 4. "Banana" 4:34 5. "The Way I Feel" (music: Kiyohiko Semba) 1:53 6. "Little Pop Sugar" 6:54 7. "Come Back" (lyrics: Linda Hennrick) 3:51 8. "It's Happening Again" (lyrics: Linda Hennrick) 3:32 9. "Good Night" 5:36
Masahiro Andoh – guitars Takeshi Itoh – alto saxophone , flute, Lyricon and vocoder Daisaku Kume – keyboards and synthesizer arrangements Yuhji Nakamura – bass guitar and Moog bass Jun Aoyama – drums Kiyohiko Semba – percussion and vocals Masato Kohara – vocals on "Really Love", "Come Back", and "It's Happening Again"
Former members: Masahiro Andoh (guitar) Yuhji Nakamura (bass) Shunichi Harada (drums) Jun Hakamazuka (piano) Michael Seiichi Kawai (drums/perc) Junko Miyagi (piano) Yuhji Mikuriya (guitar) Kiyohiko Semba (perc) Daisaku Kume (keys) Jun Aoyama (drums) Eiji Shimizu (drums) Toyoyuki Tanaka (bass) Tohru Hasebe (drums) Hirotaka Izumi (piano/keys) Mitsuru Sutoh (bass) Hiroyuki Noritake (drums) Masato Honda (sax/EWI) Takahiro Miyazaki (sax/EWI) Tadashi Namba (keys) Keiji Matsumoto (keys) Keizoh Kawano (keys) Supporting members: Shirō Sagisu (keys) Izumi Kobayashi (keys) Samuel Okamoto (drums) Masato Shigeta (drums) Keiichi Nagata (drums) Masao Goto (drums) Philippe Saisse (keys) Kiyoshi Murakami (bass) Kazuaki Nihonyanagi (keys) Ryoh Hayashi (keys) Tatsuya Ikeda (bass) Mataroh Misawa (perc) Kenji Kitajima (guitar) Penny-K (keys) Takehiro Kawabe (keys) Ryuhta Sakamoto (bass) Shunsuke "Xenon" Ishigawa (bass) Tatsuya Yamada (drums) Hirotsugu Honma (drums) Kiichiro Komobuchi (bass) Katsuji Morioka (bass) Shingo Tanaka (bass) Maoki Yamamoto (drums) Akito Shirai (keys) Yudai Satoh (keys) Senri Kawaguchi (drums) Taiki Tsuyama (bass) Sohta Morimitsu (bass) Yuma Hara (guitar) Akinori Handa (keys) Kazuma Sotozono (guitar) Jun Abe (keys) Kenshin Sugimura (guitar) Chizuko Yoshihiro (piano) Shuya Kameyama (guitar) Yuichi Hasegawa (keys) Singles
Official "Make Me A Star" "Tomorrow's Affair" "I'm Walkman" "It's Magic" "Travelers" "Overnight Sensation" "Prime" "Omens of Love" "Drop Goal" "Truth" "Chaser" "Faces" "Rise" "Door to Tomorrow" "Twilight In Upper West" "Victory" "Truth 21c" "Truth Resonance T Mix" Unofficial
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