Farewell and Welcome Live 1998 explained

Farewell and Welcome Live 1998
Type:	live
Artist:	T-Square
Cover:	Farewell and Welcome Live 1998.png
Released:	July 18, 1998^[1]
Recorded:	April 28, 1998 - Chicken George, Kobe, Japan^[2] ^[3]
Genre:	Jazz Fusion
Length:	53:33
Prev Title:	20th Anniversary Special
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Sweet & Gentle
Next Year:	1999

Farewell and Welcome Live 1998 is a live recording by the Japanese Jazz fusion band T-Square released on July 18, 1998 and made available on VHS.^[4] The concert was held to bid farewell to Masato Honda and Hirotaka Izumi who were leaving the band, and to welcome their replacements Takahiro Miyazaki and Tadashi Namba.

The Live Concert took place at Chicken George in Kobe, Japan, on April 28, 1998.Many songs were performed on this setlist that were not included on the VHS release.

Track listing

VHS

Sources^[5]

Full Performance

Source^[6]

Part 1

1. Megalith
2. Romantic City
3. Play For You
4. Takarajima
5. Bad Moon
6. Omens of Love

Part 2

1. The Seven Wonders
2. Sailing The Ocean
3. One Step Beyond
4. Explorer

Part 3

1. Miss You
2. Jubilee
3. Truth

First Encore

1. Forgotten Saga
2. Japanese Soul Brothers

Second Encore

1. Knight's Song
2. Little Mermaid

Personnel

• Hirotaka Izumi - Keyboards, Acoustic Piano
• Hiroyuki Noritake - Drums
• Masahiro Andoh - Acoustic & Electric guitars
• Masato Honda - Saxophone, EWI
• Mitsuru Sutoh - Bass guitar
• Tadashi Namba - Keyboards
• Takahiro Miyazaki - Saxophone

Notes and References

1. Web site: T-SQUARE Discography All List. Far East Club. 13 May 2013. 20 April 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010420000151/http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~far_east/alllist.htm. live.
2. Web site: JJ's Jazz & Such: [EXCLUSIVE-VIDEO]T Square-Farewell & Welcome LIVE [1998] ]. https://archive.today/20130628190658/http://ibis56.blogspot.de/2010/05/video-t-square-farewell-welcome-live.html . dead . 28 June 2013 . JJ's Jazz & Such . 13 May 2013 .
3. Web site: T-SQUARE video. Far East Club. 13 May 2013. 7 October 1999. https://web.archive.org/web/19991007055927/http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~far_east/video.htm. live.
4. Web site: jazzdmin . T-Square (The Square) – Japanese Fusion Band Trix . Trix . 26 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130712235435/http://www.trix.me/t-square-the-square-japanese-fusion-band/ . 12 July 2013 .
5. Web site: Farewell and Welcome Live '1998 - T-Square - Gonsiopea. Gonsiopea. 13 May 2013. 13 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120113095215/http://gonsiopea.com/album/?album_idx=152. live.
6. Web site: T-SQUARE F & W @ ROPPONGI PIT-INN. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140307151445/https://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://homepage2.nifty.com/reijikan/19980424.html. 7 March 2014. 26 January 2014.