| Teruo Gotō | |
| Background: | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Native Name: | 後藤輝夫 |
| Native Name Lang: | Japanese |
| Birth Date: | 19 February 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Sakata, Yamagata, Japan |
| Years Active: | 1979–present |
| Associated Acts: | B-EDGE |
Teruo Gotō (後藤輝夫, Gotō Teruo; born February 19, 1953, in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan)[1] is a Japanese saxophonist and percussionist.
After he graduated from Sakata Chuo High School, he attended an art university to study photography, but spent more time playing saxophone in a jazz group. In 1979, he joined Junko Ohashi and Minoya Central Station releasing the album Full House that same year and Hot Life a year later.[2] [3] During the production of Full House, Gotō met drummer Marty Bracey as they were both participants of the backing band.[4]
In 1987, he joined the band 1986 Omega Tribe as a backing member along with Bracey, keyboardist Tetsuya Osaka and bassist Shigeru Watanabe. The members also participated in the band's tours, with Watanabe being replaced the same year by Wornell Jones.[5] Gotō and the others stayed as members until the band's disbandment in 1991.[6] That same year, he participated in the production of The Moritaka as a performer.[7]
In 2004, he participated in S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe's 2004 reunion concert First Finale 2. Since then, he was performed with the band's singer Kiyotaka Sugiyama multiple times as well as Hirokuni Korekata of Korenos.[8] [9] [10] In 2007, he released the album '"Beat From The Earth with Yūji Imamura.[11]
In 2014, Gotō released the album But Beautiful with guitarist Jun Satsuma.[12] Songs from the album were used in the movie Yukiguni.[13] [14] In 2015, he formed the band B-EDGE alongside Bracey, Jones, Tomoharu Hani and Nishiyama "Hank" Fumio.[15] In 2019, he formed a jazz unit called Fool's Paradise.[16]
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| Beat From The Earth |
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| But Beautiful |
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