Dogatana is a 1981 album by Japanese jazz guitarist Kazumi Watanabe

Kazumi Watanabe

Kazumi Watanabe is a jazz and jazz fusion guitarist, from Tokyo, Japan. He was born on October 14, 1953 Kazumi learned to play guitar from Sadanori Nakamure, one of Japan's grandmaster guitarists. Kazumi released his first recording in 1971, and quickly became a promising guitarist in his own right...

. As usual for Watanabe, it features many acclaimed musicians. The album, compared to other Watanabe works, has a very acoustic sound and is characterized by peculiar guitar "duets".

It was released on Columbia Records, then re-released many times.
The sleeve reads: "This album is dedicated to the memories of Akira Aimi".

Track listing

1. "Nuevo Espresso"
2. "Loosey Goosey"
3. "Ti-Fa-Let"
4. "Island"
5. "Diana"
6. "Waterfall Autumn"
7. "Please Don't Bundle Me"
8. "Haru No Tsurara"

Personnel

• Kazumi Watanabe - Ovation Adamas guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7), Roland MC-4 (3, 8), Arp odyssey (3, 8), prophet 5 (3, 8), prophet 1 (8), Aria double neck (3, 8)
• Mike Mainieri
  Mike Mainieri
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   - vibraphone (1)
• Osamu Ishida - Ovation Adamas (2)
• J. Yamagishi - Ovation Adamas (2)
• Larry Coryell
  Larry Coryell
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   - Ovation Adamas (7)
• Dave Liebman
  Dave Liebman
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  - alto flute (4)
• Warren Berhardt - piano (6)
• Nobuyoshi Ino - bass (8)
• Hideo Yamaki - drums (8)

Additional personnel

• Scott Litt, James Farber - recording, mixing
• Aki Ikuta - art direction
• Kenji Sugiyama - design
• Nobuyuki Kuwabara - illustrations