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Teruo Gotō (後藤輝夫, Gotō Teruo; born February 19, 1953, in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan) is a Japanese saxophonist and percussionist.

Biography

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. During the production of Full House, Gotō met drummer Marty Bracey as they were both participants of the backing band.

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. Gotō and the others stayed as members until the band's disbandment in 1991. That same year, he participated in the production of The Moritaka as a performer.

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. In 2007, he released the album '"Beat From The Earth with Yūji Imamura.

In 2014, Gotō released the album But Beautiful with guitarist Jun Satsuma. Songs from the album were used in the movie Yukiguni. In 2015, he formed the band B-EDGE alongside Bracey, Jones, Tomoharu Hani and Nishiyama "Hank" Fumio. In 2019, he formed a jazz unit called Fool's Paradise.

Discography

Studio albums

References

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3. "ホット･ライフ／大橋純子＆美乃家セントラル･ステイション". The Listener of Music Media (in Japanese). Shinobi.jp. May 28, 2018.
4. Ohashi, Junko. "Album Review Japan Phonogram Edition" (in Japanese).
5. "カルロス・トシキ". Mega Brasil.
6. "私が好きなライブアルバム". Ameblo (in Japanese). March 4, 2018.
7. "ザ・森高/森高千里". Shima Fukurō no Ongaku Yawa (in Japanese).
8. "杉山清貴ライブMC 「High&High2015」in日比谷野外音楽堂 2015年8月8日 Vol.04（最終回）". Island Afternoon Answer (in Japanese). August 8, 2015.
9. "是方・杉山・後藤 TRIO(三島)". Island Afternoon (in Japanese). July 6, 2017.
10. "5/28(火)は、是方博邦・杉山清貴・後藤輝夫・春のTOURです！". Iwaki QUEEN (in Japanese). Excite.
11. "ビート・フロム・ジ・アース". Billboard Japan.
12. Suzuki, Rin (January 16, 2013). "BUT BEAUTIFUL/後藤輝夫＆佐津間純のご紹介。". Rin Suzuki Official Web site (in Japanese).
13. "カクテルの名作「雪国」の誕生秘話を描くドキュメンタリー映画「YUKIGUNI」を制作！". MotionGallery (in Japanese).
14. "映画とジャズとカクテルと". Maruya Gardens (in Japanese).
15. "カルロス・トシキ B-EDGE: ウォーネル・ジョーンズ (B)、後藤輝夫 (Sax)、マーティー・ブレイシー (Ds)、 羽仁知治 (P,Key)、西山"HANK"史翁 (G) Support Member: 和田春彦(Key)、 和 悠美(Cho)". Club Quattro.
16. Bar ChiC (November 20, 2019). "酒田出身のテナーサックスプレイヤー後藤輝夫さんのユニットジャズ！Fool's Paradise".

• Living people
• 1953 births
• Japanese saxophonists
• Japanese percussionists
• 20th-century Japanese musicians
• Musicians from Yamagata Prefecture
• Japanese flautists
• 20th-century flautists