S.P.O.R.T.S.
S.P.O.R.T.S. is the eleventh studio album by Japanese jazz fusion band T-Square, who was then known as The Square. It was released on March 5, 1986. This album is the first appearance of one of their most popular songs, Takarajima, composed by Hirotaka Izumi, and is also the first studio appearance of first long-term drummer, Hiroyuki Noritake. Bassist Toyoyuki Tanaka later left the band after this album's tour, and would be replaced by Mitsuru Sutoh starting from the next album Truth. This is their first album to win a Japan Gold Disc Award.
Track listing
Sources- All songs published by CBS/Sony Music.
Personnel
T-Square
- Masahiro Andoh: Electric and acoustic guitars
- Takeshi Itoh: Alto saxophone, Lyricon and Digital Takecon-1
- Hirotaka Izumi: Keyboards and synthesizers
- Toyoyuki Tanaka: Electric and synthesized bass
- Hiroyuki Noritake: Drums
Additional personnel
- Jake H. Concepcion: Saxophone on track 2
- Sumio Okada: Bass trombone on track 2
- Eiji Arai: Trombone on track 2
- Kenichiro Hayshi and Susumu Kazuhara: Trumpet on track 2