Jazz Articles about Yoshiaki Masuo

Masuo: Life Is Good

by Jeff Winbush
July 26, 2009

Japanese-born/New York-based Yoshiaki Masuo is a professional and accomplished guitarist. He is not a particularly accomplished vocalist, but still chooses to sing on six of Life is Good's eleven tracks. Therein lies the potential pitfall of a self-produced album such as this. There's nobody behind the controls to suggest to Masuo that it might be better to play to his strengths and try to minimize his weaknesses.The recording quality is not first rate with a sound that comes ...