Masayoshi Takanaka
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Masayoshi Takanaka (Japanese: 高中 正義, Hepburn: Takanaka Masayoshi; born March 27, 1953) is a Japanese guitarist, composer, and producer. Takanaka made his career debut playing progressive rock at various Japanese rock festivals throughout the early 70s, before composing various jazz/funk pieces and branching off into a solo career. He has worked with many other Japanese fusion musicians such as Jun Fukamachi, Rei Ohara, Nobu Saito, Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami, Naoya Matsuoka, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Kazumi Watanabe.
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Takanaka has released 57 albums and 25 video releases[1]. He has gained significant notoriety in recent years, primarily due to his 1979 compilation album, "All of Me".
