Tracklist

A1	Nice Shot	5:33
A2	Down East	6:11
A3	Morning Island	4:35
A4	Inner Embrance	5:29
B1	California Shower	5:35
B2	Seventh High	5:15
B3	Samba Em Praia	5:54
B4	My Dear Life	5:52

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – George Young (tracks: A2 to A4), Sadao Watanabe
• Arranged By – Dave Grusin (tracks: A1 to B2), Sadao Watanabe (tracks: B3, B4)
• Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Cuber (tracks: A2 to A4)
• Bass – Chuck Rainey (tracks: B1 to B4), Francisco Centeno (tracks: A2 to A4), Marcus Miller (tracks: A1)
• Drums – Buddy Williams (tracks: A1), Harvey Mason (tracks: B1 to B4), Steve Gadd (tracks: A2 to A4)
• Guitar – Bobby Broom (tracks: A1), Eric Gale (tracks: A2 to A4), Jeff Mironov (tracks: A2 to A4), Lee Ritenour (tracks: B1 to B4)
• Keyboards – Don Grusin (tracks: A1)
• Keyboards, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Percussion – Dave Grusin
• Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: B1, B2), Roger Squitero (tracks: A1), Rubens Bassini (tracks: A2 to A4), Steve Forman (tracks: B3, B4)
• Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Watts (tracks: B1, B2), Michael Brecker (tracks: A2 to A4)
• Trombone – George Bohanon (tracks: B1, B2), Tony Studd (tracks: A2 to A4)
• Trumpet – Alan Rubin (tracks: A2 to A4), Marvin Stamm (tracks: A2 to A4), Oscar Brashear (tracks: B1, B2)
• Written-By – Sadao Watanabe

Notes

Gatefold sleeve
A1: Recorded March 1980 at Victoria Studio, Tokyo
A2-A4: Recorded March 1979 at A&R Studios N.Y.C.
B1, B2: Recorded March 1978 at The Record Plant and Westlake Audio, L.A.
B3, B4: Recorded April 1977 at United Western Studios, L.A.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LAT 1215	Sadao Watanabe	Flashes Of Brilliance ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Attic	LAT 1215	Canada	1985

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