Listening to one of the finest renditions (IMHO!) of Body and Soul, played by Sadao Watanabe, on a 1974 Red Book CD...an amazingly good recording from 46 years ago...If you like the music, get yourself this CD. I beleive its been re issued as an SACD. Turn up the volume, the sax is "in your face and raw" and it gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it!
Here is the Dusty Groove review:
"One of the greatest records by Japanese sax genius Sadao Watanabe – recorded at Pit Inn in Tokyo, with an American rhythm trio of Cedar Walton on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Billy Higgins on drums! The style is laidback and hard-blowing – very different than some of Watanabe's studio work from the time – simple, elegant, and with a keen focus on his rich talent as a soloist. Watanabe's tone is excellent – very edgey and dark – and it offsets the lyricism of Walton's leaping piano lines nicely – and the bonus of Jones and Higgins. Titles include "Softly As In A Morning Sunrise", "Oleo", "Blues For Amos", and "Body & Soul". © 1996-2020, Dusty Groove, Inc. "
There is an awful quality version on Youtube :