title: Akio Sasajima
text: # Akio Sasajima
  
  Akio Sasajima (笹島 明夫, Sasajima Akio) (born 1952) is a jazz guitarist born in Japan and currently based in Sapporo, Japan. His playing style incorporates bebop, hard bop, and jazz fusion. He recorded several albums as a leader for Muse and Enja in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
  
  ## Discography
  
  * Akio with Joe Henderson (Muse, 1988) – with Joe Henderson
  * Time Remembered (Muse, 1989)
  * Humpty Dumpty (BRC, 1990) – with Joe Henderson
  * Akioustically Sound (Muse, 1991)
  * Time Remembered (Muse, 1993)
  * Akioustically Sound (Muse, 1995) – with Ron Carter
  * Two for the Muse (Pony Canyon, 2006)
  * Images Of Lennon/McCartney (Tonegold, 2015)
  