Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Tribute to Moondog: Trees against the Sky

(360° records, S360R7) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Shanmen - Rockey Mountain Ridge (I. Hardin) (8:27)
    Shanmen: double bass

  2. Hiromichi Sakamoto - Queen Elizabeth Whistle and Bamboo Pipe (I.Hardin) (0:58)
    Hiromichi Sakamoto: cello

  3. Hiromichi Sakamoto - Elf Dance (I. Hardin) (2:18)
    Hiromichi Sakamoto: cello, karimba, musical saw

  4. Tadashi Matsumoto and Yayoi Yura - A Crescent (Matsumoto, Yura) (2:35)
    Tadashi Matsumoto: drums, percussion, sequence
    Yayoi Yura: voice

  5. Tadashi Matsumoto and Yayoi Yura - My Huge Moth (Matsumoto, Yura) (2:48)
    Tadashi Matsumoto: drums, percussion, sequence
    Yayoi Yura: voice

  6. Tomohide Midori and Masahiko Okura - All Is Lonliness (I. Hardin) (1:39)
    Tomohide Midori: alto sax
    Masahiko Okura: alto sax

  7. Shibatetsu - Oasis (I. Hardin) (4:44)
    Shibatetsu: bass pianica

  8. Shibatetsu - untitled (Shibatetsu) (1:32)
    Shibatetsu: pianica

  9. Walti Bucheli - The Clock Is Ticking (Bucheli, Ohta) (5:29)
    Walti Bucheli: panflute
    Keisuke Ohta: violin

  10. Tomonhide Midori and Masahiko Okura - Be a Hobo (I. Hardin) (4:09)
    Tomohide Midori: alto sax
    Masahiko Okura: alto sax

  11. Masaaki Kikuchi - Piano Solo 1 (Kikuchi) (0:45)
    Masaaki Kikuchi: piano

  12. Masaaki Kikuchi - Piano Solo 2 (Kikuchi) (2:33)
    Masaaki Kikuchi: piano

  13. Shibatetsu - untitled (Shibatetsu) (2:50)
    Shibatetsu: pianica

  14. S. Tsukamoto - Klingeln (Tsukamoto) (1:45)
    Recorded by S. Yanagawa
    S. Tsukamoto: piano

  15. Pascals - I'm This, I'm That (I. Hardinj) (3:51)
    Produced by Pascals

  16. Masaaki "Maruta" Taniguchi - Double Moon (Taniguchi) (4:20)
    Masaaki "Maruta" Taniguchi: acoustic guitar, glockenspiel

Compiled by Masahiko Okura and 360° Records
Mastered by Kazunao Nagata at Transonic Studio
Cover art: Masahiko Okura
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Masahiko Okura and 360° Records

Released 1998