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Tetsu Saitoh

Saiten (Coloring Heaven)

(Aketa's Disk/AD-27CD) (CD)

  1. To the Promenade (3:07)
  2. Coloring Heaven I (5:41)
  3. A Second (4:51)
  4. 10.27 (5:57)
  5. Coloring Heaven II (9:05)
  6. Music Gallery (7:32)
  7. Pizzicatissimo (4:37)
  8. 124 (9:15)
  9. Okinawa Mama (3:46)
  10. To the Sea (7:23)
  11. Invitation (5:50)

Tracks 1, 7 and 11: Tetsu Saitoh (bass) and Barre Phillips (bass)

Tracks 2, 5, 9 and 10: Tetsu Saitoh (bass), Barre Phillips (bass), Sabu Toyozumi (percussion), and Hideaki Kuribayashi (17-string koto)

Tracks 3, 4, and 6: Tetsu Saitoh (bass), Barre Phillips (bass), and Sabu Toyozumi (percussion)

Track 8: Tetsu Saitoh (bass) and Hideaki Kuribayashi (17-string koto)

Recorded in December 1988 by Katsumi Kawasaki at Kuchu Sampo Kan in Yugawara
Cover art by Hyokichi Ohnari
Cover design by Masumi Aruga
Includes liner notes by Tetsu Saitoh (in Japanese and English), Sabu Toyozumi (in English), Hideaki Kuribayashi (in Japanese), and Hyokichi Ohnari (in Japanese)

Released 1990