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Daisuke Fuwa

Works

(Chitei Records, B50F/B52F/B53F) (Japan) (3-CD set)


CD 1 (B50F)

  1. Duel in the Underground (11:18)
    Originally released in 1995 on the Shibusashirazu Orchestra CD Be Cool (Chitei Records, B3F)
    Music by Daisuke Fuwa
    Shibusashirazu Orchestra
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Hiroaki Katayama: tenor saxophone
    Kunihiro Izumi: alto saxophone
    Hiroshi Itaya: trombone
    Yoichiro Kita: trumpet
    Yuji Katsui: violin
    Takayuki Kato: guitar
    Takeshi Shibuya: organ
    Shiro Onuma: drums
    Masahiro Uemura: drums
    Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: percussion
    Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, Tokyo, January 1995

  2. Night (8:56)
    Originally released in 2001 on the Daisuke Fuwa CD 28 (Chitei Records, B20F)
    Music by Hiroaki Katayama
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Hiroaki Katayama: tenor saxophone
    Akihiro Ishiwatari: guitar
    Yoshisaburo Toyozumi: drums
    Aya Murodate: voice
    Midori Yoshioka: voice
    Ayako Sasaki: voice
    Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, December 2000-January 2001

  3. Tabishibire Song (12:42)
    Originally released in 2003 on the Ayako Sasaki CD Sora (Chitei Records, B25F)
    Words and music by Ayako Sasaki
    Ayako Sasaki: piano, vocal
    Aya Murodate: flute
    Naohiro Kawashita: tenor saxophone
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Tsuno Ken: drums
    Mari Sekine: percussion
    Keiko Komori: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
    Yoichiro Kita: flugelhorn
    Recorded and mixed by Takao Akimoto at GOK Sound, Tokyo

  4. Hikouki (5:25)
    Originally released in 2001 on the Daisuke Fuwa CD 28 (Chitei Records, B20F)
    Words by Takuboku Ishikawa and music by Daisuke Fuwa
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Akihiro Ishiwatari: guitar
    Midori Yoshioka: vocal
    Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, December 2000-January 2001

  5. Whereabouts Unknown (19:19)
    Originally released in 1995 on the Shibusashirazu Orchestra CD Be Cool (Chitei Records, B3F)
    Music by Daisuke Fuwa
    Shibusashirazu Orchestra
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Hiroaki Katayama: tenor saxophone
    Kunihiro Izumi: alto saxophone
    Hiroshi Itaya: trombone
    Yoichiro Kita: trumpet
    Yuji Katsui: violin
    Takayuki Kato: guitar
    Takeshi Shibuya: organ
    Shiro Onuma: drums
    Masahiro Uemura: drums
    Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: percussion
    Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, Tokyo, January 1995

  6. Orfeu Negro (8:51)
    Originally released in 2001 on the Daisuke Fuwa CD 28 (Chitei Records, B20F)
    Music by Luiz Bonfa
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Hiroaki Katayama: tenor saxophone
    Akihiro Ishiwatari: guitar
    Yoshisaburo Toyozumi: drums
    Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, December 2000-January 2001

CD 2 (B52F)

  1. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (4:06)
    Originally released in 2001 on the Daisuke Fuwa CD 28 (Chitei Records, B20F)
    Music by Charles Mingus
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Hiroaki Katayama: tenor saxophone
    Akihiro Ishiwatari: guitar
    Yoshisaburo Toyozumi: drums
    Kunihiro Izumi: alto saxophone
    Ryuichi Yoshida: baritone saxophone
    Daisuke Takaoka: tuba
    Recorded and mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound, December 2000-January 2001

  2. Compane (3:25)
    Originally released in 1999 on the Ayako Sasaki CD Aoitoko (Chitei Records, B17F)
    Music by Ayako Sasaki
    Ayako Sasaki: piano, vocal
    Aya Murodate: flute, voice
    Midori Yoshioka: soprano saxophone, vocal
    Kunihiro Izumi: alto saxophone, fue
    Naoki Hanashima: bass clarinet
    Tetsu Hirosawa: tenor saxophone
    Lucky Kawasaki: percussion
    Mayumi Shimamura: percussion
    Noe Sakai: percussion
    Nobuhiro Nakane: trombone
    Masahiro Uemura: drums
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Recorded at GOK Sound, Tokyo
    Recorded and mixed by Takao Akimoto

  3. Three Count Love (2:19)
    Originally released in 2011 on the Tomoko Namba CD Oppai (Chitei Records, B49F)
    Words by Shuichi Hayashi and music by Daisuke Fuwa
    Tomoko Namba: vocal
    Yumiko Takeda: keyboard
    Hwang Taeil: guitar
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Mari Sekine: drums
    Keiko Komori: clarinet
    Yoichiro Kita: trumpet
    Yasuyuki Takahashi: trombone
    Recorded by Fuminori Saito at GOK Sound

  4. Omatsuri (7:10)
    Originally released in 1995 on the Kunihiro Izumi CD Sunrise in My Head (Chitei Records, B5F)
    Music by Kunihiro Izumi
    Kunihiro Izumi: alto saxophone
    Kazu Nakahara: guitar
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Shiro Onuma: drums

  5. A Centipede (4:43)
    Originally released in 1999 on the Ayako Sasaki CD Aoitoko (Chitei Records, B17F)
    Music by Ayako Sasaki
    Ayako Sasaki: piano, vocal
    Aya Murodate: flute, voice
    Midori Yoshioka: soprano saxophone, vocal
    Kunihiro Izumi: alto saxophone, fue
    Naoki Hanashima: bass clarinet
    Tetsu Hirosawa: tenor saxophone
    Lucky Kawasaki: percussion
    Mayumi Shimamura: percussion
    Noe Sakai: percussion
    Masahiro Uemura: drums
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Recorded at GOK Sound, Tokyo
    Recorded and mixed by Takao Akimoto

  6. Calypso (14:09)
    Originally released in 2000 on the Fedayien CD Fedayien! (Chitei Records, B18F)
    Music by Naohiro Kawashita
    Naohiro Kawashita: tenor saxophone
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Shiro Onuma: drums
    Recorded live by Atsushi Tanaka at Buddy, Tokyo

  7. Sea Goblin--Song for Kaijin Zoku (7:17)
    Originally released in 1999 on the Ayako Sasaki CD Aoitoko (Chitei Records, B17F)
    Words and music by Ayako Sasaki
    Ayako Sasaki: piano, vocal
    Aya Murodate: flute, voice
    Midori Yoshioka: soprano saxophone, vocal
    Kunihiro Izumi: alto saxophone, fue
    Naoki Hanashima: bass clarinet
    Tetsu Hirosawa: tenor saxophone
    Nobuhiro Nakane: trombone
    Lucky Kawasaki: percussion
    Mayumi Shimamura: percussion
    Noe Sakai: percussion
    Masahiro Uemura: drums
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Takayuki Kato: guitar
    Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi: alto saxophone
    Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: percussion
    Recorded at GOK Sound, Tokyo
    Recorded and mixed by Takao Akimoto

  8. Toki (22:35)
    Originally released in 2004 on the RAdIO CD RAdIO (Chitei Records, B28F)
    Music by Naohiro Kawashita
    Naohiro Kawashita: tenor saxophone
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums
    Takeshi Shibuya: organ
    Gianni Gebbia: soprano saxophone
    Recorded live by Yasuo Fujimura at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo, November 5, 1996

  9. Mucho de Shogyo (5:17)
    Originally released in 2002 on the Shibusashirazu Orchestra CD Shibuhata (Chitei Records, B21F)
    Words by Shuichi Hayashi and music by Daisuke Fuwa
    Shibusashirazu Orchestra
    Daisuke Fuwa: conductor
    Hiroaki Katayama: tenor saxophone
    Tetsu Hirosawa: tenor saxophone
    Kunihiro Izumi: alto saxophone
    Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi: alto saxophone
    Keiko Komori: alto saxophone
    Ryuichi Yoshida: baritone saxophone
    Yoichiro Kita: trumpet
    Nobuhiro Nakane: trombone
    Toshihiro Koike: trombone
    Naoki Hanashima: bass clarinet
    Aya Murodate: flute, vocal
    Daisuke Takaoka: tuba
    Yuji Katsui: violin
    Akihiro Ishiwatari: guitar
    Takayuki Kato: guitar
    Hiroyuki Otsuka: guitar
    Takeshi Shibuya: organ
    Ayako Sasaki: keyboard, vocal
    Hiroshi Higo: bass
    Shiro Onuma: drums
    Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums
    Masahiro Uemura: drums
    Takayuki Matsumura: percussion
    Mari Sekine: percussion
    Recorded live at Buddy, Tokyo, June 2001
    Recorded and mixed by Atsushi Tanaka

CD 3 (B53F)

  1. Whereabouts Unknown (44:28)
    Previously unreleased
    Music by Daisuke Fuwa
    Han Sato: tenor saxophone
    Hideki Tachibana: alto saxophone
    Mitsuhide Tatsumi: trumpet
    Koichi Yamaguchi: piano
    Daisuke Fuwa: bass
    Jun Isobe: drums
    Recorded live by Nobuo Ishizaki at Happy Mountain Bar, Hiratsuka, January 10, 2012

Remastered by Nobuo Ishizaki
Design by Tokkun and Yasuhiro Yamashita
Produced by Daisuke Fuwa and Mitsutoshi Yoshida
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Ryuichiro Matsubara and Kazuyoshi Kamiya

Released in May 2012