Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Shibusashirazu Orchestra

Lost Direction

(Moers Music, 03016 CD) (Germany) (CD)
(Chitei Records, B38F) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Hyottoko 2 (7:09)
  2. Yukue Shirazu (29:51)
  3. Hyottoko 3 (10:38)
  4. Naadam (7:53)
  5. Ee Janai Ka (7:12)

Composed by Daisuke Fuwa (1-3); Eiichi Hayashi (4); and Izumi Kunihiro, Yoichiro Kita, and Daisuke Fuwa (5)

Shibusashirazu Orchestra
Daisuke Fuwa: bass
Hiroaki Katayama: tenor saxophone
Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi: baritone and soprano saxophones, harmonica
Keiko Komori: alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
Yoichiro Kita: trumpet
Daisuke Takaoka: tuba
Aya Murodate: flute, vocal
Uchihashi Kazuhisa: guitar
Takeshi Shibuya: organ
Ayako Sasaki: keyboards, vocal
Masahiro Uemura: drums
Mari Sekine: percussion

Recorded live by Atsushi Tanaka at Buddy, Ekoda, Tokyo, April 16, 2002
Produced by Teruto Soejima and Burkhard Hennen
Mastered by Yukio Kojima
Cover design by Jürgen Pankarz
Photos by Frank Schemmann
Japanese edition includes notes by Teruto Soejima in Japanese and English (originally published in the music magazine Quick Japan, Vol. 48)

Released in 2005