Ayako Sasaki

Sora

(Chitei Records, B25F) (Japan) (CD)

1. Tabishibiresong (12:43)
2. Aozora (7:39)
3. Noise (7:45)
4. Ayako (10:41)
5. Tao (9:16)
6. Yotaka (13:02)

All words and music by Ayako Sasaki, except track 5, by Masato Minami, and track 6, by Ayako Sasaki and Midori Yoshioka

Ayako Sasaki: piano, vocal
Aya Murodate: flute
Naohiro Kawashita: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Daisuke Fuwa: bass
Tsuno Ken: drums, percussion
Mari Sekine: drums (6), percussion
Keiko Komori: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Yoichiro Kita: fluegelhorn

Produced by Daisuke Fuwa and Mitsutoshi Yoshida
Recorded and mixed by Takao Akimoto at GOK Sound, Tokyo
Mastered by Yoshio Kobayashi at Hi Brite
Photos by Hiroki Nishioka and Fumiyo Ueki
Illustration by Aya Murodate and Kenichi Aoyama
Design by Erica Tanabe

Released in February 2003

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