Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Akira Sakata mii

Der Traum

(Daphnia, DPCD-0004) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Hamabe no Uta (3:12)
  2. Ave Maria (2:55)
  3. Junko no Asa (2:20)
  4. Yume (3:08)
  5. Kaigarabushi (5:51)
  6. Yesterday (2:36)

Music by Tamezo Narita (1), Johann Sebastian Bach/Charles Gounod (2), Akira Sakata (3, 4), Japanese traditional (5), and Paul McCartney (6)

Akira Sakata mii
Akira Sakata: alto saxophone, vocal
Kyoko Kuroda: piano
Vagabond Suzuki: bass

Produced by Akira Sakata
Recorded by Kiyokuni Kamon at Keisen-an, Kyoto, November 4, 2006
Mixed by Kiyokuni Kamon
Mastered by Arata Imoto
Cover art by Fumiko Hori (from "Kokotsu-moji" and "Utopia" [2001])
Design by Katsuhiro Kinoshita
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Akira Sakata

Released in September 2007