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Ryoji Hojito

Pliocine: Live at Tampere Jazz Happening 1998

(A Man from the East Series, Vol. 2)

(Darko, dkcd02) (CD)


  1. Introduction (3:08)
  2. My Treasure (9:36)
  3. Improvisation-1 (2:55)
  4. Improvisation-2 (5:19)
  5. Improvisation-3: The Earth (6:15)
  6. Improvisation-4 (4:25)
  7. Improvisation-5: Try and Error (2:17)
  8. Final Improvisation for Tampere (6:35)

All music by Ryoji Hojito

Ryoji Hojito: piano, small instruments, voice, etc.

Recorded live by Tapio Ylitalo at the Tampere Jazz Happening, Finland on November 1, 1998
Sound improvements and mastering by Yoshihiro Tsukahara in Sapporo, January-March 2000
Cover painting: Miyo Hojito
Photography: Yoshiko Hojito and Takashi Homma
Design: Takashi Homma
Includes liner notes by Daisuke Fukuchi in Japanese and English (English translation: Cathy Fishman and Yoshiyuki Suzuki)

Released July, 2000