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Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra

Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra

(doubtmusic, dmf-102) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Eureka (11:13)
  2. Theme from Canary (5:51)
  3. Broken Shadows (4:17)
  4. Lost in the Rain (8:58)
  5. Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk--Tails Out (9:16)
  6. Mayonaka no Shizuka na Kuroi Kawa no Ue ni Ukabiagaru Shiroi Yuri no Hana (7:45)
  7. A-shi-ta (7:49)

Music by Jim O'Rourke (1), Otomo Yoshihide (2, 4, 5 [Tails Out], 6, 7), Ornette Coleman (3), and Charles Mingus (5 [Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk])
Words by Kahimi Karie (4, 6) and Mariko Hamada (7)
Music direction and arrangement by Otomo Yoshihide
Horn arrangement by Hiroaki Mizutani (4, 5 [Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk]) and Naoko Eto (2)

Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra
Otomo Yoshihide: guitar, turntable (2, 3, 5), conductor (6)
Axel Dörner: trumpet, slide trumpet
Taisei Aoki: trombone, bamboo flute
Kenta Tsugami: alto sax, soprano saxophone
Masahiko Okura: alto saxophone, tubes (1, 5 [Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk], 7)
Alfred Harth: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, trumpet, etc.
Mats Gustafsson: baritone saxophone
Ko Ishikawa: sho
Sachiko M: sinewaves, contact microphone
Taku Unami: computer (5)
Kumiko Takara: vibraphone
Cor Fuhler: piano, inside piano
Hiroaki Mizutani: contrabass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, percussion, trumpet (1, 2)
Kiriko Nananan: bombo (1, 7)
Makoto Otsu: drum samples (5)
Kahimi Karie: vocal (1, 4 ,6)
Mariko Hamada: vocal (7)

Recorded by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound L Studio on January 24 2005
Mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo, except track 7, by Otomo Yoshihide
Mastered by Toshimaru Nakamura
Produced by Otomo Yoshihide and Jun Numata
Design by Akira Sasaki

Released in April 2005