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Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra

Live Vol. 1: Series Circuit

(doubtmusic, dmf-115/116) (Japan) (2-CD set)

Disc 1

  1. Lost in the Rain (13:23)
  2. Out to Lunch (16:00)
  3. Playgirl BGM (4:05)
  4. Double Command II (6:09)
  5. Single Command (3:30)
  6. Climbers High Opening (8:06)

Disc 2

  1. Straight Up and Down--Mayonaka no Shizuka na Kuroi Kawa no Ue ni Ukabiagaru Shiroi Yuri no Hana (23:44)
  2. Namida kara Ashita e (10:03)
  3. Double Command I (7:38)
  4. Hat and Beard (12:02)

Music by Otomo Yoshihide (Disc 1: 1, 4-6; Disc 2: 1 [Mayonaka ...], 3), Eric Dolphy (Disc 1: 2; Disc 2: 1 [Straight Up and Down], 4), and Takeo Yamashita (Disc 1: 3; Disc 2: 2)
Words by Kahimi Karie (Disc 1: 1; Disc 2: 1 [Mayonaka ...]) and Otomo Yoshihide [English translation by Haruna Ito] (Disc 1: 2)

Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra
Otomo Yoshihide: guitar, conductor
Kenta Tsugami: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Alfred Harth: tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Taisei Aoki: trombone, bamboo flute (Disc 1: 2-6; Disc 2: 1, 3, 4)
Axel Dörner: trumpet (Disc 1: 1)
Masahiko Okura: alto saxophone, bass clarinet, tubes (Disc 1: 2-6; Disc 2: 1, 3, 4)
Ko Ishikawa: sho
Sachiko M: sinewaves
Taku Unami: computer with objects, computer (Disc 1: 2-6; Disc 2: 1, 3, 4)
Kumiko Takara: vibraphone
Hiroaki Mizutani: contrabass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, percussion
Kahimi Karie: vocal (Disc 1: 1-3; Disc 2: 1, 2)
Kayo Ishu: vocal (Disc 1: 3; Disc 2: 2)
Yoshiaki Kondo: live sound engineering (Disc 1: 1, 3; Disc 2: 1, 2, 4)
Itoken: conductor (Disc 1: 4; Disc 2: 3)
Hiroki Chiba: violin (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3)
Shuichi Hashimoto: violin (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3)
Tekko Koryu: violin (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3)
Kazuya Takeda: violin (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3)
Yuto Tsukada: violin (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3)
Toshitaka Mukaiyama: viola (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3)
Mikiko Narui: viola (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3)
Tadanobu Kumon: cello (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3)
Chisato Ito: oboe (Disc 1: 4, 5; Disc 2: 3)
Margareth Kammerer: vocal (Disc 1: 3; Disc 2: 2)

Disc 1: 2, 4-6 and Disc 2: 3 recorded live by Yasuo Fujimura at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo, February 9, 2006
Disc 2: 4 recorded live by Yasuhiro Usui at Tokuzo, Nagoya, February 11, 2006
Disc 2: 1 recorded live by Koji Sato at Hardy Hall, Kambai-kan, Doshisha University, Kyoto, February 12, 2006
Disc 2: 2 recorded live by Yoshiaki Kondo at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, March 17, 2006
Disc 1: 1 recorded live by Yoshiaki Kondo at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, March 18, 2006
Disc 1: 3 recorded live by Yoshiaki Kondo at Asahi Art Square, Asakusa, Tokyo, September 16, 2006, with vocals recorded live by Yoshiaki Kondo at at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, March 17, 2006
Otomo Yoshihide's guitar and synthesizer overdubbed on Disc 1: 3
Mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo and Otomo Yoshihide
Mastered by Yoshiaki Kondo
Produced by Otomo Yoshihide and Jun Numata
Design by Akira Sasaki
Photos by Keiko Shinya, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki, Kumiko Takara, Yoshiaki Kondo, Hiroaki Mizutani, Tatsushi Iijima, Yuko Zama
Includes liner notes by Otomo Yoshihide in Japanese and English (translation by Cathy Fishman)

Released in July 2007