Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra

Out to Lunch

(doubtmusic, dmf-108) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Hat and Beard (6:08)
  2. Something Sweet, Something Tender (9:20)
  3. Gazzelloni (4:17)
  4. Out to Lunch (9:38)
  5. Straight Up and Down - Will Be Back (27:45)

All music composed by Eric Dolphy except "Will Be Back," by ONJO; all arrangements by Otomo Yoshihide except "Hat and Beard," theme horn arranged by Naoko Eto, and "Straight Up and Down," theme horn arranged by Hiroaki Mizutani

Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra (ONJO)
Otomo Yoshihide: guitar, conducting (4)
Axel Dörner: trumpet, slide trumpet
Taisei Aoki: trombone, bamboo flute
Kenta Tsugami: alto sax, soprano sax
Masahiko Okura (1, 3, 5): alto sax, tubes
Alfred Harth: tenor sax, bass clarinet, trumpet, etc.
Mats Gustafsson: baritone sax
Ko Ishikawa (2, 4, 5): sho
Sachiko M: sine waves, contact mike
Toshimaru Nakamura (5): no-input mixing board
Taku Unami (1, 5): computer
Kumiko Takara: vibraphone
Cor Fuhler: piano, inside piano
Hiroaki Mizutani: bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, percussion, trumpet

Recorded by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound L Studio, Tokyo, January 26, 2005
Mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo, August 2005, except (3), by Yoshiaki Kondo and Otomo Yoshihide, September 2005
Mastered by Toshimaru Nakamura
Produced by Otomo Yoshihide and Jun Numata
Cover photo by Daido Moriyama
Design by Akira Sasaki
Includes liner notes in Japanese and English by Taiji Tonoyama, Otomo Yoshihide, and Kahimi Karie (English translations by Haruna Ito)

Released in December 2005