Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Itaru Oki

Phantom Note

(doubtmusic, dmrp-128) (Japan) (CD)

  1. A Black Iron Cat Mask (4:33)
  2. The Cats of Rue Saint Denis (10:10)
  3. Escargot (8:20)
  4. Smiley Nanri-san (6:37)
  5. Kodai-tenmondai--Ancient Observatory (9:23)
  6. Caesar and Capone (6:03)

All compositions by Itaru Oki

Itaru Oki: trumpet
Yoshiaki Fujikawa: alto saxophone
Keiki Midorikawa: cello, bass, piano
Hozumi Tanaka: drums, percussion
Gozo Yoshimasu: poetry reading (5)

Recorded by Noriyuki Ishijima at Net Asashi No. 501 Studio, Tokyo, September 9 and 11, 1975
Produced by Makoto Shiraishi
Photo by Tokuaki Takimoto
Original design by Takayasu Horiguchi
Remastered by Tsutomu Suto
Reissue design by Akira Sasaki
Reissue produced by doubtmusic
Includes liner notes by Teruto Soejima in Japanese and English (translation by Cathy Fishman)

Released in July 2009
Originally released in 1976 as an LP on Offbeat Records (ORLP-1010)