Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Naruyoshi Kikuchi

Chansons Extraites de Dégustation à Jazz

(EWE Records, EWCD 0094) (Japan) (CD)


  1. The Wizard Hits It Even on a Rainy Day (4:41)

    Words and music by Naruyoshi Kikuchi (English translation by Toshiyuki Ohwada)
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi (vocal), Masayasu Tzboguchi (piano), Masaaki Kikuchi (bass), Gen Ogimi (percussion)
    Recorded by Takashi Akaku at Onkio Haus
    Mixed by Takashi Akaku at Syn Studio

  2. Joan of Arc in the Money Jungle (4:34)

    Words and music by Naruyoshi Kikuchi (English translation by Toshiyuki Ohwada)
    UA (vocal), Taisei Aoki (trombone), Shiro Sasaki (trumpet), Takero Sekijima (tuba), Masayuki Furuta (horn), Noriko Kojima (flute, piccolo), Naruyoshi Kikuchi (sax), Hiroshi Minami (piano), Hiroaki Mizutani (bass), Gen Ogimi (percussion), Yoshihito Etoh (drums)
    Band session recorded by Shigeo Sakurai at Onkio Haus
    Mixed by Takashi Akaku at Syn Studio

  3. Samba de Couleurs (5:43)

    Words and music by Naruyoshi Kikuchi (French translation by Hajime Fukuda)
    Strings section arranged by Nobuyuki Nakajima
    Kahimi Karie (vocal), Naruyoshi Kikuchi (vocal, organ), Kunihiko Iida (guitar), Hiroshi Minami (piano), Hiroaki Mizutani (bass), Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (drums, percussion), Kenichi Yamakita (percussion), Chiyoko Noguchi (violin), Wakako Hanada (violin), Fumiko Kai (viola), Hajime Ohtomo (cello)
    Recorded by Takashi Akaku at Freedom Studio Okubo
    Mixed by Takashi Akaku at Syn Studio

  4. The Christmas Song (5:59)

    Words and music by Robert Wells and Mel Torme
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi (vocal), Hiroshi Minami (piano), Hiroaki Mizutani (bass), Yoshihito Etoh (drums)
    Recorded by Takashi Akaku at Onkio Haus
    Mixed by Takashi Akaku at Syn Studio

  5. Isfahan (6:31)

    Music by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi (saxophone), Masayasu Tzboguchi (piano), Masaaki Kikuchi (bass), Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (drums), Kazuyuki Matsumura a.k.a. ZAK (live dub acoustic)
    Recorded live at STB 139 Sweet Basil

Mastered by Wataru Ishii at Onkio Haus
Art direction and photography by Keitarrow
Design by Koichi Tanioka
Includes a booklet with lyrics in Japanese (all tracks), English (1, 2, 4), and French (3).

Released in April 2004