Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Satoko Fujii Orchestra

Double Take

(EWE Records, EWCD-0019/20) (Japan) (2-CD set)

Disc East

  1. South Wind (12:54)
  2. Ruin-1 - The Desert (12:04)
  3. Ruin-2 - The South Pole (6:26)
  4. Ruin-3 - The Outer Space (8:45)
  5. Ruin-4 - The Megalopolis (7:19)
  6. Okesa - Yansado (8:38)
  7. Sora - Sky (14:22)

Disc West

  1. Ruin-1 - The Desert (14.24)
  2. Ruin-2 - The South Pole (5:51)
  3. Ruin-3 - The Outer Space (9:46)
  4. Ruin-4 - The Megalopolis (7:23)
  5. Jog Wheel (5:47)
  6. Tobifudo (9:27)
  7. Exile (9:30)
  8. And Then - Sorekara (9:34)

All music by Satoko Fujii except Disc East track 6 and Disc West tracks 6 and 8, by Natsuki Tamura

East

Satoko Fujii Orchestra East

Sachi Hayasaka: soprano sax, alto sax, bamboo flute, percussion, voice (6, 7)
Kunihiro Izumi: alto sax, toys, voice (2, 6)
Hiroaki Katayama: tenor sax, voice (1, 2, 5)
Kenichi Matsumoto: tenor sax, shakuhachi, hose, voice (2)
Ryuchi Yoshida: baritone sax, flute, toys, voice (7)
Natsuki Tamura: trumpet, toys (1, 2, 3, 5)
Tsuneo Takeda: trumpet, voice (7)
Yoshihito Fukumoto: trumpet, electric trumpet, toys, voice (3)
Takao Watanabe: trumpet, gong, wind chime, voice (1)
Haguregumo Nagamatsu: trombone, voice (2)
Tetsuya Higashi: trombone, voice (4, 5)
Gakutaro Miyauchi: trombone, voice (7)
Satoko Fujii: piano
Toshiki Nagata: bass, electric bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, trumpet (3)

Recorded at Hibiki no Mori, Okegawa Shimin Hall, Okegawa, on October 27, 1999
Concert producer: Yoichi Kobayashi
Concert support: Keyaki Bunka Zaidan
Engineer: Kimio Oikawa (recorded directly on 2-track)
Assistant engineers: Ayu Nishizawa, Mariko Miyashita
PA: Tamotsu Ueno, Shinji Kurotaki

West

Satoko Fujii Orchestra West

Oscar Noriega: alto sax, bass clarinet (1, 5)
Briggan Krauss: alto sax, clarinet (5, 6)
Chris Speed: tenor sax, clarinet (1, 4, 5)
Tony Malaby: tenor sax (7)
Andy Laster: baritone sax (8)
Natsuki Tamura: trumpet (4, 7)
Dave Ballou: trumpet (2)
Steven Bernstein: trumpet (2, 7)
Cuong Vu: trumpet (1, 8)
Curtis Hasselbring: trombone (1, 8)
Joey Sellers: trombone (4)
Joe Fiedler: trombone (3, 6, 7)
Satoko Fujii: piano
Stomu Takeishi: electric bass
Aaron Alexander: drums (5)
DJ Firehorse: turntable

Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, on November 20, 1999
Engineer: David Baker
Assistant engineer: Aya Takemura
Mixed by David Baker at Sound on Sound, November 24 and December 10, 1999
Assistant engineer: Zach Wind

Digitally mastered by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital on December 13 and 14, 1999
Produced by Kenny Inaoka
Post-production associate: Kazunori Sugiyama
Art direction and design by Masami Masuyama
Back cover painting by Rocky Iwao Kagoshima
Photographs by Seiichi Sugita and Nobuya Tamura

Released in 2000