Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Yuki Maeda

Jazz Age: Gershwin Song Book I

(EWE Records, EWCD 0002) (Japan) (CD)

  1. By Strauss (2:14)
  2. How Long Has This Been Going On (4:43)
  3. Swanee (5:20)
  4. Nice Work If You Can Get It (2:43)
  5. Isn't It a Pity (3:19)
  6. My Man's Gone Now (7:13)
  7. But Not for Me (5:34)
  8. Fascinating Rhythm (3:20)
  9. The Man I Love (4:10)
  10. Embraceable You (6:09)
  11. Liza (2:55)
  12. I Found a Four Leaf Clover (2:23)

All music by George Gershwin
All lyrics by Ira Gershwin, except 3 (by Irving Casear); 6 (by Du Bose Heyward and Ira Gershwin); 11 (by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn); and 12 (by B.G. De Sylva)

All vocals by Yuki Maeda

  1. Masahiro Sayama: piano, arrangement
    Masatoshi Koi: bass
    Yoichi Okabe: percussion
  2. Masahiko Satoh: piano, arrangement
  3. Jun Miyake: fender rhodes, programming, arrangement
    Masashi Togame: clarinet, bass clarinet
    Dairo Miyamoto: clarinet fills, drums
    Mataro Misawa: berimbau
  4. Junichiro Ohkuchi: piano, arangement
  5. Fumio Itabashi: piano, arrangement
  6. Shezoo: piano, arrangement
    Taisei Aoki: trombone
    Akihiro Ishiwatari: guitar
    Keita Itoh: bass
    Yoichi Okabe: percussion
  7. Satsuki Shibano: piano
    Shizu: arrangement
  8. Febian Reza Pane: piano, arrangement
  9. Yosuke Yamashita: piano, arrangement
  10. Hiroshi Minami: piano, arrangement
    Daiki Yasukagawa: bass
    Tsunoken: drums
  11. Takeshi Shibuya: piano, arrangement
  12. Kyoko Kuroda: piano, hi-ho, toys, arrangement
    Kumiko Takara: vibraphone, tambourine, other percussion and toys

Produced by Haruo Mita and Yuki Maeda
Recorded and mixed by Yukihiro Fukuda
Mastered by Wataru Ishii
Recorded at Onkio Haus in Tokyo, November 1997-February 1998
Art direction and design by Masaru Hagiwara
Photography by Yukio Ichikawa
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Hiroshi Unno and Keiichi Baba

Released June 1998