Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Pidgin Combo

The Long Vacation: Live! 1988-1989

(F.M.N. Sound Factory, FMC-018) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Solo (Tom Cora) (3:26)
  2. Do-Do-Do-little Song (Wataru Ohkuma) (6:33)
  3. Klezmorim (3:58)
  4. The Hard Wood (George Cartwright) (7:46)
  5. Total Preparation / Hoppas att det Gar (Version '88) (Tom Cora / Lars Hollmer) (9:06)
  6. Improvisation - Hickwall (Tom Cora) (6:31)
  7. Gym (Tom Cora) (5:34)
  8. Expert Song (Tom Cora) (4:36)
  9. Total Preparation / Hoppas att det Gar (Version '89) (Tom Cora / Lars Hollmer) (7:45)

Track 3 based on "Der Glater Bulgar" by Dave Tarras and arranged by Tom Cora

Pidgin Combo
Tom Cora: cello, vocal
Masami Shinoda: alto sax, baritone sax
Rorie: vocal, bass marimba
Wataru Ohkuma: piano, chorus
Takuya Nishimura: bass, chorus
Shinya Kimura: drums, soprano sax

Recorded live at Manda-la 2, Tokyo, May 3, 1988 (1-5) and March 8, 1989 (6-9)
Mastered by Tetsuya Kotani at Omega Sound, April 26, 2000
Artwork by rui-D
Art direction by Wataru Ohkuma
Produced by Wataru Ohkuma
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Wataru Ohkuma

Released in August 2000