Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Jyoji Sawada

Silent Movie

(Fontec, FOCD9209) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Nana (7:37)
    Kenichi Furube: oboe
    Daisuke Suzuki: guitar

  2. Petal (3:33)
    Kazutoki Umezu: clarinet, bass clarinet
    Yuka Kido: flute, alto flute
    Yoichi Okabe: percussion

  3. Motif (0:36)

  4. One of These Days (7:17)
    Kokoo
    Akikazu Nakamura: shakuhachi
    Michiyo Yagi: koto
    Miki Maruta: 17-string koto

  5. Overture (0:30)

  6. ·, ο, Pause, and John L,: No Simple Relationship (3:04)
    Miho Kudo: violin
    Ryoko Mochizuki: violin
    Naoko Kobara: viola
    Naoya Mochizuki: cello

  7. Bonevillage (0:43)

  8. Evoke (1:46)
    Daniel Ian Smith: soprano saxophone
    Takafumi Fujimoto: marimba

  9. Little Toys (5:34)
    Miho Kudo: violin
    Naoko Kobara: viola

  10. Floating on the Time (14:24)
    Shozan Tanabe: shakuhachi
    Hideaki Kuribayashi: 17-string koto

  11. Memories of N. Rota (0:39)

  12. Silent Movie (4:50)
    Miho Kudo: violin
    Kiyo Kido: violin
    Naoko Kobara: viola
    Udai Shika: cello

  13. Paper Plane in a Universe of Constant Light Speed (5:17)
    Kokoo
    Akikazu Nakamura: shakuhachi
    Michiyo Yagi: 17-string koto
    Miki Maruta: koto

  14. Epilogue (1:36)

All music composed by Jyoji Sawada except track 4, composed by Pink Floyd and arranged by Jyoji Sawada; sound collages (tracks 3, 5, 7, 11, 14) and field recordings by Jyoji Sawada

Track 1 recorded by Fontec Inc. at Muse Park, Chichibu, Saitama, 2001
Track 2 recorded by Aki Onda and Takehiko Kamada at The Kitchen, Tokyo, 1997
Tracks 4 and 13 recorded by Masaki Sasaki at Studio Sound Pot, 2000 and 1998
Tracks 6, 8-10, and 12 recorded by Takehiko Kamada at The Kitchen and at Yamate Gaiety Theater, 1996
Mastered by Norio Sato
Produced and compiled by Jyoji Sawada
Art direction and design by Kazutaka Hattori
Photos by Jyoji Sawada
Includes Japanese liner notes by Junichi Konuma and Jyoji Sawada

Released in August 2004