Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Tomoko Yazawa

Flash Point

(Geisha Farm, Geisha Farm/MSM 60109) (Japan) (2-CD set)

CD I

  1. Walk Man (5:57)
    Music by Hirokazu Hiraishi

  2. Jardin Secret II (10:59)
    Music by Kaija Saariaho

  3. Carny (11:54)
    Music by John Zorn

  4. Bacchanale (8:05)
    Music by John Cage

  5. Cantéyodjayâ (12:18)
    Music by Olivier Messiaen

  6. Joyomai - New Year's Eve Dance (13:51)
    Music by Hirokazu Hiraishi

CD 2

  1. Kaze-Hikaru-Toki (10:24)
    Music by Hirokazu Hiraishi; arrangement by Tomoko Yazawa

  2. Spartan Arc (3:57)
    Music by David Lang; sound design by Tomoko Yazawa

  3. Cage (6:02)
    Music by David Lang; sound design by Tomoko Yazawa

  4. The Same Sky (19:09)
    Music by Carolyn Yarnell

  5. 7 Rings (5:10)
    Music by Egberto Gismonti; arrangement by Reiko Itokawa

Tomoko Yazawa: piano, synthesizer

Recorded at Premier Amanuma Studio, Tokyo, November 24, 25, 28, 29, 30 and December 27-29, 2005, except:
CD 1-track 5, recorded live at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall, November 27, 1993
CD 1-track 3, recorded at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall, March 20, 1997
CD 2-track 3, recorded at Chelsemoi Apartment 2E, November 14, 1999
CD 2-track 2, recorded at Sumida Toriphony Recital Hall, Tokyo, May 21, 2003
Mixed at Media Entertainment Studio A, Tokyo
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Takenori Katagiri and Hideharu Takayama
Design by So Takahashi
Photos by Chi Wo Leung
Includes a 29-page booklet with liner notes in English and Japanese by Tomoko Yazawa; track notes in English and Japanese by Tomoko Yazawa, Hirokazu Hiraishi, Carolyn Yarnell, and Reiko Itokawa; and 37 black and white photos
Translation by Chizuko Ishikawa

Released in 2006