Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Orquesta Libre
Dairo Suga
RONxII

Plays Duke

(Glamorous, GLAM-0002) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Take the A Train (7:35)
  2. Caravan (8:12)
  3. Creole Love Call (8:11)
  4. I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (9:01)
  5. African Flower (Petite Fleur Africane) (10:17)
  6. Money Jungle (4:49)
  7. The Mooche (10:42)
  8. Rockin' in Rhythm (5:29)
  9. Mood Indigo (9:27)

Arrangements by Taisei Aoki (1, 3, 4, 8), Masato Suzuki (2, 5-7), and Taisei Aoki and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (9)

Orquesta Libre
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums
Taisei Aoki: trombone, keyboard, harmonica
Hiroyuki Shiotani: soprano saxophone, clarinet
Daisuke Fujiwara: tenor saxophone
Takao Watanabe: trumpet
Gideon Jucks: tuba
Kumiko Takara: vibraphone
Masato Suzuki: bass
Motomu Shiiya: guitar, steel guitar
Yoichi Okabe: percussion

Dairo Suga: piano
RONxII: tap dance

Recorded by Tatsuki Masuko at Bassment Lab, February 2 and 3, 2013
Mixed and mastered by Tatsuki Masuko at Float, May and August 3, 2013
Photos and art direction by Hideaki Sasaki
Artwork by Workshy-Oishia
Includes Japanese liner notes

Released in October 2013