Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Kimie Sakaki

Dragon Scales

(HALE, HALE-002CD) (CD)

The Snow

  1. Movement for 17-String Koto Solo (with Doublebass Improvisation) (7:11)

The Moon

  1. Jokei - Three Scenes: The First Scene (6:14)
  2. Jokei - Three Scenes: The Second Scene (4:22)
  3. Jokei - Three Scenes: The Third Scene (3:12)

The Flower

  1. The Voice of the Strings (Vocal Version) (9:56)

Impulse

  1. Improvisation - Lunar Vase (16:35)

Imagination

  1. The Second Chapter from "Six Chapters" (2:50)

Kimie Sakaki: koto (1-7) and 17-string koto (1, 5, 6)
Tetsu Saitoh: double bass (1, 6)
Tei Yano: vocal (5)

Composed by Tadao Sawai (1-4); Masaru Saeki (5); Tetsu Saitoh (6: Lunar Vase); and Osamu Shimizu (7)

Recorded live at Xavier Hall in Elisabeth University of Music, December 13, 1997 (1, 6); and recorded at Studio Kaicho-on, February-March, 1998 (2-5, 7)
Engineered by Tomohisa Moriya (1, 6) and Kishin Funada (2-5, 7)
Mastered by Kishin Funada at Studio Kaicho-on, April 1998
Produced by Kimie Sakaki and Shigeyo Kimura
Concept Originator: Yoshimichi Ishimaru
Design: ECHIZENYA

Released 1998