Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Masahiko Okura
Taku Sugimoto
Taku Unami

Chamber Music Concerts Vol. 1

(Hibarislubloadfactor, hibarislubloadfactor 1-3) (Japan) (3-CD set)

Disk 1

  1. Tom and Jerry (27:07)
  2. One, Two, Three, and Many (26:51)

    4 Pieces for Violin Accompanied with 2 Guitars
  3. (4:55)
  4. (4:42)
  5. (4:44)
  6. (4:51)

Disk 2

  1. Infold (19:03)
  2. Thirteen Steps (12:02)
  3. Life with Gravity (15:37)
  4. D (18:03)

Disk 3

  1. Chamber Orchestra I [excerpt] (9:04)
  2. Bass Trombone and Chamber Ensemble (5:11)
  3. Kinoshita-kun (4:52)
  4. Uesu-san (10:37)
  5. Ezaki-san (12:33)
  6. XC (5:48)
  7. Red Scarf, Red Curtain (9:52)
  8. Tres Amigos (7:26)
  9. California Guitar Trio (7:33)

Composed by Taku Sugimoto (1-1; 2-4; 3-1; 3-2), Masahiko Okura (1-2; 2-1; 2-3; 3-6; 3-7; 3-8), and Taku Unami (1-3, 4, 5, 6; 2-2; 3-3; 3-4; 3-5; 3-9); words of (3-1) by Katsuaki Iida, translation by Taku Sugimoto

Shinichi Tsukamoto: keyboard (1-1)
Itoken: drums (1-1)
Xavier Charles: clarinet (1-2; 3-6)
Taku Sugimoto: acoustic guitar (1-2; 2-2; 3-2), electric guitar (1-3, 4, 5, 6; 2-3; 2-4; 3-1; 3-3; 3-7; 3-8; 3-9)
Taku Unami: acoustic guitar (1-2; 3-2; 3-3), electric guitar (1-3, 4, 5, 6; 2-3; 2-4; 3-7; 3-8; 3-9), contraguitar (2-2), mandolin (3-1)
Hiroki Chiba: violin (1-3, 4, 5, 6; 3-7)
Yuko Uesu: harp (2-1; 3-1; 3-4)
Ryuko Mizutani: koto (2-2)
Masahiko Okura: bass clarinet (2-2; 3-1), alto saxophone (2-3; 3-2; 3-3),
Axel Dörner: trumpet (2-3)
Tetuzi Akiyama: electric guitar (2-4; 3-8; 3-9)
Moe Kamura: vocal (3-1)
Katsuaki Iida: voice (3-1)
Kanji Nakao: clarinet (3-1), bass trombone (3-2), trombone (3-5)
Reiji Hattori: percussion (3-1)
Masahide Tokunaga: alto saxophone (3-2)
Toshimaru Nakamura: acoustic guitar (3-2)
Kazushige Kinoshita: violin (3-3)
Hirozumi Takeda: acoustic guitar (3-3)
Masafumi Ezaki: trumpet (3-5)
Takero Sekijima: tuba (3-5)

Recorded at Loop Line, Tokyo, March 14, 2007 (1-1); April 13, 2007 (1-2); June 8, 2007 (1-3, 4, 5, 6); December 8, 2006 (2-1); July 24, 2007 (2-2); August 5, 2007 (2-3); September 8, 2007 (2-4); August 18, 2006 (3-1); September 29, 2006 (3-2); November 2, 2006 (3-3); December 8, 2006 (3-4); January 12, 2007 (3-5); April 13, 2007 (3-6); June 8, 2007 (3-7); September 8, 2007 (3-8); and September 8, 2007 (3-9)

Mastered by Taku Unami
Cover drawing by Taku Sugimoto
Includes the transcript of a discussion of the tracks by Taku Sugimoto, Masahiko Okura, Taku Unami, and Toshiya Tsunoda (in Japanese)

Released in April 2008