Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Asabana: Amami Shimauta Kiko

(Jabara, JAB-05) (CD)

  1. Asabana bushi (5:35)
  2. Shunjoshu bushi (3:58)
  3. Kuro dando bushi (3:56)
  4. Yukinnya kana (1:32)
  5. Itokuri bushi (3:26)
  6. Ukekuma manjo bushi (3:23)
  7. Shumichi nagahama bushi (3:05)
  8. Kantsume bushi (3:54)
  9. Kuro dando bushi (3:42)
  10. Tokunoshima asabana bushi (3:05)
  11. Mikyo no kushi (4:27)
  12. Shodon nagahama bushi (4:40)
  13. Ame gurumi (3:03)
  14. Magaryo takateiji bushi (5:03)
  15. Mucha kana bushi (4:56)
  16. Nagakumo bushi (3:05)
  17. Ito (5:05)
  18. Watasha (4:32)
  19. Yoisura bushi (1:52)

Yoshikazu Seisho: sangen and vocal (1-3)
Kimie Hagiwara: hayashi (1-3)
Sachio Asechi: koto (4-6, 19)
Kazuko Nakata: vocal (5, 6)
Hirofumi Matsuura: sangen (5, 6)
Nami Makioka: vocal (7, 8); hayashi (9)
Rinako Take: vocal (13, 14); hayashi (7, 8, 15, 16)
Saori Kawabata: vocal (9)
Hoei Yasuda: sangen (7-18); vocal (10-12, 17, 18)
Norie Takuma: hayashi (10)
Shiho Nagai: vocal (15, 16); hayashi (13, 14)
Sonoko Mineyama: vocal (17, 18)
Yukie Hisakura: taiko (17, 18)

Recorded at Amami-oshima and Kikajima islands on March 12, 13, and 17-19, 1997
Produced by Mori-Jun
Engineered by Hiroshi Ogawa
Mastered by Keiko Ueda at Studio Tokyu Fun, Tokyo on June 5, 1997
Photography: Masashi Kuwamoto
Design: Keiichiro Okuyama

Released 1997