Improvised Music from Japan /Discography

Tetsu Saitoh

SOLO [CONTRABAJEANDO]

(Jabara, JAB-04) (CD)

  1. Contrabajeando (tango) 6:38
  2. Verano Porteño (tango) 6:09
  3. Viene Clareando (Argentine zamba) 5:24
  4. El Humahuaqueno (carnavalito) 4:52
  5. Quebradinha (Brazilian choro) 3:11
  6. Berimbau (Brazilian music) 5:14
  7. Dorvon Tsangihn Tar (Mongolian song) 4:12
  8. Tukinukaisha/Kanwondo Arirang (Yaeyama and Korean folklore) 9:05
  9. La Danaide (music for a theater) 11:35
  10. Hill of Ships, Stage of Warter Act 3 Interaction (music for a multi-media event) 5:55
  11. A Rope (improvisation) 5:07
  12. Sarabande from Suite No. 5 for Violoncello (J.S. Bach) 3:47

Tetsu Saitoh (bass)
Instrument/ Ferdinand Gagliano (18C., Italian)
Arco/ Morizot (French)
Olive/ Pirastro, gut strings
Colophon/ Archet luxueux for violin
2 non-directional B&K4006 microphone
Pioneer/D-07A

Recorded by Hiroshi Ogawa at Rieko Koyama Gallery in Iizuna Highland, Nagano on December 15 and 16, 1996
Mastered by Keiko Ueda at Studio Tokyu Fun on February 12, 1997
Produced by Junichi Morita
Photography by Hiroshi Ogawa
Artwork by Akemi Toh-i

Includes liner notes (Japanese and English) by Tetsu Saitoh about the recording and the music

Released May 1997