Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Taku Sugimoto

Musical Composition Series 2

(Kid Ailack Enterprise, KID-0004) (Japan) (2-CD set)

Disc 1

  1. Notes and Flageolets (16:02)

    15 Pieces for Guitars
    1. 1-1 (0:16)
    2. 1-3 (0:27)
    3. 1-6 (0:39)
    4. 1-7 (0:34)
    5. 2-1 (2:42)
    6. 3-1 (Sugimoto) (0:39)
    7. 3-2 (Sugimoto, Unami) (0:33)
    8. 3-3 (Sugimoto, Unami, Akiyama) (0:39)
    9. 4-2 (0:08)
    10. 4-3 (Sugimoto, Unami, Akiyama) (0:57)
    11. 4-5 (Sugimoto, Unami, Akiyama) (6:00)
    12. 4-7 (2:45)
    13. 4-8 (Sugimoto, Unami, Akiyama) (1:30)
    14. 5-1 (10:00)

Disc 2

  1. String Quartet and Guitar (Version 1) (19:04)
  2. String Quartet and Guitar (Version 2) (19:04)

All compositions by Taku Sugimoto

Taku Sugimoto: guitar (Disc 1, Disc 2)
Barbara Romen: guitar (Disc 1: 1)
Gunter Schneider: guitar (Disc 1: 1)
Taku Unami: guitar (Disc 1)
Tetuzi Akiyama: guitar (Disc 1)
Moe Kamura: guitar (Disc 1: "15 Pieces for Guitars")
Teruyuki Oshima: guitar (Disc 1: "15 Pieces for Guitars")

Segments String Quartet (Disc 2)
Kazushige Kinoshita: violin
Hiroki Chiba: violin
Yoko Ikeda: violin
Nanakou Kumon: cello

Recorded live in Taku Sugimoto Mosical Composition Series at Kid Ailack Art Hall, Tokyo, by Taku Sugimoto on January 8, 2006 (Disc 1: 1); and by Taku Unami on June 22, 2007 (Disc 1: "15 Pieces for Guitars") and March 11, 2010 (Disc 2)
Mastered by Taku Unami
Includes an insert with a color photo, a score, and liner notes in English by Taku Sugimoto

Released in October 2010