Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Kazue Sawai

Tayutafu

(Kyoto Records, MISH-0015) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Midare (10:12)
  2. Kesa Mezameru Chokuzen ni (16:51)
  3. Rokudan (9:01)
  4. Ihojin no Katarai, Part 1 (11:12)
  5. Godan Ginuta (9:39)
  6. Ihojin no Katarai, Part 2 (8:41)
  7. A Letter from a Stranger's Childhood (6:10)
  8. Ihojin no Katarai, Part 3 (4:52)

Music by Kengyo Yatsuhashi (1, 3), Sofiya Gubaidulina (2), Kengyo Mitsuzaki (5), and Robin Williamson (7)
Tracks 4, 6, and 8: improvisations

Kazue Sawai: 13-, 17-, and 21-string kotos, ajaeng
Sofiya Gubaidulina: piano, anglung, dilruba, gopi, buben, etc. (4, 6, 8)
Mayumi Miyata: sho, bottle, comb, Chinese health ball (4, 6, 8)
Hideaki Kuribayashi: 13-string koto (5)
Hikaru Sawai, Kazuhiro Iseki, Yoko Nishi, Miki Maruta, Michiyo Yagi, and Etsuko Gunji: 13- or 17-string koto

Recorded in 1987 (7), 1993 (1), 1994 (2, 3, 5), and 1995 (4, 6, 8)
Includes liner notes in Japanese

Released in 2005